Site EHS Specialist, ( 26-2245)
Description
About GE Vernova:
GE Vernova is a planned, purpose-built global energy company that includes Power, Wind, and Electrification businesses and is supported by its accelerator businesses of Advanced Research, Consulting Services, and Financial Services. Building on over 130 years of experience tackling the world’s challenges, GE Vernova is uniquely positioned to help lead the energy transition by continuing to electrify the world while simultaneously working to decarbonize it. GE Vernova helps customers power economies and deliver electricity that is vital to health, safety, security, and improved quality of life. GE Vernova is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S., with more than 80,000 employees across 100+ countries around the world.
GE Vernova’s Gas Power business engineers advanced, efficient natural gas-powered technologies and services, along with decarbonization solutions that aim to help electrify a lower carbon future. As part of the Gas Power One Field Services team, FieldCore installs, maintains, and upgrades power generation equipment, enabling operators of the world’s energy infrastructure to provide more reliable and affordable energy.
Job Summary:
The Site EHS Specialist II is a key member of our EHS Team and a critical partner for our operational site teams at planning, project execution and post outage review stage. The Field EHS Specialist I is responsible for supporting with the creation and execution of a comprehensive EHS plan on our operational site, that drives the best-in-class standards of EHS and sustainability.
The objective of this role is to observe, advise, coach and support those with operational responsibilities during planning phase and on-site execution, to prevent injuries, help drive accountability and remain in compliance with company/client EHS policies, programs, and procedures alongside country legislative standards.
The field EHS team are central to the adoption, communication, and implementation of injury preventative EHS initiatives and campaigns to reiterate our NO HARM culture.
Essential Duties & Responsibilities:
- Partner with the operational team in all matters related to EHS Planning, On Site Execution and Outage Close out for mid-complexity outage scopes / customer sites or in support to a Senior EHS Specialist in a high complexity scope / customer site, as assigned by your Resource Manager depending on work demand, competency, and availability
- Outage Planning – Remove and mitigate Risk Pre-Deployment
- Actively participate in the outage planning and Outage Readiness Reviews (ORR), clearly communicating the EHS needs with the project team and manage all compliance activities, including the implementation of in-country legislation and Gas Power OFS EHS programs
- Consult with Service Manager, Lead Field Engineer, Outage Manager and Customer on any potential workplace and task-specific hazards (and the control of such hazards) such as Asbestos, Lead, Arsenic, and Hexavalent Chrome, which may impact the work scope
- Facilitate and lead site walkdowns to ensure strong planning that includes access/egress/laydown areas
- Ensure medical preparedness and that facilities are readily available for all employees. Ensure that records are properly maintained
- Mobilization Phase
- Develop and maintain the One Field Services (OFS) EHS Plan, including current Risk Management tools (such as Outage Risk Profile) for each outage in collaboration with the Service Manager and/or Outage Manager. Provide support to communicate and manage all sections of the plan
- Establish and monitor adherence to workers work-rest cycle (rest and recovery plan) schedule
- Manage required compliance activities, including the implementation of in-country legislation and OFS current EHS programs
- Confirm submission of all required site documents prior to outage team arrival
- Deliver relevant project specific EHS training, including site induction/orientation training for craft and field crew as well as visitors to ensure that all personnel are informed of site safe working procedures, customer requirements, and practices to fulfill their responsibilities. Ensure records of attendance are maintained
- Complete the security plan (non-US group I & II country safety plans) and verify with Security Team
- On Site Execution
- Drive the implementation of OFS EHS Plan, standards, and procedures at site
- Observe and monitor progress of work to coach and advise our on-site teams to ensure:
- The correct Field Procedures are being used
- Identification of hazardous work practices and hazardous conditions associated with tasks – to proactively coach teams when there are gaps in risk control
- Meaningful hazard prevention and control conversation are held and facilitated by point of work risk assessment tools (such as Task Risk Assessments)
- Continually coach and reinforce the need of peer checks on site to prevent human error and injury
- Serve as direct liaison with end customer at site in safety task planning with project scope of work, conducting site audits, equipment, and PPE inspections
- Design and host “Tool Box” talks, safety meetings, orientations, and training ensuring the team understands the hazards associated with the scope of work and maintain the relevant records. Coach other team members on site on how to conduct Tool Box talks
- Stop work when conditions or work practices are unsafe and coach all team members to do the same. Contribute to safe solutions to resume work
- Support incident investigations, and Root Cause Analysis (RCA) of Near Miss and incidents including compilation and completion of any necessary documentation
- Investigate incidents or near miss events as necessary or required, including compilation and completion of any necessary documentation (Accident investigation or Near miss forms, Gensuite measurements submissions, etc.). Analyze root causes to determine safety measures to prevent future incidents and influence the implementation of corrective actions
- Review customers permit systems, including requirements for site posting of permits, LOTO, Hot Work, Confined Space procedures, and FieldCore Lift Plans
- Support and conduct audits to ensure safe work procedures are being followed in respect to Company policy, OSHA, EPA, DOT, and client/ company policy as well as applicable regulatory state and federal laws within specified area where work is being performed
- Complete weekly site internal audits in computer based Gensuite program and advise leadership of Site setup information in system
- Ensure emergency response capabilities are in place and maintained e.g. work at height rescue
- Complete, document, and submit all required EHS reports and recordkeeping information
- Ensure the chemical management program is followed
- Communicate regular updates regarding injury and illness awareness and mitigating measures
- Manage and, where required, prepare documentation related to EHS initiatives and ad hoc programs. (i.e. Safety stand downs)
- Support site team to conduct Hazard hunts to identify and eliminate hazards and reinforce “No Harm” culture
- Manage EHS shifts report and turnover shift process
- Post Outage
- Complete the end of outage report (Post Outage Report) as required by the business and share with the relevant stakeholders
- Drive lessons learnt activities as required
- Additional responsibilities
- Identify, escalate, and report complex hazards and risk mitigation based on the FieldCore reporting protocol
- Contribute to enhancements our existing tools, processes, and procedures to continuously improve our EHS performance
- Train and mentor new FEHS OJT (Level 1) during site assignments. Serve as “buddy” to new FEHS for mentoring and support during onboarding process
- Deliver distant-learning and classroom-based EHS training as required
- Attend customers meeting as necessary
- Travel may be required, domestically and internationally, with minimal notice
- Ability and willingness to work holidays, weekends and overtime as required by field assignments
- You may be assigned other duties to help proactively drive our FieldCore vision and align with our organization’s core values.
Required Qualifications & Experience:
- Technical/University degree (i.e. Bachelor’s degree) in EHS or engineering discipline
- Demonstrable experience in an EHS professional role that included responsibility for safety leadership in an industrial field service organization, manufacturing, or heavy construction setting.
- NEBOSH (or the country specific accredited certification) General Certificate or equivalent
- Working knowledge of EHS regulatory requirements across the work region including knowledge of concepts, techniques, and in-country safety regulatory requirements, familiar with OHSA regulations desirable
- Knowledge of ISO 45001 and ISO 19011
- Ability to promptly research and understand how to apply state / provincial / local EHS requirements
- Knowledge and experience of applying and understanding local environmental requirements
- Field experience in construction, power, oil and gas, or heavy industries
- Demonstratable interpersonal skills – including the ability to coach and influence field employees, leaders and customers in a high pressure, safety critical environment
- Strong written communication for example to prepare comprehensive accurate semi- technical reports that contains key findings and recommendations, fill out permits, document OSHA inspections, documenting details to support RCA
- Proficient in English language both written and verbal
- Proficient in the use of Microsoft office applications and other Internet based reporting tools
Desired Characteristics:
- Working knowledge of improving mental health and wellbeing in safety critical environment first aider
- Qualified first aider
- Knowledge of ISO 45001 and ISO 19011
- Experience and knowledge of the risks involved in the maintenance of equipment in the power generation industry
- OSHA 30 Training (for USA candidates) or local country equivalent
- Experience and knowledge of the risks involved in the maintenance of equipment in the power generation industry (relevant to where the job is located; e.g., Gas Turbines, Steam Turbines, Generators)
- Strong customer service experience
FieldCore is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sex, national origin, age, veteran status, status as a qualified individual with a disability, marital status, pregnancy, sexual orientation, ancestry, genetic information, gender identity, or any other characteristic protected by law.