Safety Coordinator - Southern Region (Salem, Woodburn, Newberg & Sheridan)

Posted 11 Days Ago
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4 Locations
73K-122K Annually
Senior level
Energy
The Role
The Safety Coordinator designs, implements, and manages safety programs ensuring employee and public safety, compliance with regulations, and coordination of safety education and investigations.
Summary Generated by Built In

At PGE, our work involves dreaming about, planning for, and realizing a smarter, cleaner, more enduring Oregon neighborhood. Its core to our DNA and we haven’t stopped since we started in 1888. We energize lives, strengthen communities and drive advancements in energy that promote social, economic and environmental progress. We’re always on the lookout for people passionate about leading and being a part of teams that are advancing innovative clean energy solutions that are also affordable and accessible to all.

Safety Coordinator - Southern Region (Salem, Woodburn, Newberg & Sheridan)

Job Function

In this role, you'll design, develop, implement and oversee the organization’s safety programs to safeguard employees and the public and to ensure compliance with laws, standards and regulations.

Key Job Information:

Senior Safety Specialist 6145 Grade 7

Safety Specialist 6147 Grade 6

Career Level: Senior Safety Specialist  P3 / Safety Specialist  P2

Reporting and Analysis:

  • Conducts routine and complex investigations including incident reviews and root cause analysis.
  • Develops and runs reports.
  • Analyzes trends and prepares and presents presentations and communications.
  • Coordinates and lead follow up on action items related to reports and investigations.
  • Leads process improvement projects, conducts benchmarking efforts and assists in identifying improvement efforts.

Program Management:

Develops and administers safety programs, guidelines and initiatives to meet business objectives and comply with all relevant state and/or federal laws and regulations. Integrates industry best practices into existing programs.

Consultation/ Education:

  • Serves as a subject matter expert to managers and employees.
  • Analyzes business needs and develops and implements innovative solutions to safety-related business problems.
  • In collaboration with other departments, designs and delivers educational programs to managers, employees and/or community organizations on employee and public safety.

Special Projects:

  • Under general guidance, leads special projects to meet corporate objectives engaging closely with other departments.
  • Facilitates safety meetings and other safety processes.
  • Depending on position may assume leadership roles in emergency and incident response.

Compliance:

  • May respond to requests for information from regulators.
  • Prepares legally required filings and reports.
  • Ensures programs, policies, and procedures comply with applicable laws and regulations.
  • Analyzes changes in regulations and recommends and implements appropriate action.

Education/Experience/Certifications

Education: Requires a bachelor’s degree in science, business, human resources or other related field or equivalent experience.

Experience: Typically, five or more years in professional safety and/or in electric generation, transmission and distribution operations; or, depending on position, drug and alcohol or ergonomic program management.

Certifications, Licenses and Training: Certified Safety Professional (CSP), Associate Safety Professional (ASP), Construction Safety & Health Technician (CHST), Occupational Health & Safety Technologist (OHST), Certified Utility Safety Professional (CUSP), Certified Occupational Safety Specialist (COSS) preferred depending on position. Journeyman card or equivalent trade or operator qualification preferred.

Please note that we can consider candidates with less experience (2 -5 years at the professional level 2), duties would be less complex and performed with more supervision. Knowledge, skills and abilities would be at the working/intermediate level. We are happy to provide a detailed job description on request.

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities:

  • Intermediate knowledge of employment laws related to area of discipline
  • Intermediate knowledge of PGE’s policies, procedures, collective bargaining agreements and benefit plans
  • Intermediate knowledge of industry best practices related to area of discipline
  • Intermediate skills in project management
  • Advanced skills in writing reports Intermediate skills in facilitation and presentations Intermediate skills in systems and programs used in functional area, including data retrieval
  • Advanced customer focus skills.
  • Advanced safety leadership skills
  • Intermediate skills in analytical thinking
  • Advanced skills in problem solving
  • Advanced oral and written communication skills
  • Advanced interpersonal skills Intermediate decision-making skills
  • Advanced organization and prioritization skills
  • Intermediate knowledge of business process interrelationships
  • Advanced business acumen.
  • Advanced skills in change leadership Intermediate risk management skills

Physical and Cognitive Demands:

  • Ability to adhere to set response times, deadlines and time-sensitive tasks
  • Ability to follow accuracy standards
  • Ability to follow through on decision-making tasks
  • Ability to interact effectively and collaboratively within a team environment
  • Ability to communicate and problem solve when under stress
  • Ability to respond and adapt to frequent change
  • Ability to accept and demonstrate self-awareness when provided constructive feedback
  • Ability to discern feedback and acknowledge ownership of areas of improvement
  • Ability to avoid future mistakes by applying reasonable skills to new but similar work situations or tasks
  • Ability to successfully collaborate with peers, managers and others within the organization
  • Demonstrates sound memory
  • Ability to process new information to be applied consistently to work tasks

Schedule/Attendance:

  • Ability to work long hours
  • Ability to work a variable schedule
  • Ability to report to work and perform work during periods of severe inclement weather
  • Ability to consistently meet attendance standards for regular, reliable, predictable, full-time attendance

Physical Capabilities:

  • This position requires a valid driver's license and a history of safe driving practices.
  • Frequent driving/travel/commute within service territory
  • Occasional overnight driving/travel/commute inside or outside of the service territory
  • Computer use (use computer regularly for entire work shift)
  • Lifting/pushing/pulling/carrying: Up to 10 lbs.
  • Unstable surfaces requiring balance:
    • Elevated areas (i.e., catwalks, roofs and high buildings)
    • Confined spaces
    • Walking distances and surfaces (long distances and over rough, uneven or rocky surfaces)
    • Stairs (over 10 steps)
    • Ladders (over 10 rungs)

Environment:

  • Office
  • Field

Compensation Range:

$72,900.00 - $121,500.00

Actual total compensation, including a performance based incentive bonus, is commensurate with experience, skills, qualifications, education, training, and internal equity. While we anticipate the selected candidate for this position will fall towards the middle or entry point of the compensation range, the decision will be made on a case-by-case basis.

PGE believes in rewarding dedicated performance. We provide a total rewards package that is designed to reward your contributions to the company, and, at the same time, support your well-being and professional development, both now and into the future. To find out more, click here.

Join us today and power your potential!

Assisting with storms or other Company emergencies is a part of all positions at Portland General Electric.

PGE is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace and is an equal opportunity employer. PGE will not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment based on race, color, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, religion, disability, protected veteran status, or other characteristics protected by law.

PGE does not discriminate on the basis of disability. We recognize individuals have a variety of abilities to offer and we believe there is much to value and celebrate by incorporating different abilities into the work we do. One very important way we live this out is in our application and interview process. We work hard to support individuals who may need an accommodation to fully participate in these processes. If you feel you may need an accommodation, or would like to request one, please notify the Talent Acquisition Specialist (Recruiter) associated with the job posting. You may also make this request by contacting [email protected] or by calling 503-464-7250. The Recruiter will provide information and next steps for the accommodation process.  Our Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI) team is also available for support.  You can contact them at [email protected].

To be considered for this position, please complete the following employment application by the posting close date.  Posting closes at midnight (Pacific Time) on the closing date below. If no date is listed, job is open until filled.

April 8, 2025

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The Company
HQ: Portland, OR
2,579 Employees
On-site Workplace
Year Founded: 1889

What We Do

For more than 125 years, we’ve been powering our community and helping connect Oregonians to what matters most to them. Today, we’re focused on delivering energy that is safe, clean, reliable, affordable and secure.

Our world and our industry are faced with new and exciting challenges driven by evolving technology, changing customer expectations and a shared desire for a cleaner energy future. Every day, we take new steps that get us closer to the energy transformation we want to see in Oregon.

Why does this mission matter so much to the people who work at PGE? Because we live here, too.

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