Lead Health & Safety Specialist
Company: American Water
Location: Davenport
Posted on: May 4, 2024
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Job Description:
Share Our Purpose. Be Yourself. Feel Valued.
People are the heart of our business. As an American Water
employee, you will be offered a competitive salary and health
benefits package, along with opportunities to develop, grow, and
evolve your career. Our benefits packages focus on key areas such
as health & wellness, emotional & well-being, and savings for
current & future goals.
We are Beautifully Different . We strongly believe having diversity
across our company makes us more successful and helps us provide
essential services to our customers. We are stronger because we
embrace different ideas, viewpoints, experiences, and backgrounds.
American Water is the best choice for your next role! Click here
for more information on our inclusion, diversity, and equity
journey.
About American Water
American Water (NYSE: AWK) is the largest regulated water and
wastewater utility company in the United States. With a history
dating back to 1886, We Keep Life Flowing - by providing safe,
clean, reliable and affordable drinking water and wastewater
services to more than 14 million people across 14 regulated
jurisdictions and 18 military installations. American Water's 6,500
talented professionals leverage their significant expertise and the
company's national size and scale to achieve excellent outcomes for
the benefit of customers, employees, investors and other
stakeholders.
As one of the fastest growing utilities in the U.S., American Water
expects to invest $30 to $34 billion in infrastructure repairs and
replacement, system resiliency and regulated acquisitions over the
next 10 years. The company has a long-standing history of executing
its core operations, aligned with sustainable best practices,
through its commitments to safety, affordability, customer service,
protecting the environment, an inclusive workforce and
strengthening communities.
American Water has been recognized on the 2023 Bloomberg
Gender-Equality Indexfor the fifth consecutive year, ranked 18th on
Barron's 100 Most Sustainable U.S. Companies 2023 List, earned the
U.S. Department of Homeland Security SAFETY Act designation and
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's WaterSense - Excellence
Award, among additional state, local and national recognitions.
For more information, visit amwater.com and join American Water on
LinkedIn , Facebook , Twitter and Instagram .
Iowa American Water has a full-time opening for a Lead Health &
Safety Specialist! If you have Knowledge of OSHA, Federal, State
and Local regulations as applicable utilities, construction and
related industries then this role is for YOU! Apply TODAY!
Primary Role
Develops and implements delivery and verification of enterprise
health and safety programs aligned with Company policy, practices
and procedures. This position will work closely with all management
levels to assure policies and programs are effectively developed,
implemented, communicated and supported throughout the
enterprise.
Key Accountabilities
Program Execution
--- Conduct internal safety program evaluations, physical safety
inspections, industrial hygiene monitoring for chemical and
physical hazards and ergonomic evaluations in office and field
environments, develop recommendations and track corrective
actions.
--- Deliver safety training programs educating employees on safe
working practices, appropriate equipment operation, and emergency
procedures.
--- Evaluate the impact of regulatory changes against existing
practices and assists in the implementation of new regulations.
--- Develop or update health and safety practices and procedures as
needed.
--- Provides health and safety technical support to field safety
staff.
--- Conducts and/ or reviews incident investigations and develops
corrective action recommendations.
--- Gathers, validates and analyzes safety performance statistics
(leading and lagging) and makes recommendations for
improvements.
--- Review results of enterprise safety inspections and, based on
data, identify areas for improvement and develop corrective
actions.
--- Stay abreast of regulatory changes, evaluate impact to the
business and develop action plans to address in a timely
manner.
--- Develop inspections checklists and utilize apps and centralized
platforms for tracking inspection results, safety performance data
and corrective actions enterprise wide.
Management/ Administration
--- Actively engage mid level management, supervision and hourly
employees in the development, implementation, delivery and
verification of enterprise health and safety programs.
--- Actively participate in outside industry organizations that are
involved in or promote health and safety for the water sector.
--- Support the workers' compensation management process to assure
thorough and efficient claims management and investigation.
--- Maintain health and safety training plans, training records and
monitor progress towards annual training goals.
--- Coordinate and verify enterprise safety recordkeeping and
reporting of occupational injuries and illnesses.
Knowledge/Skills
Experience/Education
Work Environment
Travel Requirements
Competencies
Champions safety
Customer obsessed
Cultivates innovation
Nimble learning
Drives Results
Collaborates
Join American Water... We Keep Life Flowing ---
American Water is firmly committed to Equal Employment Opportunity
(EEO) and prohibits employment discrimination for employees and
applicants based on his or her age, race, color, pregnancy, gender,
gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, religion,
marital status, citizenship, or because they are an individual with
a disability, protected veteran or other status protected by
federal, state, and local laws.
Nearest Major Market: Davenport
Nearest Secondary Market: Moline
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