Sr. Safety Technician (PE&O)

Westlake offers you the potential to enrich your work life and career experience in an entrepreneurial environment. We work together to enhance peoples' lives through our products and presence in the communities in which we operate.​

Summary

This position is key in providing support to the other departments and operating units relative to compliant and safe execution of work. Individuals in this position interact frequently with those individuals and groups of individuals executing all types of activities in the field.

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

May include, but are not limited to, the following:

Field Support:

• Provides HSE support for assigned unit/department and assists other units/departments as needed.
• Provides HSE support for turnarounds and outages.
• Participates in safe work permitting process by being actively involved in the development of Safe Work, Hot Work and Confined Space Permits.
• Participates in Job Safety Analysis process and helps ensure completion of high quality and documented JSA’s.
• Conducts field reviews including auditing active permits. Audits and documents findings for completed permits.
• Inspects and maintains safety related and emergency response equipment to ensure accessibility and availability of safe reliable equipment.
• Participate in Pre-start-up Safety Reviews (PSSR’s) and PHA’s.
• Act as safety resource to the various customers of the HSE Department by providing effective solutions, answers and inputs as necessary to address concerns and obstacles to safe work.
• Assist in accident, injury, near miss, and unsafe conditions investigations.

Training:

• Provide / assist within the delivery of safety-related training to Westlake employees and contractors as needed.

Medical:

• Perform first responder duties as allowable up to individual qualifications when needed.

Emergency:

• During an emergency, fill functional needs necessary for the complex to address the situation and safe and efficient manner. 
• Participate on the emergency response teams, to include but not limited to first responder, fire brigade, rescue team and hazmat team.

On Call And Back-Up Support:

• Assume duties of other Department members as needed during sickness, vacation, and other departmental absences.
• Required to be on call on a rotating schedule.

Administrative:

• Assist in developing and revising HSE procedures.
• Ensure assigned unit/department action items from incidents, injuries and audits are updated in Cority. 
• Ensure daily and permit audits are entered into the audit database.

Additional Duties

• Perform the primary thinking encompassed by this job description.
• Comply with all Company policies and procedures.
• Fully supports Company goals of continuous improvement and operational excellence at strategic and tactical levels including reviewing areas of responsibility for improvement opportunities to initiate projects or communicate ideas to management as well as active participation on project teams.
• Any additional responsibilities or tasks assigned.
• Perform duties in a manner that protects personal safety as well as the safety of
• others. Promptly report Safety, Health or Environmental issues or incidents to management.

Education, Experience, And Qualifications

• High School Diploma.

• Minimum of five years field experience in industrial safety, health, and or fire protection systems.
• Requires skills necessary to educate and train employees in general health and safety principles and techniques.
• Ability to work overtime, nights, weekends and holidays.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Experience in using Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint
• Must be viewed by peers as being an individual that works safely and complies with policies and procedures.
• A current, valid Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC) card is required.
• Successful candidates must satisfy background screening, including motor vehicle record screening, drug testing & pre-employment physical requirements before starting work.

Physical Demands

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to sit; stand; walk; use hands to touch, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear.  The employee is occasionally required to stoop, kneel, or crouch.  The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment

The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate as normally based in an office.  Some of the work may be required in the operating units which can require usage of required PPE including safety glasses, hearing protection, etc.  May also result in exposure to outside elements and may require usage of stairs and elevators. Inside exposure includes but not limited to A/C 60% of the time. Outside exposure includes but not limited to weather, fumes, and dust 40% of the time. May be exposed to slippery, rocky, uneven surface of floor/ground.

Westlake is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to any characteristics protected by applicable legislation.

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