Senior Safety Specialist

CenterPoint Energy • Houston, TX

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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.
• Able to stand, walk, stoop, kneel, reach, climb stairs and ladders, and poles.
• Able to exert up to 10 pounds of force occasionally, and/or a minimal amount of force frequently to lift, carry, push, pull, or otherwise move objects.
• Able to demonstrate and apply manual dexterity to operate a personal computer and common office equipment.
• Able to sit, stand or walk for long periods of time.
• Able to operate a motor vehicle and drive a motor vehicle daily or for extended time periods, in a safe manner, and enter/exit vehicle unassisted.
• Required to participate in CenterPoint Energy’s All Hazard Emergency Operation Plan (AHOP).
• Able to work indoors in an office environment and outdoors with occasional exposure to all weather conditions, equipment, and noise when at field installation sites.
• This position will require approximately 10-15% travel across the six-state footprint.

Nice To Haves

• Certified Safety Professional (CSP) and/or Associate Safety Professional (ASP) certification preferred.

Responsibilities

• 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 and paid time off
• Access to discounts at fitness clubs and an on-site wellness center at our headquarters in Houston
• Professional growth and development programs including 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

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level