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Health & Safety Specialist/Sr. Health & Safety Specialist Job In Allentown Pennsylvania

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Category:  Other
Job Hours:  Full Time
Job Type:  Permanent
Country:  United States
State/Province:  Pennsylvania
City:  Allentown
Job Description
Corporation Summary Tracing its roots to Thomas Edison himself, PPL Corporation has been empowering economic vitality and the quality of life for the communities it serves for nearly a century. The people of PPL Corporation provide reliable, safe, competitively priced energy to our customers and competitive returns to our shareowners. PPL has grown from a company with customers and facilities in one region of Pennsylvania to a diverse, super-regional energy company with more than 10 million customers in the United States and the United Kingdom, as well as about 19,000 megawatts of generating capacity from the East Coast to the Pacific Northwest. PPL provides energy for millions of customers while providing challenging and rewarding careers for thousands of employees around the United States and abroad. Be sure to follow us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/pplcareers and Twitter at www.twitter.com/pplcareers. Position Summary Responsible for the design, implementation, maintenance and evaluation of identified health and safety programs including the complex analysis of data resulting from these programs. Analyzes and evaluates data from health and safety programs managing hazards in the work environment. Manages and oversees existing health and safety management programs to reduce risk in the work environment. Recommends and designs new workplace health and safety programs relative to risk management and hazard abatement. Develops action plans to control health risks and hazards to all employees in the workforce. Creates, modifies and submits revisions to safety manuals and procedures as appropriate.

The incumbent provides technical guidance and direction to other PPL employees in support of producing high quality, timely and cost effective solutions to ensure compliance with applicable Federal, State and local regulations. This position requires partnering with groups, such as but not limited to those involved in training and performance assessment to identify learning and development gaps, identify solutions and to foster development of all employees relative to health and safety issues. The incumbent works under general supervision. Primary Responsibilities 1. Serves as a technical “expert” and provides technical support to internal and external stakeholders’ regarding compliance with health and safety regulations.
2. Supports programs to enhance the public image of corporate health and safety performance through education activities and other actions that encourage responsible behavior.
3. Organizes and conducts health and safety studies.
4. Performs trending analysis to improve health and safety performance by gathering data, developing reports, identifying gaps, evaluating risk and implementing process improvements and/or corrective actions to prevent reoccurrence.
5. Evaluates, designs and conducts training and materials in support of health and safety initiatives.
6. Coaches and mentors all levels of personnel on critical skills, behaviors and techniques that build and sustain a zero injury/illness culture.
7. Provides governance and quality oversight of health and safety programs.
8. Recommends changes in procedures, processes, design or equipment.
9. Keeps abreast of federal, state and local occupational health and safety regulations; reviews technical literature.
10. Conducts comprehensive audits of company sites for compliance to occupational health and safety programs.
11. Participates in industrial safety conferences and benchmarks top performing organizations for program improvements.
12. Supports the development and maintenance of PPL’s EHS management information systems (MIS).
13. Provides project management services, including project coordination, contract administration, material tracking, scheduling and cost monitoring on projects, and review with management. Candidate Qualifications Candidates must meet the basic qualifications to receive consideration. Basic Qualifications 1. Bachelor's degree in Safety Engineering, Occupational Safety and Health, Industrial Hygiene, or other equivalent technical field.
2. A minimum of 2 to 5 years experience in industrial related work experience in industrial hygiene or safety.
3. The ability to interpret health and safety regulations.
4. The ability to rapidly organize and analyze complex and diverse topics and situations, as well as large amounts of data.
5. Experience in systems management including database configuration, process mapping or EHS management systems. Preferred Qualifications 1. The ability to adapt to changing conditions, priorities, and requirements, as well as, the need to rapidly learn new skills.
2. The ability to develop workgroups and team relationships with customers.
3. Strong oral and written communication skills with an ability to create, communicate and deliver reports and/or presentations. Equal Employment Opportunity PPL is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer dedicated to diversity and the strength it brings to the workplace - M/F/D/V How To Apply 1. Click on Apply Now button
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Post Date:  01/31/2012
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