Senior Safety Specialist

Portland General Electric • Portland, OR

2d • Hybrid

About The Position

At PGE, our work involves dreaming about, planning for, and realizing a smarter, cleaner, more enduring Oregon neighborhood. Its core to our DNA and we haven’t stopped since we started in 1888. We energize lives, strengthen communities and drive advancements in energy that promote social, economic and environmental progress. We’re always on the lookout for people passionate about leading and being a part of teams that are advancing innovative clean energy solutions that are also affordable and accessible to all. As a Senior Safety Specialist, you will have the unique opportunity to design, develop, implement, and oversee PGE's safety programs that safeguard employees and the public while ensuring compliance with laws, standards, and regulations. You will develop and administer comprehensive safety programs that integrate industry best practices, analyze safety trends, conduct complex investigations, and serve as a subject matter expert to managers and employees across the organization. A successful candidate will have advanced safety leadership skills and problem-solving abilities, combined with intermediate knowledge of employment laws and industry best practices in safety management. Join our team and be at the forefront of creating a culture of safety excellence at one of Oregon's leading utility companies. Your work will directly impact the wellbeing of 900,000 customers and fellow employees while contributing to PGE's mission of providing reliable and sustainable energy services.

Requirements

• Requires a bachelor’s degree in science, business, human resources or other related field or equivalent experience.
• Typically, five or more years in professional safety and/or in electric generation, transmission and distribution operations; or, depending on position, drug and alcohol or ergonomic program management.
• Intermediate knowledge of employment laws related to area of discipline
• Intermediate knowledge of PGE’s policies, procedures, collective bargaining agreements and benefit plans
• Intermediate knowledge of industry best practices related to area of discipline
• Intermediate skills in project management
• Advanced skills in writing reports
• Intermediate skills in facilitation and presentations
• Intermediate skills in systems and programs used in functional area, including data retrieval
• Advanced customer focus skills.
• Advanced safety leadership skills
• Intermediate skills in analytical thinking
• Advanced skills in problem solving
• Advanced oral and written communication skills
• Advanced interpersonal skills
• Intermediate decision-making skills
• Advanced organization and prioritization skills
• Intermediate knowledge of business process interrelationships
• Advanced business acumen.
• Advanced skills in change leadership
• Intermediate risk management skills
• Ability to adhere to set response times, deadlines and time-sensitive tasks
• Ability to follow accuracy standards
• Ability to follow through on decision-making tasks
• Ability to interact effectively and collaboratively within a team environment
• Ability to communicate and problem solve when under stress
• Ability to respond and adapt to frequent change
• Ability to accept and demonstrate self-awareness when provided constructive feedback
• Ability to discern feedback and acknowledge ownership of areas of improvement
• Ability to avoid future mistakes by applying reasonable skills to new but similar work situations or tasks
• Ability to successfully collaborate with peers, managers and others within the organization
• Demonstrates sound memory
• Ability to process new information to be applied consistently to work tasks
• Ability to work long hours [typically for exempt positions; if included in nonexempt positions, overtime applies]
• Ability to work a variable schedule
• Ability to report to work and perform work during periods of severe inclement weather
• Ability to consistently meet attendance standards for regular, reliable, predictable, full-time attendance [for part- time positions, change to part-time attendance]

Nice To Haves

• Certified Safety Professional (CSP), Associate Safety Professional (ASP), Construction Safety & Health Technician (CHST), Occupational Health & Safety Technologist (OHST), Certified Utility Safety Professional (CUSP), Certified Occupational Safety Specialist (COSS) preferred depending on position
• Journeyman card or equivalent trade or operator qualification and/or ergonomic certification preferred depending on position

Responsibilities

• Reporting and Analysis Conducts routine and complex investigations. Develops and runs reports. Analyzes trends and prepares presentations and communications. Coordinates follow up on action items related to reports and investigations. Leader in organization safety root cause analysis process.
• Program Management Develops, reviews, and administers safety programs, guidelines and initiatives to meet business objectives and comply with all relevant state and/or federal laws and regulations. Integrates industry best practices into existing programs. Develop review process for programs to align organizational processes.
• Consultation/ Education Serves as a subject matter expert to managers and employees. Analyzes business needs and develops and implements innovative solutions to safety-related business problems. In collaboration with other departments, designs and delivers educational programs to managers, employees and/or community organizations on employee and public safety.
• Special Projects Under general guidance, leads special projects to meet corporate objectives engaging closely with other departments. Facilitates safety meetings and other safety processes. Role to assume A leadership role for high energy process development, across the organization to include leading the community of practice, high energy controls assessment (HECA) trainer, and development for future processes. Depending on position may assume leadership roles in emergency and incident response.
• Compliance May respond to requests for information from regulators. Prepares legally required filings and reports. Ensures programs, policies, and procedures comply with applicable laws and regulations. Analyzes changes in regulations and recommends and implements appropriate action.
• Communications leader Lead weekly standing safety meeting. To include content creating, invites, and agenda development. Lead organizational communication for safety updates, safety alerts and notices, and distribution of high energy notifications

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees