Safety Supervisor

Entergy; New Orleans (LA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Entergy in New Orleans, LA is seeking a Safety Supervisor to develop and execute safety programs, oversee safety specialists, and drive accountability across a large capital portfolio.

You will lead root-cause analyses, coordinate safety initiatives with state and regional leaders, and ensure compliance with OSHA regulations and Entergy's safety rules.

This role requires a technical degree or equivalent experience, 4 years of related work, and preferred CST/COSS/CSP designations.

Qualifications

• Minimum education: Technical degree or equivalent work experience.
• Minimum experience: 4 years of related work experience.
• Preferred: 4 years transmission or distribution (T&D) line or engineering experience, or equivalent safety leadership.

Responsibilities

• Oversee daily activities of safety specialists and reporting.
• Interpret OSHA regulations and Entergy safe work rules.
• Analyze safety data to identify gaps and closures.
• Lead root-cause analysis for safety events and injuries.
• Lead Safety Advisory Boards and safety initiatives.
• Coordinate safety resources with state and regional leadership.
• Monitor safety trend reports for program development.
• Contribute to corrective action ownership and closure.
• Coordinate safety training, updates, and workshops.
• Perform administrative duties (time approvals, expense, appraisals).
• Lead enterprise safety initiatives across the system.

Skills

Safety leadership

Root-cause analysis

OSHA regulations knowledge

Safety program development

Education

Technical degree or equivalent work experience

Job description

The purpose of the Safety Supervisor position is to provide safety program development and execution, as well as oversight of safety specialists. This position enables organizational focus on evaluation and enhancement of employee and contractor safety programs, initiatives, and accountability to build and maintain programs required for a significant capital work portfolio.

Job Duties/Responsibilities

• Daily oversight of safety specialists’ activities, execution of work and reporting.
• Clear understanding and interpretation of OSHA regulations and Entergy safe work rules and work practices.
• Analysis of employee and contractor safety data for gap identification and closure.
• Lead root-cause analysis and causal determination teams for safety related events and injuries.
• Leadership of Safety Advisory Boards, employee teams, and other safety initiatives.
• Leadership and team building with state and region management to foster buy-in for safety improvement initiatives.
• Monitoring and execution of safety trend reports for program development and execution.
• Serve on the Distribution Condition Report Group (CRG) for corrective action ownership and closure of safety related CAs.
• Specific assignments that may affect all or individual OpCos including specific safety training, updates, and workshops.
• Administrative activities including approvals of time, expense, performance appraisals, fleet, etc.
• Leadership of enterprise safety initiatives across the system as assigned.
• Develop and coordinate effective storm response plans for emergency response efforts.
• Other duties as assigned.
• Leads a regular review of safety successes, gaps and closure of corrective actions.
• Partners with state and local leadership ensure that safety resources are efficiently planned/scheduled for the highest value work (including critical task oversight).

Minimum Requirements

• Minimum education required of the position: Technical degree or equivalent work experience
• Minimum experience required of the position: 4 years of related work experience
• Minimum knowledge, skills and abilities required of the position: Preferred - 4 years transmission or distribution (T&D) line or engineering experience, (T&D) supervisory experience, or equivalent experience including effective safety leadership.
• Any certificates, licenses, etc. required for the position: Preferred - Safety Designation of CST, COSS, COSM, ASP, CUSP, CSP or the ability to achieve one or more of these designations within 60-90 days of job entry.