Location: Telferner Job Summary The Safety Specialist is responsible for implementing safety and health programs within the day-to-day station operations with a focus on employee engagement, culture, injury prevention and regulatory compliance. Responsibilities • Influence and motivate others to work in a safe manner and communicate safety requirements during shift briefings, Job Briefings and planned scheduling meetings. • Coordinate and implement compliance with OSHA and company safety standards. • Implement the Company’s Safety and Health Management program, and ensure compliance • Designated Program Administrator for key Safety and Health programs. • Coordinate with management of the facility on regulatory interpretation, timely internal and external reporting, and overall safety and health compliance. • Conduct internal safety and health audits and incremental inspections of the facility to ensure compliance. • Investigate accidents and incidents for root cause with a focus on identifying corrective actions to prevent a recurrence. • Evaluate the effectiveness of safety programs, designs improvements, and works with management to implement identified improvements. • Evaluate, develop, and assist with delivering training to improve skills in the safety aspects of employees' jobs. Working Conditions • Office environment and/or outdoor Power Plant work environment including working at heights, high/low ambient temperatures and high humidity areas. • Willingness to work outside normal business hours as necessary, to support operations, maintenance and outage activities. • Requires occasional travel to other plant locations for meetings and safety support. • Requires wearing personal protective safety equipment (respirators, safety glasses, hard hat, appropriate footwear, ear plugs, etc.). • May be required to work around rotating and energized electrical equipment, hazardous materials and chemicals and heat producing equipment/environments. • Requires operation of a personal computer. Qualifications • High school diploma or GED • A minimum of five years full time Safety experience in a comparable industrial environment. In lieu of five years Safety experience, ten years industry related experience with requisite safety responsibilities may be considered • Certified Safety Professional, Occupational Health & Safety Technologist, or Certified Industrial Hygienist or preparing to become certified • Must have valid state driver’s license Preferred Qualifications • Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Safety and Health or related discipline • SGE (Special Government Employee) experience • VPP (Voluntary Protection Program) champion Additional Knowledge, Skills and Abilities • Ability to work with minimum direct supervision. • Strong working knowledge of regulatory requirements. • Excellent oral and written communication skills. • Understanding of OSHA’s Electric Power Generation standard. • Must possess functional computer skills specifically in Microsoft Office software. • Ability to run a functional safety committee/sub-committee with agendas, meeting minutes, and a charter. • Basic understanding of occupational health and industrial hygiene principles. • Ability to interact effectively in a team environment and with individuals at all levels of the organization. • Ability to compile, analyze, and interpret data. • An understanding of the factors that influence human behavior. • Ability to conduct incident analyses. • Ability to prioritize tasks within a fast-paced dynamic environment. Physical Requirements (Demand and Frequency) • Stand, walk, climb ladders, bend, kneel, crawl, pull/push and lift up to 25 pounds. • Perform work both indoors and outdoors, occasionally in adverse conditions. • Wear job related personal protective equipment (PPE). • Occasionally work at heights and enter enclosed vessels or confined spaces. Please Note: Salary offered will be commensurate with the successful candidate’s education and/or experience and consistent with the job location’s market pay rate. NRG Energy is committed to a drug and alcohol-free workplace. To the extent permitted by law and any applicable collective bargaining agreement, employees are subject to periodic random drug testing, and post-accident and reasonable suspicion drug and alcohol testing. EOE AA M/F/Vet/Disability. Level, Title and/or Salary may be adjusted based on the applicant's experience or skills. Official description on file with Talent. #J-18808-Ljbffr
See More Details >>Location: Telferner Press Tab to Move to Skip to Content Link Select how often (in days) to receive an alert: As an NRG employee, we encourage you to take charge of your career and development journey. We invite you to explore exciting opportunities across our businesses. You’ll find that our dynamic work environment provides variety and challenge. Your growth is key to our ongoing success—take the lead in shaping your career development, goals and future! Job Summary: The Planner/Scheduler position is intended for an individual with experience in scheduling / planning of maintenance activities. This knowledge can be gained through prior experience or a combination of college/technical/military training and experience. Detail oriented, self-starter with problem solving experience and capability. • Promote safety by assuring that all safety rules and regulations are followed including the coordination and supervision of equipment isolation and tagging procedures. • Communicate and lead in accordance with company vision and core values. Strong competencies in communication, teamwork, interpersonal effectiveness. • Work with Maintenance and Operations departments coordinating planning activities. • Develop and draft written maintenance plans (PM’s) for the plant. • Conduct weekly and daily maintenance scheduling while helping establish plant maintenance priorities in accordance with Plant Operations’ priorities. • Provides detailed planning by developing scopes of work, identifying, and estimating manpower and material requirements, and identifying all associated activities required to accomplish the work. • Determine and schedule necessary resources using Primavera P6, PasTA, SAP e.g., materials, and special tools or equipment required to perform maintenance inspections and/or work. • Interpret technical manuals, sketches, prints, instructions, manufacturer’s data, and equipment history records while incorporating the applicable information in developing maintenance plans. • Track and update schedule daily, communicate updates to Stakeholders, provide daily reports, and integrate changes into schedule updates • Coordinate and interface between various work groups. • Gains cooperation and action from people not under employee's direct reporting. • Reviews and updates job plans/work packages as needed. • Provides training to other team members as part of personnel development. • Participates in daily Plan Of the Day meetings and End Of Day updates. • Lead schedule and backlog review meetings with various Work Management stakeholders. . • Identify and resolve weekly schedule conflicts. • Analyze and update SAP on actual versus estimated time, equipment, and manpower requirements. • Initiate / update notifications, work orders, BOM’s, PM’s, Task Lists and support all assigned work (including major scheduled or forced outages planning and execution) and participate in developing weekly plans. • Coordinate with Procurement and vendors to request/receive information and to expedite the approval of documents and the delivery of materials. • Collateral duties and special projects as assigned by the O&M Manager. • Support the implementation of NRG policies and procedures. • Development of technical / engineered work packages. • Participate in spare parts optimization initiatives, criticality ranking, and development of maintenance strategies. Working Conditions: • Normal office environment and power plant environment which requires working in all weather conditions around rotating and energized equipment, hazardous material, and chemicals. • Requires operation of a motor vehicle; Valid State Driver’s License. • Able to perform occasional travel to corporate locations and other company plants • Requires wearing personal protective safety equipment (respirators, safety glasses, hard hat, appropriate footwear, ear plugs, fall protection etc.) • Requires working around rotating and energized equipment, hazardous materials, and chemicals. • Requires operation of a personal computer. • High School diploma or GED equivalent. • Valid driver’s license. • 3 years’ experience in maintenance planning and scheduling • 2-3 years of experience working with SAP or another CMMS program Preferred Qualifications: • Knowledge of power plant systems and operations. • Strong background in Mechanical, Instrumentation and/or Electrical maintenance preferred. Please Note: Salary offered will be commensurate with the successful candidate’s education and/or experience and consistent with the job location’s market pay rate. NRG Energy is committed to a drug and alcohol-free workplace. To the extent permitted by law and any applicable collective bargaining agreement, employees are subject to periodic random drug testing, and post-accident and reasonable suspicion drug and alcohol testing. EOE AA M/F/Vet/Disability. Level, Title and/or Salary may be adjusted based on the applicant's experience or skills. Official description on file with Talent. #J-18808-Ljbffr
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