Dir Enterprise Safety

PPL Corporation•Louisville, KY

3d•Hybrid

About The Position

Responsible for developing, maintaining, and governing the enterprise safety management system across all PPL operating companies. The Director – Enterprise Safety serves as the primary steward of company-wide safety rules, policies, procedures, work methods, and programs, establishing and holding the enterprise safety baseline with the overarching objective of eliminating serious injuries and fatalities (SIF). This role is distinctly oriented toward enterprise-level program ownership, safety management system (SMS) effectiveness, and standard setting, differentiated from operating company safety directors who are responsible for field safety delivery, compliance oversight, and localized safety support within their respective operating companies. The director leads the Safety Programs group, Work Methods group, as well as overseeing enterprise safety initiatives. This position works cross-functionally with operating company leadership and shared services functions to build and sustain a safety management system that is rigorous, consistent, and demonstrably effective at protecting the PPL workforce. This position can be located at one of our opearating comanies located in KY, PA, or RI.

Requirements

Bachelors Degree in safety, training, human resources, engineering, or other related or technical field, OR journeyman level experience in a related trade OR equivalent military training/rank.
10+ years industry experence resullting in knowledge of electric distribution/transmission or gas systems and operations.
safety industry knowledge and strong regulatory experience.

Nice To Haves

Master's Degree preferred.
Strong leadership and decision making skills.
Superior interpersonal relations skills on all levels in the company adn with outside agencies.
Srong verbal and written communication skills.
Excellent analytical and project management skills.
Key position competencies include extensive management communication experience, ability to work with all levels of the organization (hourly, management, officers, and external constituuents), strategic orientation with excellent planning and project managemet skills and customer focus.
Actively participataes in appropriate industry or professional organizations.

Responsibilities

Lead the design, implementation, and continuous improvement of the enterprise safety management system (SMS), ensuring it is structured to effectively identify, assess, and control serious injury and fatality (SIF) exposures across all operating companies. Evaluate SMS effectiveness on an ongoing basis and drive systemic improvements where gaps are identified.
Establish and maintain the enterprise safety baseline – the foundational set of safety rules, standards, and minimum requirements that apply uniformly across all PPL operating companies. Ensure the baseline is grounded in recognized industry best practices, regulatory requirements, and SIF-prevention principles.
Lead the Safety Programs group in developing, maintaining, and communicating enterprise safety programs and policies (including LOTO, contractor safety management, FR/rubber goods management, and other enterprise programs), ensuring programs are current, compliant, and consistently applied.
Direct the enterprise critical risk management program, identifying the specific hazards and activities withthe greatest SIF potential within PPL’s electric and gas operations. Ensure that life-critical controls are clearly defined, documented in enterprise safety programs and work procedures, and verifiably in place across operating companies.
Lead enterprise work methods governance in coordination with the Work Methods group, ensuring that enterprise work procedures accurately reflect critical hazard controls, are current, and are accessible across all operating companies. Prioritize work method development and review based on SIF exposure and risk.
Partner with operating company safety directors to ensure alignment between enterprise safety programs and field-level safety execution. Provide program materials, technical guidance, and support while respecting each operating company safety director’s accountability for field compliance, independent safety reviews, and local program delivery.
Conduct regular enterprise safety program reviews and management system audits to assess the effectiveness of critical controls and SMS elements. Translate findings into actionable improvement plans and track implementation across operating companies.
Actively engage with industry organizations and peer utilities to benchmark PPL’s safety management system, incorporate emerging best practices in SIF prevention, and maintain current knowledge of evolving regulatory requirements.
Champion a safety culture across the PPL enterprise in which every employee and contractor understands their role in preventing serious harm, with visible leadership commitment to SIF elimination as the enterprise’s primary safety objective.
Performs other duties as assigned.
Complies with all policies and standards.