Principal Safety & Health Specialist

Savannah River Mission Completion (SRMC) is seeking a Principal Safety & Health Specialist to be based in our Aiken, SC location on the Savannah River Site (SRS).

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The Principal Safety & Health Specialist monitors, analyzes, and investigates workplace activities and potential hazards to support company initiatives within assigned area or facility(s) through review of work packages, assessments, walk downs, inspections, and/or observations. Identifies hazardous workplace conditions and removes hazards and/or protects employees by guarding, revising work procedures, and training or requiring use of protective clothing and personal protective equipment. Responsible for identifying and mitigating hazardous conditions that affect workers, property, the environment, and the general public. Takes effective steps to ensure that workplace conditions comply with applicable federal, state, local and organization occupational safety and health standards, ensuring that all required records are prepared and maintained. Prepares and delivers reports and inputs information into database applications as required. Prepares and delivers reports and inputs information into database applications as required.

• Incorporates advanced Safety and Health (S&H) practices and a variety of complex features into problem solving and programmatic planning where only general objectives are stated usually requiring creativity and ingenuity.
• Evaluates or delegates proposals and makes recommendations based on proposed projects/tasks. Typically assigned to high risk, critical in scope, work packages.
• Collaborates with design teams to identify safety and health specifications and design requirements including those with the highest complexity.
• Educates and observes to ensure that personnel are performing work in compliance with governing work documents.
• Applies advanced theories and practices of S&H by anticipating, recognizing, evaluating, and controlling occupational hazards in the workplace through job scope reviews, walk downs, and general observations.
• Investigates accidents, injuries, and complaints concerning hazards of critical impact.
• Responsible for compiling and providing all documentation from investigations to support legal claims made against company.
• Conducts assessments and/or Manager Field Observations (MFOs) within assigned area.
• Represents and/or attends (as requested) safety and health meetings.
• Demonstrates expert knowledge and understanding of all company and industry specific regulatory requirements/standards and official interpretations.
• Assists with company interpretations to industry regulations.
• Incorporates innovation through extensive experience to develop, implement and maintain safety and health programs, systems and procedures of assigned facility.
• Develops, designs, and conducts comprehensive occupational hazard inspection and monitoring strategies within a specialized field. May be requested to develop and conduct employee training, ensuring high quality of the program.
• Prepares and reviews written programs, job hazard analyses, personal protective equipment assessments and other health and safety program elements. Helps develop and/or reviews health and safety procedures as requested. In addition, may be requested to develop and conduct employee training and perform effectiveness reviews.
• Promotes compliance with required Experience Modification Rate (EMR), Total Recordable Case (TRC) and Days Away Restricted or Transferred (DART) established goals. Serves as an expert resource for line management to develop and administer a proactive prevention program for accidents and illness per company requirements.
• Serves as Subject Matter Expert for S&H activities within a facility and/or across the company.
• Generates/gathers trending and other performance indicator reports. Presents to Project Directors and company Senior Management. May be asked to compile similar reports for customers and internal stakeholders as requested.
• Reviews, enters, reports, and/or resolves Site Tracking, Analysis & Reporting (STAR) items regarding Safety and Health and/or radiological discipline and ensures safety controls have been put in place.
• Demonstrates knowledge of industry’s innovative developments, processes, and techniques through successful implementation.
• Other duties as assigned.
• High School Diploma/GED or Associates degree and related experience; or
• Bachelor’s degree in Safety, Health, Industrial Hygiene, Environmental Engineering or related science and related experience
  
  
  

Additional information

• Must have a flexible schedule to work on-call as delegated by schedule.
• Previous experience with advanced S&H theories, concepts and art; advanced knowledge of related disciplines.
• Prior experience with compiling, preparing and presenting S&H material to multiple management levels.
• Certified Safety Professional (CSP) certification
• Certified Industrial Hygienist (CIH) certification
  
  
  

Savannah River Mission Completion (SRMC), a prime contractor for the US Department of Energy, is responsible for managing the Department of Energy’s Savannah River Site’s Liquid Waste operations contract. Located in Aiken, South Carolina, SRMC is a limited liability company formed by nuclear operations and environmental remediation global leaders BWXT, Amentum, and Fluor. The SRMC Team is responsible for the closure of waste tanks, the operation of the Savannah River Site’s Defense Waste Processing Facility, tank farm operations and associated production and disposal facilities. www.savannahrivermissioncompletion.com

Savannah River Mission Completion offers a competitive and comprehensive benefits package with flexibility to meet your needs.

Highlights of our plans include

• 401k Retirement Savings Plan - 5% immediate company contribution, additional matching for employee contributions
• Health Insurance & Prescription Drug Program
• Health Savings Account
• Telehealth with BlueCare on Demand
• Dental Coverage
• Vision Coverage
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Includes 160 hours annual paid time off (accrued monthly), plus 11 paid holidays
• Life and Accident Coverage
• Disability Coverage
• Employee Assistance Program
• Tuition Reimbursement
  
  
  

USD $94,524.00/Yr.

USD $170,076.00/Yr.

Exceptions to this range/rate may be applied on a case-by-case basis taking into account aspects such as education, experience, and skill need of the organization.

Savannah River Mission Completion is committed to equal employment opportunity to employees and qualified applicants regardless of their race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, physical or mental disability, veteran status, status as a parent, sexual orientation, or genetics. Our equal employment opportunity policies encompass all aspects of the employment relationship, including application and hiring, promotion and transfer, selection for training opportunities, wage and salary administration.