EHS-Site Lead

Job Description Summary

Ensure compliance with Laws, Regulations and Procedures

Job Description

To interpret Laws, Regulations and Procedures, considering all relevant local / national EHS standards in the organization. This person will join to Servicio de Prevención Mancomunado for GE Wind Energy, S.L. / GE Renovables España, S.L. in Spain. It applies to, Project & Service operations to support EHS plan and Annex preparations.

Ensure customer EHS requirements are being properly followed to guarantee the access of GE employees and contractors to the customer site.

Update, support, develop and implement site procedures and develop updates when needed according to GE management system processes and procedures and local regulation.

Regularly review the sites Emergency Plan, ensuring all required materials and equipment is in place, where required it is tested, and the persons required to use it are trained.

To train people to understand laws, regulations, and procedures, offering guide to risk mitigation when necessary and advocating for ongoing improvements to equipment and people safety through engineering controls, developing risk assessments.

Support Site Manager at GE EHS programs implementation

Ensure Emergency drills are carried out at least quarterly; these may be focused on specific events, rather than a full site evacuation each quarter.

To verify that products, equipment’s and tools delivered to the sites meet internal standards for safety, following up contractors and Major Components Exchange / Blades team mobilizations, ensuring proper approval and documentation availability.

Direct EHS site support and assessment during major operations in your area or others.

Regular scheduled Audit activities : Simplified Work Plan, Legal and GE documentation compliance for GE and contractors, Site inspections within own scope and other regions and countries.

Manage site inspections carried out by regulatory agencies.

Manage the retention of the EHS required documentation in the Site EHS files.

Oversee the management of PPE for GE staff and visitors.

Perform Simplified Work Plan audits, reporting and registering following the region audit plan

Support contractor mobilization and MCE / Blades teams on the wind farms of region ensuring that requirements are up to date and supporting services organization when required.

Ensure that any compliance GE applications like Gensuite, Comply Works and SGS are fully implemented and in compliance with customer and GE requirements and local regulations

Reporting systems : Review periodically all information reported, ensuring correct recording, assigned responsibilities, deadlines, and proper event closing

Represent GE, if required, in local EHS working groups and wind regional community

Support and Drive the achievement of a Zero Harm Culture

To recognize trends and patterns, taking and advising actions to avert potential risks before they create an incident

Ensure that all applicable EHS incidents are reported in a timely fashion, investigated properly, and classified and reported according to GE requirements and applicable governmental regulations.

Manage any on site incidents / accidents to ensure the required actions are implemented expediently and assist with conducting accident / incident investigations.

join and support the team investigation

Provide training and guidance in investigation and root cause analysis.

Assess Injuries related work relatedness and recordability

Periodic review events recorded at the Gensuite assuring data accuracy.

implement initiatives and programs designed to reduce injuries within all sites within your area of influence

Collaborate in the development of the yearly training and learning plan and ensure implementation in your area

support local initiatives for equipment guarding standards and the engineering of safer tools and machines.

To influence stakeholders

Liaise with Contractors / Subcontractors, local medical services, local fire and police departments, local regulatory agencies, and Customer / Client on EHS related matters.

Advise the management of GE of unsafe acts / conditions observed on the field for prompt corrective action to eliminate the unsafe act / condition.

Maintain follow up activities with field technicians at least biweekly.

Provide input for site level EHS goals and objectives

Meet regularly with site managers to understand local needs for support

To be able to identify main stakeholder and advocate with each one of them to provide win-win situations, while providing safety protection to employees and working environment while avoiding ineffective or inefficient solutions

Serve as coach, mentor, and trainer for local management team, including site managers and other key leaders in safety, being able to implement continuous improvement initiatives cross-functionally.

Support Region EHS Manager and Service Director in decision taking for the region

Support and motivate the employees and people leader to assess the risks, while providing EHS guidance.

To provide Factual and Effective Communication

Presenting factual, understandable information to a variety of constituencies both external and internal to ensure public and employee confidence

Conduct EHS trainings and awareness sessions to all personnel in the assigned areas, adapting terminology and language as necessary to ensure proper learning and knowledge