What are the responsibilities and job description for the Safety Representative position at Energy Transfer Partners?
Safety Specialist - Health and Safety/ Crude Trucking
Energy Transfer Partners is one of the largest Master Limited Partnerships with one of the most diversified portfolios of energy assets in the United States totaling more than 71,000 miles of natural gas, crude oil, natural gas liquids, and refined products pipelines with associated terminals, storage and fractionation facilities in 38 states.
The Energy Transfer Crude Trucking organization currently hauls crude oil in Oklahoma, New Mexico, Texas, North Dakota, Colorado, and Louisiana to truck stations throughout these regions. Our truck fleet helps aggregate the crude oil purchased from individual leases.
Under the direction of the Director – of Cude Trucking, this position will be a Safety Specialist - Health and Safety – utilized to provide support to the Crude Trucking Division’s South Region. The Health and Safety Specialist will be responsible for supporting truck drivers, supervisors, and third-party personnel to ensure health and safety compliance in relation to OSHA, DOT, EPA, and other fields. The areas of responsibility will include parts of West Texas and New Mexico. Travel will be at least 50%.
Primary Responsibilities
The duties of this position include but are not limited to the following:
- E, H&S Training – Ensure compliance with company and regulatory training requirements through classroom training or computer-based training programs. Run reports to demonstrate compliance with area management.
- Employee Interaction - Be available to participate in safety monitoring route rides, and employee operations by performing working safety evaluations
- Regulatory Compliance – Conduct routine site visits to inspect compliance with company and regulatory health and safety regulations. Inspections consist of but are not limited to Lockout-Tagout, Work Permits, Facility Inspections, and Construction Site Inspections.
- Communication – Establish a firm communication system between operations and E, H&S by making themselves available and responsive to requests from internal clients.
- Incident Recordkeeping and Investigations – Assist with recording and investigating any H&S incidents. This position will be expected to support investigations into vehicle accidents, injuries, spills, property damage, and other events.
- Emergency Response – Support Crude Trucking emergencies by being available 24/7.
- Industrial Hygiene – Conduct air and noise monitoring at Crude Trucking operational locations to ensure employee exposures are below the permissible exposure limits.
- Support Supervisors- Be the primary safety liaison for managers, committee members, prevention teams, and 3rd party trainers.
Minimum Requirements
- Strong communications skills (verbal and written).
- Mastery of loss control principles, understand the logistics business, and possess technical safety, health, and environmental skills.
- Ability to design and present training programs.
- Proficiency in MS Office computer applications.
- Must have strong leadership, interpersonal, and conflict resolution skills.
- Ability to act decisively under pressure and exercise excellent judgment.
- 6 years of relevant work experience and a High School diploma or equivalent
- Valid driver’s license is required.
Preferred Experience
- Experience in the Transportation industry
- Preferred: BCSP or ABIH certifications
- Additional software experiences a plus
"An equal opportunity employer/disability/vet The Partnership is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against qualified applicants on the basis of any actual or perceived legally protected characteristics under federal, state, or local law. The nature and frequency of the above working conditions and requirements may vary depending on individual operational circumstances. Where feasible, the Partnership will make reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities to enable them to perform the essential functions of the job. DISCLAIMER: The statements listed in this job posting, which are subject to change, are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this job. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required of personnel so classified. "