Safety Specialist

Reporting to the Arizona Safety Manager, this Safety Specialist position is required to collaborate with many Arizona operations (East and West Valley's, Northern). The Safety Specialist is responsible for the daily safety and health tasks necessary to support Aggregate mining, Ready-Mix Concrete operations, and HMA (Asphalt) compliance. This includes safety and health administration, training, auditing, and providing direction for location safety and health compliance.

In addition, the position is responsible for assisting with training current employees with Martin Marietta's Guardian Angel Safety Culture as established. Conduct facility safety audits primarily for OSHA sites and MSHA sites. Reviews & communicates injury & liability loss trends and root cause analysis to their assigned operations groups.

Requirements

• Schedule and lead new hire orientation for all plant and mine hourly employees

• On a frequent basis, perform plant inspections and conduct follow up sessions with plant leadership to address findings.

• Conduct Part 46 training at assigned quarries and mines

• On a monthly basis, lead assigned local quarry and mine safety audits, track results, provide local leadership with continuous improvement options and follow up on all action items

• Lead and/or review all local property damage analysis

• Lead or provide direction to all assigned location incident investigations

• Complete workers' compensation administration based on company expectations for all assigned locations

• Complete all safety center administration on observations and near misses for all assigned locations

• Monthly, provide location leadership an update on safety audits, observations and near misses with follow up on all open action items

• Assist in the development of annual refresher training and participate in the training process

• Participate in the annual review Part 46 training plans and ensure compliance with MSHA regulations

• Coordinate annual SOMA Industrial Hygiene assessments and training for all locations

• Assist in identification, analysis and control of occupational hazards requiring the application of hazard resolution

• Participate in developing department goals, objectives and systems

• Ensures compliance with safety policies and procedures

• Schedule and lead new hire orientation for all plant and hourly employees

• Frequently, perform construction job

• Maintains OSHA logs

• Perform all other related duties as assigned by Safety Manager

• 50% travel required for role

Minimum Education and Experience

• Associates degree in Occupational Safety and Health or equivalent experience

• 3-5 years of safety-related experience

• ASP, OHST, or CHST certifications preferred

• Strong knowledge of MSHA Part-46 regulations

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Possess excellent written and verbal communication skills

• Strong presentation skills for formal meetings

• Must be highly organized and capable of handling multiple tasks simultaneously

• Strong follow-up skills and attention to detail are essential

• Proficient in Microsoft Office suite

Physical Requirements and Working Conditions

Physical requirements include the ability to lift and carry up to 50 pounds from ground to waist, visual acuity, speech and hearing, hand and eye coordination, manual dexterity, repetitive motion, standing, sitting (must be able to sit for extended periods of time up to 8 hours), walking, climbing stairs, bending and stooping, and the ability to drive. Work may be performed in all weather conditions - heat, cold, wet or dry. May have exposure to dust, sand, gravel, diesel exhaust, etc.