Health & Safety Program Manager

American Water; Middlesborough (KY); On-site; USD 85,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

American Water is actively seeking a Health & Safety Program Manager to join our Kentucky team. This role focuses on developing, implementing, and enhancing programs that promote employee health and safety while minimizing organizational risk.

You will partner with operations to ensure regulatory compliance, improve safety performance, and foster a strong safety culture across the company, with responsibilities spanning training delivery, audits, data analysis, and incident investigations.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years experience in safety/loss control in a related industry or municipal operation.
• Associate level degree required in a related field, i.e safety/loss control. Bachelor's level degree preferred.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement educational training programs to improve safety processes and regulatory compliance.
• Develop and implement regulatory compliance programs and evaluate tools, materials, and equipment for safety performance.
• Conduct safety audits and inspections to identify hazards and regulatory deficiencies.
• Compile, analyze, and interpret data related to safety training and performance to measure effectiveness.
• Provide assistance in accident/claim investigations and recommend preventive actions.

Skills

Regulatory compliance

Risk management

Education

Associate degree in safety/loss control

Bachelor's degree preferred

Job description

American Water is currently seeking a Health & Safety Program Manager to join our Kentucky team! The H&S Program Manager is responsible for supporting safety and loss control initiatives by developing, implementing, and enhancing programs that promote employee health and safety while minimizing organizational risk. This role partners closely with operational teams to ensure regulatory compliance, improve safety performance, and foster a strong safety culture throughout the organization.

Key Accountabilities

• Develop and implement (including delivery of) educational training programs and activities that help develop and improve the safety process within the company and to ensure compliance with federal state and local regulations
• Develop and implement the use of regulatory compliance programs, including investigating new technologies, providing professional review and recommendations for the purchase of tools, materials and equipment that will enhance safety performance throughout the organization
• Conducts safety audits and inspections to identify hazards and deficiencies that expose the company to loss or failure to comply with regulatory requirements
• Compile, analyze, and interpret data related to safety training and performance to measure the effectiveness of existing programs
• Provide assistance and expertise in accident/claim investigation and claims management, when required, and make recommendations to prevent reoccurrences

Knowledge

• Knowledge of Company Risk Management Policies and Procedures
• Knowledge of federal, state and local regulations applicable to safety and health field
• Working knowledge of the various functional areas and their role in the organization, including operating procedures of the Company Working knowledge of federal, state and local regulations, as well as a working knowledge of the various functional areas of a water utility, so as to develop and implement appropriate risk management activities associated with departmental goals
• Demonstrated understanding of a water utility operation, knowledge, of and ability to, integrate regulatory requirements into the training and development of all operating unit employees

Experience/Education

• Minimum 5 years experience in safety/loss control in a related industry or municipal operation
• Associate level degree required in a related field, i.e safety/loss control. Bachelor's level degree preferred

Travel Requirements

• Primarily limited to with Region. Some overnight travel may be required. Must be flexible