Senior Safety Investigations & Learning Specialist

CenterPoint Energy•Houston, TX

86d•Hybrid

About The Position

Provides subject matter expertise with a technical focus on event learning, incident management, investigations, and near-miss processes. Facilitates learning teams and supports Human and Organizational Performance (HOP) approach to strengthen operational learning and Serious Injury and Fatality (SIF) prevention. Performs in-depth event analysis, identifies trends and control gaps, develops sustainable corrective actions, and partners with leaders and stakeholders to implement improvements.

Requirements

Requires a bachelor’s degree in occupational health and safety, Psychology, Engineering, Business, or related technical field.
Requires at least five (5) years of relevant work experience which may include safety, human and organizational performance, incident investigation/management or continuous improvement.

Nice To Haves

Experience utilizing recognized incident investigation and event learning methodologies such as TapRooT®, ICAM, Topset, or similar root cause and operational learning frameworks, preferred.
Certified Safety Professional (CSP) and/or Associate Safety Professional (ASP) certification preferred.

Responsibilities

Lead end-to-end investigations for high-potential and significant incidents, integrating event learning principles throughout all phases including investigation strategy, root cause analysis, documentation, reporting, and development of sustainable corrective actions to strengthen operational learning and reduce risk.
Facilitate Learning Teams with a focus on human and organizational performance principles to support learning. Leads serious injury (SIF) investigations that may include a formal causal analysis. Conducts event reports with executive leadership.
Works in close collaboration with corporate, operations and safety leadership to develop and implement sustainable corrective actions and process improvements to prevent incidents.
Facilitates regular meetings to verify timely completion of corrective actions from event learnings and maintains corrective action log.
Tracks and analyzes high-energy events to identify trends, direct or critical controls, and improvement opportunities.
Hosts weekly departmental meetings to review and classify incidents according to the Safety Classification and Learning (SCL) model. Maintains data accuracy in the incident management database.
Manage projects associated with program implementation and maintenance, and continuous improvement initiatives.
Serves as a serious injury and fatality (SIF) prevention advocate presenting or training as requested, covering topics including Human and Organizational Performance fundamentals (HOP), energy wheel, high-energy hazard identification, critical controls, and operational learning.
Prepares and communicates findings from high value learning events across the business.
Develops safety related communications for inclusion into daily communications, meetings and bulletins.
Supports the high-energy controls assessment process.
Collaborates and builds partnerships with stakeholders, managers, supervisors, and crew members to promote integration and adoption of SIF prevention, HOP and event learning.
Trains and supports additional Learning Team Facilitators.

Benefits

Competitive pay
Paid training
Benefits eligibility begins on your first day
Transit subsidies
Flexible work schedule
paid holidays
paid time off
Access to discounts at fitness clubs
on-site wellness center at our headquarters in Houston
Professional growth and development programs
tuition reimbursement
401(k) Savings Plan featuring a company match dollar-for-dollar up to 6% and a company contribution of 3% regardless of your contribution