Sr. Safety Specialist

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AES CE is currently seeking a Sr. Health & Safety Specialist, West Region - Construction to support solar and battery energy storage construction projects in the West Region. The Health & Safety Specialist, West Region - Construction will proactively plan, direct, and implement the Company's safety expectations to ensure a safe, healthy, and accident-free work environment. This role will be responsible for ensuring contractors are conducting activities in a safe manner for the protection of our employees, clients, contractors, subcontractors, and the public. The Health & Safety Specialist, West Region - Construction ensures compliance with all applicable federal, state, county, and local safety related regulations. The ideal candidate for this role will demonstrate strong leadership skills, work well in a team environment, have excellent communication skills, and will strive to enrich the Company Culture.Regular travel to CE construction projects to promote high quality construction safety practices and to audit contractor compliance with AES's standards, policies, and procedures will be required.

Key Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with AES Clean Energy's Construction Management team (CM) to ensure AES CE's H&S programs are maintained and implemented to high standards.
• Work with the CM team to implement corporate H&S programs on construction projects and improve processes and guidance related to H&S management.
• Lead activities and efforts around H&S-related incidents and investigations. Perform Root Cause Analyses in collaboration with the CM team during H&S incident investigation.
• Contributes to the development of H&S strategy and action plans for AES CE to meet H&S targets, reduce risks, and improve performance.
• Maintain compliance with all applicable H&S regulations and requirements.
• Maintain and continually improve the H&S Management Systems.
• Develop and deliver H&S related training as needed.
• Contribute to achieving H&S targets in support of business objectives.
• Function as an advisor and technical expert on issues related to H&S on the company's construction projects.
• Participate and provide input on H&S initiatives.
• Manage H&S best practices, coordinate with AES global H&S team to implement policies with construction contractors, and share lessons learned throughout the company.
• Visit project construction sites to conduct H&S inspections and audits.
• Other duties as assigned.

Key Requirements:

• 3-5 years of related experience
• Experience in wind, solar and battery storage construction, electric utility industry, or power generation (preferred).
• Bachelor's degree in EHS or related field preferred. Advanced degree(s) will be given additional consideration.
• In lieu of a recognized degree, having obtained an ASP, CSP, CHST, OSHA 510 or 511 certification (preferred)
• Committed to delivering incident-free work environments through quality safety culture and practices.
• Passion for Health and Safety management.
• Ability to effectively communicate and influence at all levels of an organization.
• Strong computer and analytical skills
• Ability to lead assigned tasks to closure while maintaining a prominent level of professionalism.
• Thrives in a dynamic, fast-paced and challenging work environment.
• Excellent organizational, project, planning & time management skills.
• Ability to work under pressure to meet deadlines.
• Able to work supportively and collaboratively with other teams.
• Able to build relationships and trust with key stakeholders and contractors.
• Demonstrates alignment with AES Values.