What are the responsibilities and job description for the Safety Specialist position at Alpine Silica?
The Safety Specialist is responsible for leading the site's health, safety and environmental efforts. This is a full-time, exempt position that reports directly to the Plant Manager and Director of EHS.
ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES
- Work Safely and effectively independently or as part of a team
- Help to develop and maintain a "Safety as a Value" culture
- Investigate accident, near miss and property damage incidents
- Act as liaison between the company and regulatory agencies
- Coordinate the maintenance and implementation of the EHS program, compliance plans and initiatives
- Maintain site compliance with all safety and health regulations issued by federal, state and local agencies and corporate policies
- Keep abreast of any safety and environmental law or regulatory changes that impact the organization
- Conduct safety and health training courses including site specific hazard, new miner, experienced miner, annual refresher and new task Training.
- Ensure that departmental and company goals and objectives are achieved by participating in short and long-range planning activities
- Daily monitoring of safety practices for compliance
- Conduct and analyze work-place safety observations
- Conduct root cause analysis investigations
- Develop, distribute, communicate and track safety talks / meetings
- Participate in risk assessments
- Assist with contractor safety oversight
- Attend contractor safety meetings as needed and provide safety leadership
- Conduct routine audits
- Tabulate safety statistics and generate safety reports
- Participate in regulatory safety inspections
- Record keeping and documentation
- Assist with drug and alcohol testing program
- Participate in on-call schedule as needed
- Other duties as assigned
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS & WORKING CONDITIONS
All personnel may be required to perform duties outside of their normal responsibilities from time to time, as needed.
