Market Area Safety Specialist

Waste Management, Inc.•San Diego, CA

3d•$88,550 - $112,815•Hybrid

About The Position

The Safety Specialist partners with operations and site leadership to promote a strong safety culture, ensure regulatory compliance, investigate incidents, analyze safety trends, and implement programs that reduce risk and improve employee safety. The role serves as a coach and advisor to leaders and frontline employees, driving accountability through training, audits, observations, and continuous improvement initiatives.

Requirements

Bachelor's Degree (accredited), or in lieu of degree High School Diploma or GED (accredited)
4 years of relevant work experience.
3 years of relevant work experience (in addition to education requirement)
Strong leadership, coaching, and mentoring skills.
Excellent communication and relationship-building abilities.
Ability to influence and collaborate with employees and leaders at all levels.
Strong problem-solving, analytical, and root cause investigation skills.
Deep understanding of operations and a proactive, safety-first mindset.
Must live in the market area to support the business needs.
Must have, or be willing to obtain, a REAL ID, or TSA approved alternative.

Nice To Haves

Administrative Services\Certified Safety Professional (CSP)

Responsibilities

Manages and consults with Market Area and Site leaders on Drive Cam System Management, including analysis, reporting, coaching, and interventions.
Aligns Job Safety Briefing to support Serious Injury and Fatality (SIF) protocols. Manages, trains, and advises Site Leadership on the implementation of Corrective/Preventative action (CAPA) items and Root Cause Analysis (RCA) action items.
Works with Area Safety Manager/Director to gather and collate data into the EH&S portal, conducts/reviews root cause analysis, ensures follow-up action plans are established, and disseminates lessons learned.
Works with Safety and District leadership to analyze incident trends and ensure the District Specific Safety Plan (DSSP) is in place and operational.
Facilitates site level compliance with the Hazardous Energy Control Program (HECP) and protocols, potentially conducting training and coaching.
Ensures compliance with Federal, State/Provincial DOT/OSHA regulations as they pertain to WM operational requirements, working with internal and external Subject Matter Experts.
Works with site leadership to ensure site/safety management systems are in working order, may conduct reviews of new equipment installs, ensures inclement weather / natural disaster preparedness plans are in place, conducts Safety Audits / Inspections, and assists with commercial insurance management issues.
Monitors contractors/vendor safety programs to ensure implementation and communicates changes in regulation requirements that may impact contractor/vendor safety programs.
Works with Site Leadership on monitoring the physical environment for potential issues covered/not covered by the Industrial Hygiene Program, monitors and interprets Industrial Hygiene Program results, and confers with Site Leadership on Action Plans.
Reviews and revises PPE needs based on job risk assessments, audits processes to verify PPE is being used correctly, communicates changes and updates of PPE requirements, and works with Site Leadership to implement the site-specific PPE Program.
Attends employee coaching conversations, consults on intervention plans, verifies program status, audits training records, coaches Site Leadership on delivery of safety training materials, verifies/audits OJT/Onboarding activities, and trains Site/District resources on OJT and safety-specific onboarding activities.
Coaches/trains market area leaders on safety trends from EH&S Portal, DriveCam, and SIF data for effective employee observations and coaching conversations.
Participates in corporate and site-level safety committees.