MV/HV Safety Manager (Remote)

SOLV Energy is an engineering, procurement, construction (EPC) and solar services provider for utility solar, high voltage substation and energy storage markets across North America.

Job Description Summary:

Job Description:

*This job description reflects management's assignment of essential functions; it does not prescribe or restrict the tasks that may be assigned

Position Responsibilities and Duties:

• Able to perform all duties of a safety representative

• Thorough understanding of basic electrical concepts

• Knowledge of utility scale solar facilities and field circuitry

• Electrical substation knowledge and function

• Provide electrical safety training and education

• Knowledge of and comfortable in medium and high voltage environments as well as able to train safe work practices, learn and teach company clearance and operational procedures

• Ability to identify and train isolating procedures and grounding concepts

• Identify leading and lagging indicators

• Develop job specific safety plans and procedures, and see to implementation

• Inspect job sites to ensure Company Safety Program and OSHA compliance

• Provide emergency response plans for projects

• Arrange for basic first aid training for job site personnel

• Investigate and analyze bodily injury and property damage accidents

• Lead investigation of near miss and reportable offenses

• Ability to determine near miss/good catch

• Coordinate project safety programs with subcontractors

• Compile and issue regular accident report summaries

• Provide updated information to employees regarding safety requirement updates or changes

• Identify and handle project management personnel needing assistance, training, or discipline in meeting corporate safety guidelines and goals

• Work with third party safety verification platforms for validation of company’s safety procedures

• Develop regional safety training’s, through onsite, local, and LMS based training

• Create training and assist with trainers for various safety programs

• Observe and flag personnel for additional or follow up training’s

• Participate in Corrective Action Plan development

• Regularly review and revise Electrical Safety Program documents, keeping current with industry code and best practices

• Ability to Inspect and recertify regional live line tools

Objectives or Goals to Measure Performance:

• Reduction of frequency and severity of injury accidents

• Reduction of Workers’ Compensation, general liability, and property premiums

• Elimination of OSHA citations

• Development of positive attitudes on the part of employees regarding safe work practices

• Ensure customer/client satisfaction

• Improved personal professional growth and education

• Improved communication of compliance issues to field personnel

• Provide safety education and training with electrical emphasis

• Reduce the cost of regional safety trainings and travel through local and LMS based training

Minimum Skills or Experience Requirements:

• Safety certification as CSP, GSP, ASP, CHST, OSHT, CUSP, CESCP or CIH preferred.

• BS in safety or equivalent years’ experience

• 5 years’ experience in safety or safety related field

• 5 years’ experience as a HV/MV electrician

• Solar Power Generation experience a plus.

• Thorough knowledge of OSHA Construction and General Industry Regulations

• Knowledge of 1910.269 – Power Generation standard.

• NFPA 70e knowledge.

• Ability to evaluate construction and O&M work activities with respect to safety and loss control.

• Ability to recognize and analyze Company trends with respect to Company accidents.

• Ability to recognize training needs and develop training in safety.

• Computer skills, i.e. Word, Power Point, Excel

• Presentation skills

Physical Demands and Environmental Conditions:

• Requires regular travel across the US, travel approximately 75%

• Occasional exposure to dust and fumes, electric shock, radiation, toxic/caustic chemicals

• Requires frequent stooping/bending/crouching, reaching, handling, finger dexterity, sitting, standing, walking, and lifting 20 or more lbs.

• Constant finger dexterity and ability to see details at close range and at a distance, hear, and talk, and possess depth perception.

• Occasional climbing and carrying, proximity to moving mechanical parts, working in high exposed places.

• The noise intensity level is high.

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SOLV Energy Is an Equal Opportunity Employer

At SOLV Energy we celebrate the power of our differences. We are committed to building diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplaces that improve our communities. SOLV Energy prohibits discrimination and harassment of any kind against an employee or applicant based on race, color, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, national origin, or ethnicity, mental or physical disability, veteran status, parental status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Benefits:
Employees (and their families) are eligible for medical, dental, vision, basic life and disability insurance. Employees can enroll in our company’s 401(k) plan and are provided vacation, sick and holiday pay.

Compensation Range:

$93,200.00 - $116,500.00

Pay Rate Type:

Salary

SOLV Energy does not accept unsolicited candidate introductions, referrals or resumes from third-party recruiters or staffing agencies. We require all third-party recruiters to communicate exclusively with our internal talent acquisition team. SOLV Energy will not pay a placement fee to any third-party recruiter or agency that has not coordinated their recruiting activity with the appropriate member of our internal talent acquisition team.

In addition, candidate introductions or resumes can only be submitted to our internal talent acquisition recruiting team if a signed vendor agreement is already on file and the third-party recruiter or agency has received formal instructions from our internal talent acquisition team to submit candidates for a particular job posting.

Any unsolicited candidate introductions, referrals or resumes sent by third-party recruiters to SOLV Energy or directly to any of our employees, or received through our website or career portal, will be considered property of SOLV Energy and will not be eligible for a placement fee. In the event a third-party recruiter submits a resume or refers a candidate without a previously signed vendor agreement, SOLV Energy explicitly reserves the right to pursue and hire the candidate(s) without financial liability to such third-party recruiter.

If you’re interested in a meaningful career with a brighter future, join the SOLV Energy Team.