Associate Health & Safety Specialist

NextEra Energy • Houston, TX

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About The Position

The Associate Health & Safety Specialist is an entry-level member of the Power Generation Division Environmental, Health, Safety, and Emergency Response Team within NextEra Energy Pipeline Services. The position provides technical support for training and health and safety programs across pipeline, landfill gas-to-energy, and renewable natural gas operations. It also supports administration of the Corporate Learning Management System, contractor safety ISN approvals, safety management system documentation, Maximo tasking, and related programs. The role partners with employees, leaders, contractors, and other stakeholders to strengthen compliance, reduce risk, prevent injuries and illnesses, and advance the company’s injury-free lifestyle vision, including off-duty injury prevention. The position reports to the NEPSCO Director of Environmental, Health & Safety.

The specialist supports the development and administration of safety and health policies, programs, and work practices that comply with regulations and prevent injuries and illnesses. Responsibilities include advising management on OSHA safety and health standards, administering required training, supporting safety committees and contractor safety activities, and helping ensure compliance following safety incidents and events.

The office location is Houston, Texas. The role requires up to 25% domestic travel to facilities or training centers, including airline travel and overnight stays. The employee may occasionally lift up to 40 pounds, may need to walk up to two miles along pipeline rights-of-way, and may participate in emergency-response activities or work outside normal business hours.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in a technical discipline, or some college coursework and willingness to continue toward a degree in occupational safety and health, safety engineering, safety management, industrial hygiene, or a related technical discipline.
• The job overview also lists high school graduation or GED and a bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.
• Experience: 0+ years.
• Valid non-CDL driver’s license.
• Ability to communicate technical requirements, exercise sound judgment, and influence stakeholders.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Teams, and CoPilot for reports, presentations, and basic data analysis.
• Ability to work independently and manage multiple assignments with minimal supervision.
• Successful background check, preemployment physical examination, and drug screening.
• Ability to travel up to 25% to U.S. facilities or training centers, including airline travel and overnight stays.
• Ability to occasionally lift up to 40 pounds and potentially walk up to two miles along pipeline rights-of-way.
• Ability to participate in emergency-response activities and occasionally work outside normal business hours.

Nice To Haves

• Highly organized and results-driven, with the ability to manage systems.
• Work experience demonstrating increasing responsibilities and role progression.
• Experience supporting a team of 10 or more professionals plus operations staff.
• Experience with Maximo.
• Master’s degree.
• Certified Safety Professional (CSP).
• Certified Utility Safety Professional (CUSP).

Responsibilities

• Review federal, state, local, OSHA, and company safety and health requirements.
• Develop implementation guidance and support regulatory inspections, agency inquiries, and internal audits.
• Improve safety management systems, programs, procedures, work practices, tools, and training materials.
• Track corrective actions arising from site inspections, observations, risk assessments, and job safety analyses.
• Deliver training and communications, provide coaching, facilitate meetings, and maintain training records.
• Support construction, maintenance, commissioning, startup, contractor, and other nonroutine high-risk work.
• Support industrial hygiene, emergency response, occupational health, and other assigned safety programs.
• Partner with internal and external stakeholders to implement practices that prevent employee and contractor injuries and illnesses.
• Administer safety and health training programs required for employees to perform their responsibilities safely.
• Provide technical guidance to departments on occupational safety and health.
• Support the bargaining unit through the safety committee to improve safety and health.
• Assist in developing and enforcing safety rules and standard operating procedures.
• Ensure compliance regarding safety incidents and events and provide guidance on completing incident analysis reports.
• Support business unit safety committee activities.
• Ensure compliance of contractor safety activities and completion of OSHA-mandated training.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

Benefits

• NextEra Energy offers a wide range of benefits to support employees and their eligible family members; specific benefits are not listed in the posting.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level