Health and Safety Specialist - Absolute Staffing & Consulting Solutions

Absolute Staffing is searching for a Health & Safety Specialist to work with our client. 

Office of Administration Safety Professionals work with Commonwealth of Pennsylvania agencies and partner with their agencies to ensure safety program compliance and perform various duties to reduce workplace injuries.

Telework is an option; however, candidate must travel to locations not accessible by public transportation and occasional full days in an office environment.

This position must be knowledgeable in industrial hygiene and take the lead for industrial hygiene investigations and related trainings. This position also works closely with the Department of Corrections and other smaller agencies, such as the Game Commission.

Duties of this position include but are not limited to:

• ·Manage one safety onsite professional who works with the Department of Corrections (based out of Mechanicsburg, PA) and ensure they are meeting agency needs by effectively leading the team and coaching staff as needed.
• Have a thorough understanding of industrial hygiene, conduct related investigations, and develop associated reports.
• Develop and deliver training related to industrial hygiene.
• Plan and organize service requests to meet target dates and production goals. Utilize agency action plans to set dates, determine responsibilities and track completion, if applicable.
• Develop and deliver health and safety training. Take existing training materials or develop new materials, as needed, and deliver effective training to agency personnel in-person or via webinar as dictated by agency needs.
• Conduct assessments and audits in accordance with Accident and Illness Prevention Program (AIPP) and agency policies including hazard identification inspections, incident investigations and agency AIPP reviews, as needed or required by the agency.
• Analyze data and prepare technical reports and give recommendations. Prepare reports according to agencies needs and request to analyze injury data and trends and assist with trend identification, corrective action and implementation.
• Provide support for injury/illness prevention, safety, industrial hygiene, and AIPP compliance. Work with the agency safety coordinator or designee to ensure the agency AIPP is complete, reviewed annually and updated as needed.
• Work independently to provide on-site health and safety support. Be able to perform technical research and transfer knowledge to agency safety coordinators and employees in reports, email or verbally.
• Work in a collaborative team environment with flexibility to adapt to client needs. Understand clients' needs and build relationships through excellent customer service and follow-up skills.
•  Understand agency personnel needs at all levels of employees and management to build relationships and assist with moving safety forward and building a strong safety culture.
• Some travel up to 20%, including periodic overnight travel and occasional travel to Harrisburg. Must have own transportation and be able to travel anywhere in the commonwealth.

Required Skills and Experience:

• B.S. Degree in Occupational Safety and Health or related field or B.S. in any field and a PA L&I BWC AIPP Qualification
• Have a minimum of 5 years of industrial hygiene/occupational safety experience
• Proficient in the use of Microsoft Office (Word, PowerPoint and Excel)
• Strong assessment, verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to pass PA Department of Corrections background checks for access into Correctional facilities