Health And Safety Specialist (Ca-Onsite)

Job Description and Qualifications
Air Products is a thriving Fortune 500 global company that is growing and looking for hardworking, driven professionals to join our team! With over 20,000 employees and operations in over 50 countries, Air Products is committed to its higher purpose of bringing people together to collaborate and implement solutions to the world's most significant energy and environmental sustainability challenges.
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We have an Health and Safety Specialist position available based in the San Francisco, CA (Martinez area) or Los Angeles, CA area (LA, Torrance, Long Beach, or Huntington). The Health and Safety Specialist provides direct field support on activities specific to Worker Health and Safety. This position reports to the US HyCO Regional SHEQ Manager and will have regional support responsibilities for facilities located in California. Traveling will be split between the Los Angeles area (50%) and San Francisco area (50%).
The Health and Safety Specialist is responsible for maintaining contact with field facilities (including office complexes) and serving as the focal point in ensuring compliance by these locations to the corporation's current Health and Safety policies and procedures as well as all applicable federal, state, and local regulations. The position will be accountable for assessing, developing, and executing safety improvement strategies for regional clients in concert with corporate goals and objectives.
What you will do:

• Mentor and support plant leaders on Health and Safety topics such as high risk, confined space, hot work, and complex safety activities.
• Development of site improvement plans stemming from Corporate Assurance and Critical Systems Audits or other H&S assessments.
• Plant start-up support (e.g., initial training, standard implementation, RMP development).
• RMP compliance (if applicable).
• Participate in company safety program coaching and assessments, incident investigation and facilitation, and facility maintenance outages and/or repair projects.
• Ensure compliance requirements as it pertains to federal, state, and local regulations.
• Lead/assist in injury management and medical issues.
• Lead interpretation of Global H&S Standards.
• Lead routine review of Incident Tracking Systems (including trend analysis and remedial action validation).
• Provide support during unannounced regulatory inspections (e.g., OSHA) and participation in post incident or announced regulatory inspections.
• Drive consistency across all organizations in the implementation of Global Standards.
• Provide direct support to teams on identifying and solving worker Health and Safety challenges.
• Develop/review and ensure compliance with our global H&S policies including emergency response procedures and training.
• Development, execution, and evaluation of emergency response drills.

Qualifications:

• Minimum 5 years' experience in a safety-related role within a petrochemical manufacturing facility. Industrial gas industry experience is beneficial.
• Bachelor's degree in Occupational Safety or a technical field (equivalent experience may be considered).
• Experience in hydrogen and/or ammonia production operations is beneficial.
• Expertise in understanding and interpreting U.S. regulatory policies which include OSHA, NFPA, NEC, and CGA.
• Proven expertise and commitment in applying corporate safety policies and procedures.
• Proven experience in site auditing, assessment, and coaching.
• Emergency response knowledge specific to on-site team coordination, command, and control.
• Primary skillsets for success include:
  • Ability to influence within a matrixed organization;
  • Ability to deliver classroom training to small and larger groups (up to 50);
  • Ability to communicate complex material in a concise matter;
  • Self-directed and self-motivated; and
  • Good organization and project management skills.
• Microsoft Office Suite proficiency (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint).
• Training and experience in incident investigation (Cause and Effects Analysis, preferably Sologic).
• Continuous Improvement facilitator training a plus (Cause and Effects, Mistake-proofing, Mapping, etc.).
• Ability to travel outside of assigned California sites (approx. 20% travel).
• CSP preferred.

We are the world's largest hydrogen producer with over 80 years of industrial gas experience. We are hydrogen experts delivering safe, end-to-end solutions, investing in real, clean energy projects at scale, and driving the industry forward to generate a cleaner future.
At Air Products, we work in an environment where we put safety first, diversity is essential, inclusion is our culture, and each person knows they belong and matter. To learn more, visit About Air Products.
We offer a comprehensive benefits package including paid holidays and vacation, affordable medical, dental, life insurance and retirement plans. You will be eligible for benefits and also be 100% vested in your retirement benefits on your first day of employment.
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer (U.S.). You will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, age, citizenship, gender, marital status, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, disability, or veteran status.
Air Products is committed to working with and providing a reasonable accommodation to individuals with disabilities. If you have a disability and you believe you need a reasonable accommodation to search for a job opening or to submit an online application, please e-mail us at talent@airproducts.com. General application status inquiries are not answered by this mailbox rather you'll receive an e-mail directly from our Career Center and/or the Talent Acquisition Specialist.
In California, the expected pay range is $110,050 - $145,500 plus bonus. This is the pay range that we reasonably expect to pay for this position. Individual compensation decisions are based on a variety of factors.
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