Technical Safety Specialist/Sr Technical Safety Specialist

PPL Corporation•Allentown, PA

About The Position

The primary responsibility of this position is to provide safety support to field employees. This includes conducting frequent safety field observations while evaluating safe work practices and rules. Additionally, this position will provide the technical expertise to give feedback to front line employees on the safe execution of work procedures. This position will also support safety committees, facilitating incident investigation, and other operational needs as appropriate.

Requirements

High School diploma, or GED
Technical Safety Specialist : 5+ years Electric Utility Operations experience
Sr Technical Safety Specialist : 7+ years Electric Utility Operations experience including 5 years as a Journeyperson

Nice To Haves

Successful Completion of a board safety certification such as Certified Utility Safety Professional (CUSP)
Associate degree
Journeyman level utility experience

Responsibilities

Support supervisors, foreman, and others to evaluate work practices and determine safe methods. Serve as the technical subject matter expert (SME) to ensure all workers fully understand safety rules and work procedures.
Conduct field observations, audits and provide feedback to crews and business lines.
Strong verbal communication skills
Support incident investigations.
Participate and/or facilitate safety related working groups to ensure all solutions to issues adhere to Electric Utilities safety rules, procedures, and policies.
Support safety committees through attendance at committee meetings and effectively bridge communications between employees and Safety Operations. Effectively communicate recent safety messages to the field and communicate safety concerns back to Safety Operations.
Effectively communicate recent safety messages to the field and communicate safety concerns back to Safety Operations.
Provide technical specific guidance to the field and support Tool and Equipment process as a SME
Collaborate between departments, such as operations and engineering, to address safety concerns.
Support development and communication of safety topics
Provide safety guidance/training for frontline leaders
Work closely with safety/sr. safety pro peers for training and support.
All positions in which driving is an essential function of the job, regardless if the job code is marked safety sensitive or not, will also be included as safety sensitive.
May be assigned an Electric Utilities emergency and storm role. This is a special assignment that comes into play during storms and other emergencies when the company needs to restore power or respond to other issues affecting customer service. This role may necessitate the need to work after-hours, outside of your normal schedule.
The company reserves the right to determine if this position will be assigned to work on-site, remotely, or a combination of both. Assigned work location may change. In the case of remote work, physical presence in the office/on-site may be required to engage in face-to-face interaction and coordination of work among direct reports and co-workers.
Performs other duties as assigned
Complies with all policies and standards