Field Safety Technician - Switch4 LLC

Title: Field Safety Technician

Location: Eugene, OR / Salem, OR

Job Type: FTE/Permanent

Shift: Primarily work 8 – 10 hours per day, 5 days per week. Nights/weekends/overtime as needed.
These areas include Eugene, Keizer, Corvallis, and Dallas.

Travel: Local travel within a 1-2 hour radius of Salem (home every night). Possibility for overnight travel maybe 1-2 nights at a time maybe a couple of times a year for internal/external training opportunities but would not be guaranteed or a regular part of the position.

Overview:
We are seeking a dedicated Safety Technician to join our team. The Safety Technician will play a crucial role in ensuring a safe work environment by implementing and maintaining safety protocols and procedures.

Minimum Qualifications

• You have prior related field experience in mining, manufacturing, construction or related industries to include an active participation in safety programs or initiatives, and familiarity with OSHA and/or MSHA regulations. A Bachelor's Degree in Occupational Safety & Health or closely related field may substitute for experience.
• You're comfortable speaking to a diverse range of individuals and groups to deliver training/presentations.
• You have the ability to recognize both safe and unsafe working practices in the field, and are comfortable providing both positive reinforcement, as well as constructive feedback, coaching, or best practices to your peers.
• You're passionate about keeping employees safe and strive to continuously improve safety through innovation.
• You have a working knowledge of PC Programs and the Microsoft Office Suite, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook.
• You have a high school diploma or equivalent, a valid driver's license, current authorization to work in the United States, and are able to pass pre-employment controlled-substance testing.

Preferred Qualifications

• Safety-related certifications such as ASP, GSP, CHST, OSHA 500/510, OSHA 10 & 30, MSHA.

Key Responsibilities (Essential Duties and Functions)

• Administering/maintaining company safety programs; ensuring any/all new developments in human performance and technology available are utilized for incident/injury prevention and continually evaluated.
• Assist with incident analysis for all occurrences, providing recommendations for risk reduction as applicable.
• Overseeing site safety audits & assisting site personnel in selection/installment of safety devices.
• Conducting hazard awareness and correction sessions with operations personnel.
• Participate in the use of Coaching Action Plans to eliminate undesired behaviors and create new desired behaviors through pinpointed safe desired behaviors and proper follow-up/reinforcement strategies.
• Stewarding/Implementing Human Performance philosophies, education, & growth strategies. Coordinating with Operating Company Managers to identify Event Learning Team opportunities and driving a Learning Culture.
• Assist with providing direction/technical support to ensure employees' health and minimize potential employee exposures through established industrial hygiene practices. i.e. Respiratory Protection Program, Hearing Conservation Program, Silica Awareness Program.
• Developing creative communications methods to ensure the distribution and institutionalization of best practices through tools such as: PowerPoint, Word, Excel, e-mail, SharePoint, Adobe PDF, Teams.
• Coordinate and schedule annual safety training, project specific safety training and develop/assist/create project specific safety plans and/or reporting as required by the project specifications.
• Help support safety meetings.
• Manage and monitor employee engagement programs.
• Regular and timely attendance.
• Participate in and promote an inclusive work environment.