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About the Job

Implements and coordinates business unit safety programs required for compliance with OSHA regulatory requirements, company safety policies, and procedures.

What You’ll be Doing

Essential Functions of the job : To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.

Other minor duties may be assigned.

• Drive Cam System Management : Manages and consults with Market Area and Site leaders on Drive Cam System Management. This includes analysis, reporting, coaching, and interventions and may include ride alongs with site managers and or front-line drivers.
• Serious Injury and Fatality (SIF) Prevention Program Management : Aligns Job Safety Briefing to support SIF protocols.

Manages, trains, and advises Site Leadership on the implementation of Corrective / Preventative action (CAPA) items. Manages, trains, and advises Site Leadership on the implementation of Root Cause Analysis (RCA) action items (as an input to the CAPA processes)

Incident Management : Works with Area Safety Manager / Director to gather and collate appropriate data into the EH&S portal.

Conducts / reviews root cause analysis and ensures follow up action plans are established and works with site leadership to disseminate lessons learned.

Works with the People team on the application of safety policies and procedures.

• District Specific Safety Plan : Works with Safety and District leadership to analyze incident trends and works closely with both Market Area and Site Leadership to ensure DSSP is in place and operational.
• Hazardous Energy Control Program : Facilitates site level compliance with the HECP and protocols. May conduct training and coaching with site personnel on the relevant topics to ensure HECP protocols are being followed.
• Regulation (DOT, OSHA, Management : Works closely with Corporate and Site level leadership to ensure compliance with Federal, State / Provincial DOT / OSHA regulations as they pertain to WM operational requirements.

Works closely with internal and external Subject Matter Experts to ensure WM is in adherence to all required standards and regulations.

WM / Customer Facilities Compliance Management : Works with site leadership to ensure site / safety management systems (.

fire protection / detection / alarms-burglar, CNG, are in working order. May conduct reviews of new equipment installs.

Ensures inclement weather / natural disaster preparedness plans are in place. Conducts Safety Audits / Inspections and assists with commercial insurance management issues.

• Contractor / Vendor Safety Management : Monitors contractors / vendor safety program to ensure implementation. Communicates changes in the state / provincial / county / city / contractual regulation requirements that may impact contractor / vendor safety program.
• Employee Health Management : Works with Site Leadership on monitoring the physical environment for potential issues covered / not covered by the Industrial Hygiene Program.

Monitor and interpret Industrial Hygiene Program results and confer with Site Leadership on Action Plans.

Personal Protective Equipment Management : Reviews and revises PPE needs based on job risk assessments. Audit processes to verify PPE is being used correctly.

Communicates changes and updates of PPE requirements to Site Leadership. Works with Site Leadership to implement the site-specific PPE Program based on the corporate template.

People Development (Safety specific) : When called upon, attends employee coaching conversations. Consults on intervention plans set up by frontline managers.

Coaches Site Leadership on delivery of the safety training materials. Verifies / audits that OJT / Onboarding activities are being followed as scheduled.

Trains Site / District resources on the OJT program. Trains Site / District resources on safety-specific onboarding activities.

• Employee Observations : Coaches / trains market area leaders (DMs, RMS, on safety trends from EH&S Portal, DriveCam, and SIF data to be used in conducting effective employee observations and coaching conversations.
• Safety Committee Engagement : Participates in corporate and site-level safety committees.

What does it take to be a Market Area Safety Specialist with WM?

A. Education and Experience

• Bachelor's Degree (accredited), or in lieu of degree High School Diploma or GED (accredited) and 4 years of relevant work experience.
• Required 3 years of relevant work experience (in addition to education requirement)
• Strong knowledge in Safety Rules & Regulations including DOT and OSHA, strong communication and leadership skills, and public speaking experience required.
• Initiating Action : Taking prompt action to accomplish work goals; taking action to achieve results beyond what is required; being proactive.
• Managing Work : Effectively managing one’s time and resources to ensure that work is completed efficiently.
• Earning Trust : Gaining others’ confidence by acting with integrity and following through on commitments while disclosing own positions;

treating others and their ideas with respect and supporting them in the face of challenges.

Work Standards : Setting high standards of performance for self and others; assuming responsibility and accountability for successfully completing assignments or tasks;

self-imposing standards of excellence rather than having standards imposed.

Leveraging Feedback : Taking full advantage of opportunities to receive and explore feedback about own performance (from assessments, managers, coworkers, internal / external partners, or customers);

responding favorably to feedback and using it constructively to take action to improve knowledge, skills, behavior, and impact on others.

Adaptability : Maintaining effectiveness when major changes in work responsibilities or environment (., people, processes, structure, or culture);

adjusting effectively to change by exploring the benefits, trying new approaches, and collaborating with others to make the change successful.

Building Customer Loyalty : Meeting and exceeding internal or external customer expectations while cultivating relationships that secure commitment and trust.

B. Certificates, Licenses, Registrations or Other Requirements

Certified Safety Professional (CSP) Preferred

Work Environment

Listed below are key points regarding environmental demands and work environment of the job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the job

Combination : This job operates in a mix between an office environment and plant / field environment and routinely requires the use of standard office equipment such as computers, phones, copy machines, etc.

About our Benefits

At WM, each eligible employee receives a competitive total compensation package including Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance and Short Term Disability.

As well as a Stock Purchase Plan, Company match on 401K, and more! Our employees also receive Paid Vacation, Holidays, and Personal Days.

Please note that benefits may vary by site.

If this sounds like the opportunity that you have been looking for, please click Apply.

Last updated : 2024-06-08