Job Description

As an EEO/Affirmative Action Employer, all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, or veteran status.

I. Job Summary
Responsible for the development and execution of all Safety strategic goals and offers safety related budgetary guidance for the Area in accordance with WM Safety Services guidance. (Market Areas of $400 Million or less in revenue.)



II. Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Essential Function

• Corporate/Market Area Safety Strategy: Works closely with Corporate and Market Area Senior Leadership Teams to understand, support, and align safety strategy, goals, and objectives at both the Corporate and Market Area levels.
• Drive Cam System Management: Oversees, manages, and consults with Market Area and Site leaders on Drive Cam System Management. This includes, analysis, reporting, coaching, interventions and may include ride alongs with site managers and or front-line drivers.
• Serious Injury and Fatality (SIF) Prevention Program Management: Identify, reduce, and ultimately eliminate tasks that present a high risk for serious injury and or fatality. Apply SIF logic to identify job tasks, activities, and situations that present a high SIF risk. Conduct Protection Validation Studies on each SIF situation to identify and close protection gaps.
• Safety Communications: Works closely with EH&S team to ensure appropriate dissemination and implementation of EH&S policies, corporate safety communications, and initiatives. Assesses risks and monitors Market Area safety trends to create and deploy appropriate safety awareness messaging.
• Incident Management: Determines severity and initiates formal investigation as necessary. Ensures all relevant incident data is captured in the WM EH&S portal. Creates and disseminates both qualitative and quantitative reports on Site and or Market Area incidents analyses. Works closely with Third Party Risk Administrator to ensure all required information is documented and transferred appropriately. Determines level of Root Cause Analysis to be performed. Works with People Team as required.
• District Specific Safety Plan: Analyzes incident trends and works close with both Market Area and Site Leadership to ensure DSSP is in place and operational.
• Hazardous Energy Control Program: Has oversight of the WM Hazardous Energy Control Program and is able to direct, train and coach others on the relevant topics to ensure HECP protocols are being followed.
• Regulation (DOT, OSHA, etc.) Management: Has knowledge of 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: Management capabilities to oversee site/safety management systems (e.g., fire protection/detection/alarms (burglar, CNG, etc.)). Can 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.
• Safety Recognition Program Management: Establish performance criteria/thresholds and feedback mechanism for effectiveness evaluation.
• Employee Health Management: Works closely with Corporate Subject Matter Experts to ensure all sites are following the Medical Monitoring Program and are in adherence to the WM Industrial Hygiene Program Management. Personal
• Protective Equipment Management: Is considered the SME on WM PPE policies and procurement for their Market Area. Works closely with corporate supply chain to ensure Market Area is supplied appropriately.
• People Development (Safety specific): Must be able to constructively develop and coach others on overall risk management and safety topics. Provide developmental opportunities based upon incident investigations, DriveCam events, Employee Observations, SIF Observations, etc. to improve and advance their safety, skills, knowledge and performance.
• Employee Observations: Can coach and train Market Area Safety Specialist, market area leaders (DMs, RMS, etc.) on safety trends from EH&S Portal, DriveCam, and SIF data to be use in conducting effective employee observations and coaching conversations.

III. Supervisory Responsibilities
This job has no supervisory duties.



IV. Qualifications
The requirements listed below are representative of the qualifications necessary to perform the job.


A. Education and Experience

• Education: Bachelor’s Degree (accredited), or in lieu of degree, High School Diploma (accredited) and four (4) years of relevant work experience.
• Experience: 5 years to seven (7) years in Safety or Operations Management (in addition to education requirements)

B. Certificates, Licenses, Registrations or Other Requirements

• Certified Safety Professional (CSP) Preferred
• Certified Industrial Hygienist Preferred
• Professional Engineer (PE) License Preferred
• Qualified Environmental Professional (QEP) Preferred
• Registered Environmental Manager (REM) Preferred
• Certified Hazardous Materials Manager (CHMM) Preferred

C. Other Knowledge, Skills or Abilities Required

• Strong knowledge in Safety Rules & Regulations including DOT and OSHA, strong communication and leadership skills, and public speaking experience required.
• Execution: Ensuring others contribute to organization strategies by focusing them on the most critical priorities, measuring progress, and ensuring accountability against those metrics.
• Planning & Organizing: Establishing an action plan for self and others to complete work efficiently and on time by setting priorities, establishing timelines, and leveraging resources.
• Influencing: Using effective involvement and persuasion strategies to gain acceptance of ideas and commitment to actions that support specific work outcomes.
• Driving for Results: Setting high goals for personal and group accomplishment; using measurement methods to monitor progress toward goals; tenaciously working to meet or exceed goals while deriving satisfaction from that achievement and continuous improvement.
• Coaching & Developing Others: Providing feedback, instruction, and development guidance to help others excel in their current or future job responsibilities; planning and supporting the development of individual skills and abilities.
• Facilitating Change: Encouraging others to implement better approaches to address problems and opportunities, leading the implementation and acceptance of change within the workplace.

• Building Customer Relationships: Ensuring that the customer’s internal or external needs are met; building productive relationships with high-priority customers; taking accountability for customer satisfaction and loyalty; using appropriate and interpersonal techniques to prevent and resolve escalated customer complaints and regain customer confidence.

The expected base pay range for this office/on-site position is $89,000 - $95,000. This range represents a good faith estimate for this position. The specific salary offered to a successful candidate may be influenced by a variety of factors including the candidate’s relevant experience, education, training, certifications, qualifications, and work location.

Benefits
At Waste Management, 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.


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