Field Safety Specialist

Grainger Businesses • Edmonton, AB

9d • CA$81,600 - CA$112,200 • Onsite

About The Position

The Field Safety Specialist provides Safety & Health expertise to Grainger Customers and Sellers, partnering with District Sales Managers in their defined regions to ensure they are aligned to the right safety and health opportunities and are training their aligned region Sellers on Health and Safety offers, resources, and insights. Our welcoming workplace enables you to learn, grow and make a difference by keeping businesses running and their people safe. As a Great Place to Work-Certified™ company, we’re looking for passionate people to join our team as we continue leading the industry over our next 100 years.

Requirements

• Strong business & safety acumen with the ability to understand financial reporting, to analyze safety business needs, and document safety and health value to customers.
• 3+ years’ experience in an environment involving safety hazard analysis and assessments.
• Ability to project manage and drive for results.
• Experience conducting workplace inspections and analyses to prevent injuries / accident prevention and reduction, engineering controls, ergonomics, and hazmat control to meet compliance standards.
• Understanding of safety regulations, safety applications, safety violations, safety drivers, safety programs, building a safety culture.
• Ability to learn and understand the Grainger Selling Process to effectively team and solution sell with Grainger sellers.
• Ability to build strong networks and to work cross-functionally.
• Skilled in the application and use of computer and communications technology.
• Possession of a valid license and a reliable vehicle.

Nice To Haves

• This role may require you to attend customers’ sites and adhere to safety requirements in accordance with applicable health and safety legislation, as it relates to wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) on certain customer sites. This may include: a hard hat; steel-toed safety boots, clean shaven or trimmed moustache/beard in order to wear a close-fitted N95 mask or other required PPE. Details of these requirements will be provided during the recruitment process.
• Some customers may have alcohol and drug screening policies for on-site contractors and vendors. You may be required to submit to such customer screening procedures as and when requested as a condition of being permitted on such sites.

Responsibilities

• Conduct customer needs analysis to determine and understand the customer’s health and safety concerns and align to Grainger Safety & Health solutions. This involves leading customer discussions, identifying customer needs, and determining readiness, focusing on customers who are ready and open to change.
• Provide tailored solutions that reduce costs or increase efficiency with innovative product or service applications. This involves working with external and internal stakeholders, linking solution features to a customer’s desired outcome, performing cost-savings analyses, and having value-based conversations. Seek feedback throughout the process to refine solutions and ensure customer needs are met.
• Implement solutions by working with internal and external resources to execute implementation plans. Monitor implementation to ensure business needs are being met and identify potential future opportunities with the customer.
• Guide Grainger Sellers on strategy, coaching, and direction on health and safety opportunities. Educate sellers on key safety offerings and messaging.
• Maintain expertise through appropriate safety credentials focused on health and safety regulations and industry topics to better educate customers. Expand customer understanding and use of Grainger’s standard product and service capabilities.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision and prescription drug coverage
• Paid time off (PTO) and up to 12 company holidays per year (dependent on home province)
• Life insurance coverage, including spousal and dependent life insurance.
• Employee Family Assistance Program to help team members with physical, emotional, mental, financial and other concerns
• Registered Retirement Savings Plan & Defined Contribution Pension Plan to help you save for your financial future
• Educational & Professional Membership Fee Assistance program
• Employee discounts, team member perks and more!

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed