Environmental Health & Safety Specialist

Vertiv • Pleasanton, CA

4h

About The Position

Responsible for supporting, coordinating, implementing and/or conducting
environmental, safety, and health activities.  Assisting to ensure employees are
trained in environmental, safety, and health policies and procedures. 
Facilitates a proactive safety program that actively involves employees through
safety teams and committees.  Ensures service centers are compliant with all
local, state, and federal environmental and safety laws and regulations.  This
position is accountable for supporting and assisting with the administration and
maintaining all environmental and safety programs.  Provides support and
direction for aspects of safety and environmental affairs. Responsible for
implementation of corporate safety initiatives to minimize the number and reduce
the severity of accidents and injuries while maintaining the efficiency of the
jobsite and the well-being of employees.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree desired, preferably in Electrical, Occupational Health and Safety or Safety Science.
• 3 to 5 years of experience in Electrical work (low and medium voltage) and/or Construction
• Strong organizational and research skills.
• Strong analytical skills.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Have excellent computer skills, MS Word, MS PowerPoint and MS Excel.
• Strong customer service skills.
• Broad knowledge of environmental, health, safety, NFPA 70E, Electrical and DOT regulatory compliance requirements.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively with all levels of management and staff.
• Demonstrated interpersonal communication skills, including the ability to work with necessary levels of management in integrating safe and healthy behaviors in day-day operations.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for driving the personal and/or team implementation of “WE LEAD WITH SAFETY”.
• Promoting our safety culture and leading programs to improve the Company's overall safety culture.
• Assist with maintaining and reporting of EHS metrics and records for the Electrical Reliability Services Business
• Assist with improvements related to work hazards, safety training and safety audits.
• Assist with the records and logs as required by OSHA.
• Provide customer site support for safety issues and or problems.
• Facilitation and involvement in Safety Committees.
• Involvement with Fleet Safety Program, including vehicle incident management, trend analysis, and identifying initiatives to improve driver safety.
• Measures and monitors environmental impacts in conformance with Electrical Reliability Services & Vertiv environmental policy and government regulations.
• Review and assist with development of necessary plans, procedures and strategies implementation and ensures their consistency and adequacy.
• Interface with all levels of the organization
• Conduct accident investigation and analysis to determine improvements needed.
• Have strong working knowledge of Electrical Safety and NFPA 70E.
• Conducts safety audits and hazard assessments when appropriate in conjunction with applicable safety programs and/or regulations.
• Work with the Workers’ Compensation program.

What This Job Offers

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