Supervisor Health & Safety - Safety & Human Performance - Akron FirstEnergy Headquarters

FirstEnergy • Akron, OH

21h • Onsite

About The Position

The Supervisor, Health & Safety leads, develops, implements, governs, and continuously improves enterprise health and safety programs that protect employees, contractors, and the public and ensure compliance with applicable regulatory requirements. The position provides oversight for an assigned portfolio that may include contractor safety, program governance, industrial hygiene, regulatory compliance, public safety initiatives, safety technology systems, and performance measurement.

The role supervises assigned personnel and leads complex cross-functional projects and strategic initiatives. It develops enterprise standards and governance processes, prepares executive-level reports and recommendations, and collaborates with business unit leaders, labor organizations, contractors, legal counsel, regulatory agencies, and industry organizations. The position uses data-driven decision-making and proactive hazard management to improve safety culture, reduce organizational risk, and support operational excellence.

The position may be based at FirstEnergy's Akron, Ohio, or Greensburg, Pennsylvania, headquarters. Approximately 20% to 30% of the work is field-based, with travel throughout FirstEnergy's service territory and to other locations as needed. The role may require support for emergency response, storm restoration, and business continuity activities. Work may involve exposure to transmission, distribution, substation, generation, and contractor work environments.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Safety, Occupational Health, Engineering, Industrial Technology, Business Administration, Environmental Health & Safety, or a related field; equivalent directly relevant experience may be considered.
• At least five years of progressively responsible experience in safety, utility operations, construction safety, industrial operations, occupational health, contractor safety, or related environments.
• Demonstrated experience supervising professional or technical employees, or equivalent experience setting priorities, assigning work, providing performance feedback, and holding team members accountable.
• Demonstrated experience developing, implementing, governing, and evaluating contractor safety programs or comparable enterprise safety programs.
• Experience implementing governance structures, risk-management processes, corrective-action systems, and performance-improvement initiatives.
• Demonstrated experience preparing and delivering performance reports, strategic recommendations, business cases, or presentations to senior leadership.
• Demonstrated experience leading complex cross-functional projects or strategic initiatives involving multiple stakeholders and competing priorities.
• Strong knowledge of occupational safety practices and applicable regulatory requirements, with the ability to develop knowledge of utility operations, hazards, and risk controls.
• Strong leadership, coaching, and employee development skills.
• Ability to build relationships and influence leaders and employees at all organizational levels.
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced operational environment.
• Proficiency using data and metrics to identify trends and drive performance improvements.
• Ability to communicate effectively with contractor executives, senior business leaders, operational personnel, and technical professionals.
• Demonstrated judgment, discretion, professionalism, and composure when addressing sensitive, high-risk, or high-visibility matters.
• Ability to facilitate difficult conversations, challenge existing practices constructively, and hold internal and external stakeholders accountable.
• Ability to distinguish strategic or systemic issues from isolated field-level concerns and recommend proportionate organizational responses.
• Strong meeting leadership and facilitation skills, including setting objectives, guiding discussion, resolving competing viewpoints, and driving decisions and follow-through.
• Availability to support emergency response, storm restoration, and business continuity activities across FirstEnergy.

Nice To Haves

• Utility industry experience.
• Experience in incident investigation and corrective action management.
• CSP, ASP, CHST, OHST, CUSP, or a related professional certification.
• Experience supervising professional or technical employees and leading enterprise-wide or multi-business-unit safety programs.
• Experience managing contractor safety, public safety, industrial hygiene, or enterprise compliance programs.
• Experience supporting storm response, emergency operations, major projects, or business continuity activities.

Responsibilities

• Lead and oversee assigned enterprise Health & Safety programs, including contractor safety, public safety, industrial hygiene, compliance, and risk-reduction initiatives.
• Develop and implement strategies, standards, governance processes, and performance measures that support regulatory compliance, risk reduction, and continuous improvement.
• Lead and oversee the enterprise Contractor Safety Program, including processes, governance, standards, contractor performance expectations, and improvement initiatives.
• Identify systemic risks, program gaps, and implementation barriers and establish sustainable corrective or improvement actions.
• Conduct field engagement and program assessments to evaluate effectiveness, reinforce expectations, and identify opportunities for improvement.
• Partner with business units and stakeholders to promote consistent program execution and strengthen Health & Safety performance.
• Support industrial hygiene and occupational health programs, including PPE standards and safety-related products, to identify exposures, reduce risk, and ensure effective governance and compliance.
• Evaluate program effectiveness and maturity using performance data, stakeholder feedback, field assessments, benchmarking, and periodic reviews.
• Establish team priorities, allocate work, and ensure assigned personnel support enterprise program objectives and business needs.
• Directly supervise, coach, mentor, and manage performance for safety professionals and other assigned personnel; establish expectations, accountability measures, and development plans.
• Foster collaboration, engagement, professional development, and succession readiness within the Health & Safety team.
• Manage assigned enterprise safety technology platforms, contracts, and vendor relationships.
• Govern safety performance data collection, accuracy, analysis, reporting, KPIs, leading indicators, and regulatory submissions; use results to identify trends and drive improvement.
• Develop and maintain performance measures and reporting routines that show program effectiveness, organizational risk, and improvement priorities.
• Lead or support investigations involving employee and contractor injuries, vehicle incidents, public safety incidents, property damage, near misses, and significant safety concerns.
• Facilitate root cause analyses and develop corrective and preventive actions; monitor their completion and effectiveness to ensure sustained risk reduction.
• Analyze incident trends and recommend improvements to organizational and contractor safety performance.
• Support OSHA injury, hospitalization, and fatality reporting and ensure compliance with recordkeeping and reporting requirements.
• Implement governance structures, risk-management processes, corrective-action systems, and improvement initiatives to prevent incident recurrence.
• Provide technical guidance as a Health & Safety subject matter resource on applicable OSHA requirements and other safety-related regulatory obligations.
• Coordinate with internal subject matter experts, Legal, business units, and regulatory agencies on inspections, investigations, regulatory responses, citation management, corrective actions, and related proceedings.
• Support consistent responses to regulatory inquiries and ensure identified corrective actions are completed and sustained.
• Coordinate with internal and external experts on MSHA, U.S. Coast Guard, DOT, NFPA, ANSI, ASTM, NESC, NEC, and other requirements relevant to assigned programs and operations.
• Maintain governance of safety and health policies, standards, procedures, and related documents across business units.
• Lead and oversee driver qualification and DOT compliance programs and provide guidance on safety-related HR policies and procedures.
• Develop productive relationships with business partners, contractor leadership, labor organizations, regulatory agencies, and industry organizations.
• Lead Contractor Safety Leadership Teams and related governance committees.
• Support contractor qualification, onboarding, and performance management, including performance reviews, safety trend analysis, and stakeholder engagement.
• Partner with business units to implement safety initiatives, monitor effectiveness, promote continuous improvement, and share best practices.
• Advance safety culture and operational excellence across the enterprise and support safety incident reporting and program administration for Shared Services organizations.
• Provide governance and oversight for safety programs, regulatory compliance, and field implementation.
• Ensure contractor safety training requirements are developed, executed, maintained, and communicated; lead safety presentations, workshops, and contractor engagement initiatives.
• Develop and deliver executive-level presentations, performance reports, strategic recommendations, and decision-support materials; translate complex risks and trends into actionable business insights.
• Ensure EHS personnel understand and reinforce applicable company safety policies, standards, procedures, and governance documents in assigned operating areas.
• Lead enterprise-wide Health & Safety projects and cross-functional initiatives from business need through implementation and effectiveness evaluation.
• Develop project charters, scopes, objectives, stakeholder plans, implementation strategies, schedules, budgets, risk assessments, and success measures; establish governance, decision processes, milestones, accountabilities, and reporting routines.
• Coordinate implementation of new technologies, safety processes, governance practices, and critical risk-control initiatives.
• Monitor regulatory developments, industry practices, and internal performance data to identify improvements to programs, standards, and field execution.
• Support major capital projects, storm restoration, emergency response operations, and large-scale contractor engagements.

Benefits

• Competitive pay plus incentive compensation.
• Company-sponsored pension plan.
• 401(k) savings plan with matching employer contribution.
• Choice of medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, and life insurance programs.
• Skills development training with tuition reimbursement.

What This Job Offers

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