What are the responsibilities and job description for the Assoc Regional Safety Advisor position at HEB?
Job Description: Job Summary: You'll support company objectives related to cost reduction and containment in safety and injury prevention in your assigned corporate, regional, industrial, or retail area.
Key Responsibilities & Essential Functions:
Safety:
The responsibilities and essential functions outlined above describe the general nature and level of work assigned to this position. This is not an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities, and skills required. Duties and responsibilities may be modified at any time based on business needs. Employees may be required to perform other job-related tasks as requested by their supervisor, subject to reasonable accommodations.
Qualifications & Key Requirements:
Work Experience:
Knowledge/Skills/Abilities:
Education:
Licenses/Certifications:
Physical Demands & Working Conditions:
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those a Partner encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Last revised: 3/2/2026
Key Responsibilities & Essential Functions:
Safety:
- Implements / sustains policy directives; ensures compliance with regulatory and company standards
- Supports safety and accident prevention programs that ensure a safe place to work and shop
- Provides technical assistance
- Implements / administers hazard controls and related programs
- Maintains training-related records; monitors status of ongoing and completed facility training and OSHA record-keeping
- Recognizes safety opportunities; collaborates on solutions; assists in identifying safety process improvement opportunities
- Assists with projects, as assigned
- Develops close working relationships with facility leaders
- Supports / facilitates safety-related training initiatives
- Assists with training / facilitation of new, existing Partners and leaders on safety activities and responsibilities
- Analyzes incident-related trends; assists with incident investigations to determine root cause(s); evaluates effectiveness of corrective actions
- Assists with comprehensive facility safety and health audits
- Tracks / compiles key internal safety performance metrics and project status; presents to facility leadership
- Consults with Enterprise Safety for incident processing and other safety projects, as needed
- Assists with safety reviews of corporate, industrial, or retail facilities to ensure compliance with OSHA, NFPA, and related local, state, and federal policies, standards, and guidelines
- Assists with incident investigation process for work injuries, including OSHA serious injury procedures, specifically for investigation and root cause analysis
- Assists with regulatory agency audits
Compliance / Auditing:
The responsibilities and essential functions outlined above describe the general nature and level of work assigned to this position. This is not an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities, and skills required. Duties and responsibilities may be modified at any time based on business needs. Employees may be required to perform other job-related tasks as requested by their supervisor, subject to reasonable accommodations.
Qualifications & Key Requirements:
Work Experience:
- 0 years No previous professional experience required - Required
Knowledge/Skills/Abilities:
- Familiarity with all regulatory programs related to safety management - Required
- Verbal / written communication and presentation skills - Required
- Analytical and critical thinking skills - Required
- PC skills, including MS Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint) H-E-B network, and software / systems required by the job - Required
- Bi-lingual (English – Spanish) skills - Preferred
- Ability to manage multiple priorities and shift focus between projects / tasks - Required
- Ability to adapt to new technology, respond effectively to changing conditions, and apply continuous improvement techniques (Plan, Do, Check, Act) - Required
- Ability to train - Required
- Self-motivated to learn / confidently apply new learnings - Required
- Ability to work through challenging situations, work collaboratively with all levels of leadership - Required
Education:
- Bachelor’s Degree or role-relevant experience - Required
Licenses/Certifications:
Physical Demands & Working Conditions:
- Function in a fast-paced, office environment
- Travel by car or plane with overnight stays
- Work extended hours; sit for extended periods.
- Occasionally lift 20 lbs or more
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those a Partner encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Last revised: 3/2/2026
Benefits:
Employee Discounts, 401K Plan, Health Insurance