Title: Health and Safety Specialist
Salary: $90,000-120,000 Yearly
Position: Direct Hire

What is this?
Global company is seeking a Health & Safety Specialist for their US Operations. These operations include our Hull Rail, Truck & Pipeline Terminal (Hull, Texas), Oklahoma Liquids Terminal (Tulsa, Oklahoma), and future Wildhorse Terminal (Cushing, Oklahoma). This exciting new role will be a core member of the functional health and safety team and drive delivery of the Health & Safety (H&S) strategy for the US Operations.

What does my day look like?
• Support the development of and implement the health and safety program under the company’s Operational Excellence Management System
• Advise and mentor operations and maintenance teams in meeting company and H&S regulatory requirements including OSHA
• Participate in facility risk assessments and safety meetings
• Communicate HSE information through formal training, meetings and shared learnings from events
• Support process safety management (PSM). Participate in process hazard analysis activities, encourage the use of MoC and reporting of PSM related events
• Support the delivery of corporate and facility goals
• Plan and lead regular audits, inspections and task observations to ensure all workers conduct activities in accordance with practices and procedures
• Actively participate in the selection, approval and monitoring of contractors to ensure their compliance with Contractor Safety Management Programs
• Act as the subject matter expert for event management and incident investigations. Lead high risk investigations
• Report safety performance and identify opportunities to continuously improve.
• Maintain competency management and drive compliance
• Support emergency response plan and exercises and provide immediate response to emergencies at all sites. •
• Support turnarounds and project work.

What does the perfect candidate look like?
• 5-10 years’ experience in refining, petro-chemical, rail and truck terminal operations, or other related industry
• 5 years’ experience in health and safety
• Certified Safety Professional (CSP) designation, or working towards obtaining
• Excellent understanding of health and safety legislation and standards including OSHA, DOT, PHMSA, EPA, MSHA, NFPA, NIOSH, ANSI, ISO and Workers Compensation
• Bachelors’ degree in Engineering, Physical Sciences, Industrial Hygiene/Safety Management or related Natural Sciences from an accredited institution or equivalent combination of education and experience
• A proven ability to develop relationships and become an effective business partner
• Strong organization, coaching, communication and interpersonal skills
• A demonstrated desire for personal growth
• Self-motivated team player with a strong commitment to improving Health and Safety Performance
• Must have legal authorization to work in the USA on a fulltime basis.

What does the company expect of me?
In the performance of their respective tasks and duties the employee hired will be expected to conform to the following:
a. Perform quality work within deadlines with or without supervision
b. Interact professionally with other employees, customers and suppliers.
c. Work effectively as a team contributor on all assignments.
d. Work independently while understanding the necessity for communicating and coordinating work efforts with other employees and organizations.

What will the physical requirements be?
Physical requirements for positions include: arm and hand steadiness and finger dexterity enough to use a keyboard and telephone; occasional lifting up to 25 pounds; may be subject to walking, standing, sitting, and reaching; and vision, speech, and hearing sufficient to perform the essential tasks. Any physical restrictions should be discussed or noted within the interview process.

What does it take to be a ProRecruiters candidate?
• Resumes must be in .doc format – pdf and txt versions will not be accepted.
• The resume must clearly reflect your skills and be free of any spelling errors or punctuation errors.
• Experience must be business professional experience – we do not handle any industrial or general labor positions
• Your work history does not include a string of employment. A string is considered to be multiple consecutive employers where the tenure was for a year or less.