SAFETY MANAGER - NBU

SALARY: RANGE: $129,709 - $172,952/year

This position works from the Sedalia branch of CORE Electric Cooperative. This position does not work remotely.

CORE employees are required to work in a safe manner in accordance with regulatory standards and requirements.

CORE Electric Cooperative is the largest member-owned electric distribution cooperative in Colorado dedicated to providing reliable, affordable, clean, and safe electric service to our communities. With a commitment to innovation and member satisfaction, we strive to meet the evolving needs of our members while maintaining the highest standards of service excellence.

This position reports to the Safety and Health Director. The Safety Manager is responsible for continuously monitoring and adapting safety procedures and work practices to ensure an environment of continuous improvement for all employees. This position will have responsibility for the coordination of programs related to CORE's field, vehicle, office safety, and compliance activities.

Minimum Qualifications of Position: Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration, Occupational Health and Safety or related field (work experience may substitute for education) CUSP or CLCP certifications are preferred. 5 years of experience within utilities, energy, or corporate health and safety teams. 5 years of experience managing teams, including coaching and development, day-to-day supervision, goal and expectation setting, and leading team meetings across the organization.

Knowledge and Skills: Excellent listening, interpersonal, written, and oral communication skills. Clear team focus with interest in building strong relationships. Strong attention to detail, ethical conduct, and discretion with sensitive employee information, such as medical records, driving records, and disciplinary actions.

Job Duties Include:

Safety Policy : Develop, revise, and implement safety programs in alignment with industry best practices and regulatory requirements.

Risk Management: Work closely with field personnel, office personnel and leadership to analyze safety incidents, accidents, and near misses, complete required reporting, compliance, and/or training documentation. Use root cause analysis methods to determine causes and develop strategies that prevent future occurrences. Develop programs that encourage employees to identify hazards and report close calls.

Continuous Improvement: Coordinate fleet and facility safety audits and schedule crew observations. Complete site-specific safety audits and assessments, driver assessments and ride-a longs. Use data from audits, incidents, and employee feedback to create programs of work that support the process of continuous improvement. Analyze data to identify trends and training requirements. Research, suggest, and implement behavioral based safety and observation best practices. Implement programs that create departmental ownership of safety. Collaborate with other utilities, attend conferences, seminars, and other training opportunities to stay continually aware and knowledgeable of industry changes. Develop and track key safety metrics and KPIs, including those highlighted in organizational, divisional, and team scorecards. Partner with leaders in the organization to implement and track safety scorecard measures specific to the team's role and day-to-day responsibilities.

Safety Promotion: Develop and implement programs that reward safe behaviors. Assist with safety demonstrations for the members of the Cooperative. Develop and implement special projects that promote safety awareness. Participate in and/or provide support for various committees or task forces as requested. Identify, develop, and implement all necessary training based on regulatory requirements, as well as industry safety standards, for each role / job task held by CORE Electric Cooperative employees. Implement measures to promote awareness by conducting workshops, utilizing internal communication platforms, and conducting emergency preparedness drills.

Administration: Assist with the recruiting, interviewing, hiring and subsequent training of new team members. Manage health and safety support vendors as required, including invoice review and approval, RFI/RFP oversight and bid review/approval. Assist with creating and managing the overall Health and Safety department budget, including seeking vendor quotes, reporting on actuals and budget variances.

Supervisory Responsibilities: Mentor and direct safety staff in day-to-day activities and best practices. Assess, track and advocate for safety staff skillset development and training needs. Provide regular performance assessments and professional development guidance to direct reports. Plan, organize, train, coach, direct, and evaluate the performance of assigned staff; establish performance requirements and personal development targets; monitor performance and provide coaching for performance improvement and development.

Benefits:

CORE offers an exceptional benefits package including:

• • 9/80 work schedule (3-day weekend every other week)
  • 160 Hours of accruable PTO per year
  • Eight paid holidays per year
  • Paid parental leave
  • Education and training reimbursement
  • Volunteer paid time off
  • 100% Cooperative paid benefits including:
    • Defined benefit pension plan
    • Medical insurance
    • Dental insurance
    • Vision insurance
    • Basic life Insurance
    • Short term disability
    • Long term disability
    • Long Term Care
    • Employee assistance program
    • Onsite EV charging stations
  • 401(k) retirement plan with Company match up to 4%. Immediately 100% vested
  • Wellness reimbursement up to $300 per year
  • Length of service program
  • Onsite micro market
  • Onsite gym

This position is eligible for a discretionary annual incentive program driven by organizational and individual performance up to 10%