Coordinator, EH&S

Eagle Creek Renewable Energy, LLC; United States; Remote; USD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Eagle Creek Renewable Energy, LLC is seeking a safety professional for remote work with travel to hydroelectric facilities. You will partner with Corporate EH&S Manager, division and regional managers, and site personnel to ensure facility compliance with EH&S protocols and risk reduction.

Responsibilities include leading safety programs at multiple dams, identifying hazards, coordinating training, conducting audits, investigating incidents, maintaining SDS, and preparing EH&S reports.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree required.
• 3+ years of environmental, health, and safety experience or equivalent.
• OSHA 30-hour training, First Aid/CPR/BBP and AED training required.
• Strong knowledge of safety/environmental principles and techniques.
• Ability to travel 30-50% across the United States.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office.

Responsibilities

• Partner with management to ensure hydro facilities comply with EH&S protocols.
• Lead and enforce environmental, health, and safety at multiple sites.
• Identify hazards and drive corrective actions.
• Coordinate annual training with Corporate EH&S and site management.
• Develop and update EH&S training materials.
• Inspect workplaces for compliance and perform site audits.
• Investigate incidents/health complaints and determine root causes.
• Maintain hazardous material inventories and SDS.
• Provide EH&S reports and metrics for improvement.
• Oversee training programs and demonstrate safety equipment.
• Manage time and resources to support field EH&S.
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Microsoft Office

Communication

Travel readiness

Education

Bachelor’s Degree

Job description

Position Summary

Opportunity for remote work (requires some travel) for an independent and self-motivated safety professional. The successful candidate will:

• Partner with Corporate EH&S Manager, Division Managers, Regional Managers, and Operations Field Personnel to ensure hydroelectric project facility compliance with Company Environmental, Health & Safety (EH&S) and risk reduction protocols and procedures
• Lead, manage and enforce environmental, health, and safety on several hydroelectric dam and powerhouse facilities
• Identify, eliminate and control hazardous conditions that may lead to injury and or property damage using sound judgement and cooperative approaches
• Manage annual training requirements in collaboration with Corporate EH&S Manager and Division/Regional Management
• Assist in coordinating training and proactively identify opportunities for improved training and culture steering.

Why Eagle Creek?

• A comprehensive benefits plan: Medical, Dental, Vision, HSA, FSA, Commuter benefits, Voluntary Life, 401(k) match.
• Eleven paid holidays per year, plus a competitive PTO schedule and time off to volunteer or give back to your community.
• Access to a company-funded Employee Assistance Program.
• Employee discounts through ADP LifeMart.
• Tuition Reimbursement as well as access to trainings & mentors for Career Progression and Personal Development.

What You’ll Do:

• Build working relationships with operations staff and contractors.
• Contribute to the development and continuous improvement of the overall company environmental, health, and safety protocols.
• Maintain and manage environmental, health, and safety policies and procedures for the workforce.
• Provide new employees environmental, health and safety orientations and assist with developing/updating materials for these presentations.
• Inspect or evaluate workplace environments, equipment, or practices to ensure compliance with environmental, health, and safety standards and government regulations; completing audits when traveling to various work sites.
• Investigate incidents/accidents to identify causes or to determine how such incidents/accidents might be prevented in the future.
• Investigate health-related complaints and inspect facilities to ensure that they comply with public health legislation and regulations.
• Maintain inventories of hazardous materials or hazardous wastes, using waste tracking systems to ensure that materials are handled properly (Safety Data Sheet maintenance).
• Work independently. Manage time and resource allocation appropriately to provide overall environmental, health, and safety assistance to the field.
• Create environmental, health, and safety reports, documentation, and write-ups for sites, analyzing metrics and making recommendations for improvement over baseline.
• Evaluate training needs and make recommendations to site staff.
• Oversee or conduct environmental, health, and safety training programs and demonstrate the use of safety equipment.
• Other job duties as assigned.

Position Requirements:

• Bachelor’s Degree
• At least three (3) years of environmental, health, and safety experience OR equivalent mix of education and experience.
• A minimum of OSHA 30-hour training, First Aid/CPR/BBP and AED training.
• Demonstrated knowledge of safety/environmental principles and techniques is required.
• Demonstrated ability to identify known potential exposures and lead implementation of corrective actions.
• Demonstrated interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate well both verbally and in writing and train others.
• Demonstrated computer skills and experience with Microsoft Office suite programs.
• Ability to travel to various project sites within the United States required (travel time 30-50%).

Physical Requirements:

• Able to regularly travel for the company, including air travel when needed.
• Physical ability to stand, walk, and remain active for the majority of the workday.
• Physical ability to climb permanent and temporary ladders or stairs, navigate passenger use of personnel hoists, and the ability to walk/climb/navigate uneven surfaces and negotiate active work areas as needed.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
• Performing this job requires use of hands to handle or feel objects, tools or controls, sit, talk, stand, climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl.
• Ability to hear bells, alarms, whistles, etc.
• Employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.

Work Environment

While performing the duties of this job, the employee regularly works on-site at the hydroelectric facility work site where there is exposure to moving mechanical parts; high precarious places; fumes or airborne particles; outside weather conditions and risk of electrical shock. The noise in these work environments is usually moderate to very loud.