Senior Health & Safety Advisor

What You Can Expect

As our Senior Health and Safety Advisor you will be responsible for developing, implementing, and monitoring Health and Safety programs for the Operations and Maintenance (O&M) team, partnering with other Business Entities and Operating Companies’ and Health and Safety (H&S) staff to influence an organizational culture that leads to an injury free working environment. Every day you will support safety excellence through engaging with plant staff and leadership, incident review, safety trend tracking, and providing training and guidance. You will report to the Health, Safety, and Environment (HSE) & IPOS Director and assist in development and implementation of a H&S Management System that encompasses standards of excellence, programs, policies, procedures and processes for ENGIE Energy Solutions (ES) North America.

• Manage H&S databases and provides required monthly statistical reports to ENGIE NA Business Unit (BU) corporate and Business Entity (BE) executives.  Tracks the performance and progress of ENGIE Renewables and Services action plans, programs and processes
• Conduct regular onsite safety support, training, guidance, compliance audits, incident investigations, and safety cultural assessments
• Lead all serious incident investigations that result in a medical treated injuries and lost time accident.  Applies Root Cause Failure Analysis (RCFA) tools when conducting investigations to determine causal factors.  Identifies countermeasures to prevent recurrence and eliminate deviations from the standard
• Provide guidance and acts as a role model for Renewables H&S full time professionals, plant managers, front line supervisors and general foremen in the effective implementation of the 4Ps
• Design the ENA H&S Management System in accordance with the ISO 18001 standard. Ensures conformance to the standard results in compliance to the regulation. Researches new or revised OSHA (US) / OH&S Act (Canada) regulatory requirements.  Anticipates changes and updates the 4Ps as required with follow on training for effective implementation
• Validate safety requirements of third-party H&S auditors, consultants and contractors
• Implement a communication strategy that promotes leadership engagement between management, front line supervisors, foremen, technician / craft personnel and contractors to create a culture where H&S is a principle and not a priority
• Implement an observation program that focuses on pre-job/task activities.  Ensures the Job Safety Plan process permeates down to the granularity of the specific task assigned
• Benchmark the current state of power generation, O&M service and construction-oriented safe work procedures against a “Best in Class” standard.  Orchestrates plans to close identified gaps in coordination with ENGIE NA BE H&S staff
• Coordinate reviews on contractor safety plans and procedures to assure their standard is equal or more stringent than ENGIE NA’s safety criteria as stipulated in the procurement Terms & Conditions

What You’ll Bring

• Associates Degree in Safety Management, Engineering, or Business, certifications in OSHA Safety and Certified Safety Professional
• A minimum ten (10) years’ Safety Management; with three (3) of those years’ experience in thermal power generation and energy distribution preferred
• Subject matter expert in OSHA (US) CFR 29 Parts 1910 / 1926
• You have experience with root cause failure analysis (RCFA) tools and their application for recordable events. You are adept at leading serious incident investigations into High Potential (HiPo) incidents, including those resulting in a lost time accident
• Experience with behavioral science and the psychology behind influencing change
• Experience in commercial and industrial construction environments
• You have experience working in environments with  thermal power generation and energy distribution plants, new construction solar and battery storage sites, facility O&M management, and the HVAC mechanical, electrical and plumbing (MEP) contractors in the Commercial and Industrial (C&I) construction fields
• You feel confident in supporting H&S database management and provides required monthly statistical reports to ES NorAm Business Unit (BU) corporate and Business Entity (BE) executives
• As our Senior Health and Safety Advisor you will conduct regular onsite training, supervision, compliance audits, incident investigations, and safety cultural assessments
• You can identify countermeasures to prevent recurrence and eliminate deviations from the standard
• Worked in an environment you have experience reviewing contractor safety plans and procedures to assure their standard is equal or more stringent than ES NorAm’s safety criteria as stipulated in the procurement Terms & Conditions

Additional Details

• This is a field position requiring regular travel to operational  sites
• This role requires daily attendance at a worksite
• Must be available to travel domestically up to 50% of the time and with the need for some overnight trips
• Must possess a valid U.S. driver’s license/clean driving record rental cars through ENGIE
• Must be willing and able to comply with ENGIE’s policy with respect to COVID vaccination and testing
• Must be willing and able to comply with all ENGIE ethics and safety policies
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee can be exposed to weather conditions
• The position consists of 75% work indoors and 25% work outdoors; outdoor work may expose the employee to weather conditions
• Could involve some lifting / up to 50 lbs

Compensation

Salary Range: $112,000 – $172,500 USD annually

This represents the average expected pay range for a qualified candidate.

Actual offered salary may depend on geography, experience, industry knowledge, education, internal pay alignment, or other bona fide factors.

ENGIE complies with all federal, state, and local minimum wage laws. Actual salary offered may vary depending on geography, experience, education, internal pay alignment, or other bona fide factors.

In addition to base pay, this position is eligible for a competitive bonus / incentive plan.

Your Talent Acquisition Partner can share more specific information regarding the benefits or the salary for the position based on the work location

At ENGIE, we take your well-being seriously. Our comprehensive benefits package includes options for medical, dental, vision, life insurance, employer-paid short-term and long-term disability insurance, ESPP, generous paid time off including wellness days, holidays and leave programs. We also help you plan for retirement by offering a 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan with a company match.  But that's not all – we're dedicated to the health and happiness of your entire family, offering supplemental benefits for full time employees that enhance emotional and physical well-being through all stages of life from family forming to caregiver benefits. Explore our benefits package to see how we can support you. Learn more.

Why ENGIE?

ENGIE North America isn’t just participating in the Zero-Carbon Transition, we’re leading it!  Join us as we develop energy that is renewable, efficient, and accessible to everyone.  

At ENGIE, our goal is to support, promote, and thrive on diversity, equity, and inclusion.  We do so for the benefit of our employees, customers, products and services, and community.  ENGIE is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace, and we are firmly committed to creating an equitable and inclusive environment for all employees.

We are committed to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment.  All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, disability, veteran status, or other legally protected status.

If you need assistance with this application or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability, you may contact us at ENGIENA-ENGIEHR@engie.com. This email address is reserved for individuals with disabilities in need of assistance and is not a means of inquiry regarding positions or application status.

We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa for this role at any time.

The safety of our employees is our number one priority. All employees at ENGIE have both a duty and the authority to STOP WORK if unsafe acts are observed.