General Environmental and Employee Health & Safety Specialist Professional

Hitachi•Raleigh, NC

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About The Position

Hitachi Energy seeks a Health, Safety and Environment (HSE) Professional who will be responsible for supporting all phases of project site execution. The ideal candidate will have a degree in safety or related field, professional safety certification, mastery of construction site HSE management, and electrical safety experience including in high voltage distribution environments.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree and/or eight years professional HSE experience
Ability to travel an average of 25% of the time
Proven leadership, interpersonal, and influencing skills.
Excellent technical English writing and verbal skills.
Ability to operate within and support matrixed leadership and functional teams.

Nice To Haves

Professional certification (e.g. CSP, CIH).
Construction HSE experience including execution of site preparation, demolition, installation and commissioning scopes.
Electrical safety experience including high voltage power distribution environments.
Knowledge and experience in electrical substation construction
High comfort level with digitized management tools.

Responsibilities

Coordinate with the project management teams to review proposed project scopes and tenders, HSE plans, and sub-contractor qualifications.
Act as the HSE focal point to site, project, and management including during both routine progress meetings and emergent issue resolution.
Assist in the identification, analysis and development of controls to eliminate or minimize occupational hazards at project and service locations.
Provide advice, support and training where necessary to management and workforce to achieve HSE objectives and maintain regulatory compliance.
Facilitate and direct HSE best practices to ensure continuous improvement and to instill a world-class culture.
Conduct project site visits and audits to evaluate the effectiveness of HSE processes and assist in taking the necessary steps to close gaps in execution.
Participate and support analysis of incident trends and provide recommendations for preventative and improvement actions.
Lead accident investigations to ensure that root-cause analysis is appropriately conducted and corrective actions address the causes
Maintain required HSE records and develop and present routine HSE progress reports.
Maintain awareness of developments and legislation that impact assigned functions.
Represent the HSE function to current and prospective customers.
Coordinate ISO 14001, and ISO 45001 (OHSAS 18001) audit program through planning and scheduling for internal and external audits, compiling metrics and maintaining records of audit reports.