Plant Safety Representative III

What You Can Expect

Our Plant Safety Representative III (Safety Rep) will be located at the University of Iowa Campus in Iowa City, IA. This role entails ensuring the utmost Occupational Health and Safety standards for all employees, customers, and visitors on campus. ENGIE's operations on campus primarily involve managing and sustaining utility plants, distribution networks, and overseeing energy improvement construction projects. The Safety Rep supports the implementation of ENGIE Standard and strategic initiatives, focusing on personnel safety training, monitoring, and auditing across University of Iowa (UI) utilities operations, facilities, and construction sites. 

You will support corporate reporting and trend analysis by ensuring that UI reports all Health and Safety (HS) KPIs via the tools provided, reviewing and revising procedures at the direction of the HS Senior Advisor, and answering any compliance questions raised by plant and corporate staff. You will also support the HS Senior Advisor in the development of new and revised existing fleet-wide HS compliance policies, programs, processes and procedures (4Ps),  including interfacing with ENGIE wide HSE teams. 

Everyday you will be ENGIE’s safety champion on the University of Iowa campus.You will walk sites and talk to employees and sub-contractors, and coordinating with ENGIE Staff, vendors, and customers to ensure that all of our activities on campus are conducted in compliance with all company and governmental regulations. You will conduct regular training, supervision, audits, hazard assessments, mitigation planning, pre-job safety plans, incident investigations, root cause analyses and verifying proper reporting protocols have been fully implemented. The role also encompasses reviewing contractors' HS Execution Plans to ensure compliance with ENGIE Group Rules governing contract work and researching new or revised regulatory requirements to adjust programs and implement best practices. The Safety Rep modifies existing University of Iowa HS procedures to align with ENGIE HS procedures and develops and delivers training programs on mandated topics such as lockout-tagout, confined spaces, hazardous communication, and medical surveillance.

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What You’ll Bring

• A minimum of a Bachelor’s Degree, providing the foundational skills for performing root cause analysis, data management, and effective interpersonal and business communication
• You have earned a Registered Safety Professional, or similar certification
• You must possess a minimum of five (5) years of experience where you have gained the knowledge necessary to be considered a subject matter expert in local and OSHA regulations and compliance
• You exhibit mastery of root cause failure analysis tools and their application for recordable events
• You possess excellent communication skills are essential, encompassing verbal, written, interpersonal, and facilitation of trainings and meetings with stakeholders and regulatory authorities
• You have the ability to deliver messages effectively and influence change through communication is crucial
• Candidates should be experienced in the behavioral science and psychology behind influencing change
• Proficiency in database management and analyses in direct support of essential job functions
• Candidates should demonstrate experience in monitoring new and changing regulations and advising management on required training or actions necessary to ensure compliance. This involves staying abreast of regulatory updates and proactively implementing necessary measures to maintain compliance
• Experienced in completing risk assessments and work environment reviews for each project during the development and planning stages ensuring that projects are conducted safely and in accordance with regulatory standard

Additional Details

• This role requires attendance at a worksite on a daily basis
• Must be available to travel domestically up to 10% the time with the need for some overnight trips
• Must possess a valid U.S. driver’s license/clean driving record; This role requires the safe operation of company vehicles
• This position consist of field work and office work, while performing the duties of this job, the employee is exposed to weather conditions
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee may be exposed to adverse hot and cold weather conditions

Compensation

Salary Range: $81,900 – $121,440 USD annually

This represents the average expected pay range for a qualified candidate.

Actual offered salary may depend on geography, experience, industry knowledge, education, internal pay alignment, or other bona fide factors.

ENGIE complies with all federal, state, and local minimum wage laws. Actual salary offered may vary depending on geography, experience, education, internal pay alignment, or other bona fide factors. 

In addition to base pay, this position is eligible for a competitive bonus / incentive plan.

Your Talent Acquisition Partner can share more specific information regarding the benefits or the salary for the position based on the work location

At ENGIE, we take your well-being seriously. Our comprehensive benefits package includes options for medical, dental, vision, life insurance, employer-paid short-term and long-term disability insurance, ESPP, generous paid time off including wellness days, holidays and leave programs. We also help you plan for retirement by offering a 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan with a company match.  But that's not all – we're dedicated to the health and happiness of your entire family, offering supplemental benefits for full time employees that enhance emotional and physical well-being through all stages of life from family forming to caregiver benefits. Explore our benefits package to see how we can support you. Learn more.

Why ENGIE?

ENGIE North America isn’t just participating in the Zero-Carbon Transition, we’re leading it!  Join us as we develop energy that is renewable, efficient, and accessible to everyone.  

In 2020 The University of Iowa (UI) entered a 50-year, trailblazing partnership with the University of Iowa Energy Collaborative (UIEC), a joint venture between ENGIE, Meridiam, and Hannon Armstrong, to operate, maintain and enhance the university’s Utility System.  As the founding member of this joint venture, ENGIE designs, builds, operates, and maintains the energy infrastructure delivering safe, reliable, cost-effective, and sustainable energy solutions in producing and distributing steam, electricity, chilled water, and domestic water to the main campus in Iowa City, Iowa and a nearby satellite campus. 

At ENGIE, our goal is to support, promote, and thrive on diversity, equity, and inclusion.  We do so for the benefit of our employees, customers, products and services, and community.  ENGIE is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace, and we are firmly committed to creating an equitable and inclusive environment for all employees.

We are committed to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment.  All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, disability, veteran status, or other legally protected status.

If you need assistance with this application or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability, you may contact us at ENGIENA-ENGIEHR@engie.com. This email address is reserved for individuals with disabilities in need of assistance and is not a means of inquiry regarding positions or application status.

We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa for this role at any time.

The safety of our employees is our number one priority. All employees at ENGIE have both a duty and the authority to STOP WORK if unsafe acts are observed.