Field Safety Advisor

Job DescriptionJoin the Clean Energy Revolution

Become a Field Safety Advisor at Southern California Edison (SCE) and build a better tomorrow. In this job, you will support our many Organizational Units (OU's) such as Transmission and Distribution (T&D), Vegetation Management, Underground Civil (UGC), and many more, ensuring safety compliance. You will share communications, and help develop, implement and monitor safety programs, standards, procedures and processes to protect the health and safety of our employees and contract partners.

As a Field Safety Advisor, your work will help power our planet, reduce carbon emissions and create cleaner air for everyone. Are you ready to take on the challenge to help us build the future?

A day in the life - Get ready to think big, work smart and shine bright!

• Provide safety guidance, monitoring and policy/rule interpretation for Edison employees and contractors for projects and operations throughout the Edison territory.
• Act as the point of contact for all work items with safety-related implications.
• Conduct workplace safety inspections and audits in the field, yards, and facilities to ensure safe work practices and program compliance during normal and emergency conditions.
• Collaborate with SCE representatives to discuss positive observations, and observations requiring corrective actions and follow up.
• Attend and participate in meetings to guide decisions and support assigned groups in all matters involving safety to ensure safety and compliance.
• Conduct research and provide innovative ideas for developing cost effective solutions and management of safe work practices.
• Report, investigate, review, and comment on incident documentation to ensure accurate reporting of the incident sequence of events, contributing factors, root cause, and corrective actions.
• Ensure corrective actions are appropriate, measurable and that adequate oversight is in place to validate continued compliance.
• Support assigned organizations in the interpretation of Federal, State, local and SCE safety rules, policies and procedures to provide guidance and ensure compliance and effective application of safe work practices.
• Support the review and communication of leading and lagging indicator metrics.

The essentials

• Seven or more years of experience in construction, maintenance, or operations related to transmission, substation, distribution and/or experience related to industrial safety.
• Two or more years of experience working with, communicating, and assuring safe work practices.
• Valid Driver's License.
• Ability to provide 24 hour, 7 days per week during emergency/storm response within a designated area of responsibility as needed.

The preferred

• Bachelor's Degree or higher in Environmental, Health and Safety or related field.
• Experience participating in safety investigations, determining root causes, and recommending solutions.
• Experience performing analyses and making recommendations for improvements in work methods.
• Knowledge of CAL/OSHA and other governmental regulations relating to the electric utility industry.
• Experience using Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint.