Sr PGD Safety Specialist - Wind South

NextEra Energy Inc

Austin, TX

JOB DETAILS
SKILLS
American National Standards Institute (ANSI), Analysis Skills, Best Practices, Coaching, Code of Federal Regulations, Communication Skills, Continuous Improvement, Corrective Action, Cross-Functional, Customer Support/Service, Data Analysis, Economic Growth, Electric Power Generation, Electrical Power Transmission, Electricity, Energy & Utilities, GSP (Good Safety Practices), Hazard Analysis, Industrial Hygiene, Interpret Regulations, Lead Generation, Leadership, Maintain Compliance, Mentoring, Microsoft Office, National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), OSHA, On Site Support, Power Plant, Presentation/Verbal Skills, Process Management, Provincial Laws and Regulations, Recruiting/Staffing Agency, Regulations, Regulatory Compliance, Risk Analysis, Root Cause Analysis, Safety Compliance, Safety Process, Safety Systems, Safety Training, Safety/Work Safety, Secondary School, Site Evaluation, State Laws and Regulations, Strategic Planning, Team Lead/Manager, Technical Leadership, Technical Training, Technical Writing, User Documentation, Vehicle Fleets, Wholesale Industry, Willing to Travel, Writing Skills
LOCATION
Austin, TX
POSTED
9 days ago

Requisition ID: 96235

NextEra Energy Resources is one of America's largest wholesale electricity generators, harnessing diverse energy sources to power progress. We deliver tailored energy solutions that fuel economic growth, strengthen communities, and help customers achieve their energy goals. Ready to make a lasting impact? Take the next step in your career with us!

Position Specific Description

Join our dynamic team as a Safety & Health Professional supporting NextEra Energys Wind Operations in the South Hub. In this role youll play a pivotal role in safeguarding our workforce across the hub's wind fleet. You work closely with PGD safety to strengthen our safety management systems.

What Youll Do: In this fast-paced role, youll strategically deploy safety resources and champion our safety culture with considerable autonomy. Youll drive compliance initiatives, conduct field assessments, improve job packages and safety plans, support tactical teams, deliver impactful presentations, and leverage data analytics to be proactive and continuously improve our safety processes and procedures. Building strong partnerships with external regulatory agencies and internal operational teams will be essential to your success. Your expertise will guide key strategic initiatives as you lead our teams and provide technical guidance on critical procedures. Youll mentor colleagues through safety coaching and training while conducting thorough root cause analyses (RCAs) to recommend actionable improvements that strengthen our safety management systems.

What Were Looking For: Were seeking a candidate with demonstrated experience in electric power generation, transmission, and distribution, or comparable industrial environments. Your deep understanding of OSHA regulations (29 CFR 1910.269, 1926), ANSI, NFPA, and NESC standards will be invaluable.

The ideal candidate brings proven leadership in safety program development, training delivery, and investigations. Youre an effective communicator who can engage diverse audiences-from frontline workers to executive leadership-both in-person and virtually. Your technical writing skills complement your proficiency with Microsoft Office and other digital platforms.

We value self-starters who can influence cross-functional teams and external stakeholders while identifying field hazards and providing practical mitigation strategies. Industrial hygiene experience is a welcome plus.

Travel & Qualifications: This role involves up to 75% travel to PGD Wind sites across the U.S. and Canada, perfect for those who enjoy variety in their work environment.

We require a bachelor's degree in a technical field (Safety and/or Occupational Health preferred) plus 4+ years in the energy/utility sector, OR a minimum of 8 years of experience (preferably a minimum of 5 years of safety experience plus 3 years other applicable experience). Master's degree, CSP and/or CIH certifications are highly valued.

Job Overview

Lead and support safety programs across the hub's wind generation sites by driving regulatory compliance, conducting field assessments, investigating incidents, and fostering a strong safety culture. Partner with PGD Safety, operational teams and regulatory agencies to identify risks, implement safety improvements, and provide technical leadership, training, and coaching across the organization.

Job Duties and Responsibilities

  • Provides regulatory interpretation of OSHA, state and provincial regulations

  • Identifies key strategic initiatives and leads site teams by providing technical guidance on procedures and processes to assure employee safety and compliance with OSHA regulations

  • Provides onsite safety coaching, training, and leadership

  • Performs injury analysis and recommends corrective actions

  • Recommend enhancements to the safety management system

  • Conduct job safety analysis of tasks being performed

  • Performs other job-related duties as assigned

Preferred Qualifications

  • Certified Safety Professional (CSP)

  • Graduate Safety Professional (GSP)

Job Overview

Employees in this job work with the safety tactical teams to provide technical guidance on procedures and processes to assure employee safety and compliance with OSHA regulations.

Job Duties & Responsibilities

  • Provides onsite support to power plants to provide technical guidance on compliance issues, training, and site assessments
  • Partners to develop and implement best practices and proactive initiatives aimed at eliminating injuries and illnesses
  • Supports programs to achieve an injury-free lifestyle vision that extends to off-duty injury prevention
  • Performs other job-related duties as assigned

Required Qualifications

  • Technical / Functional Excellence/Learning
  • Process Management Concepts
  • Quality Tools and Techniques
  • Effective Written Communications
  • Effective Verbal Communications
  • High School Grad / GED
  • Safety Policy and Practice
  • Bachelors or Equivalent Experience
  • Experience: 2+ years
  • Supervisor/Management Experience:0+ years

Preferred Qualifications

  • None

NextEra Energy offers a wide range of benefits to support our employees and their eligible family members. Click here to learn more.

Employee Group: Exempt

Employee Type: Full Time

Job Category: Health & Safety

Organization: NextEra Energy Operating Services, LLC

Relocation Provided: Yes, if applicable

NextEra Energy is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to race, color, age, national origin, religion, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetics, disability, protected veteran status or any other basis prohibited by law.

NextEra Energy provides reasonable accommodation in its application and selection process for qualified individuals, including accommodations related to compliance with conditional job offer requirements, consistent with federal, state, and local laws. Supporting medical or religious documentation will be required where applicable and permitted by applicable law. To request a reasonable accommodation, please send an e-mail to recruiting-coordinator.sharedmailbox@nexteraenergy.com, providing your name, telephone number and the best time for us to reach you.

NextEra Energy will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information.

NextEra Energy does not accept any unsolicited resumes or referrals from any third-party recruiting firms or agencies. Please see our policy for more information.

About the Company

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NextEra Energy Inc

NextEra Energy, Inc. (NYSE: NEE) is a leading clean energy company with consolidated revenues of approximately $17.5 billion and approximately 14,300 employees in 27 states and Canada as of year-end 2015, as well as approximately 45,000 megawatts of generating capacity, which includes megawatts associated with noncontrolling interests related to NextEra Energy Partners, LP (NYSE: NEP) as of April 2016. Headquartered in Juno Beach, Fla., NextEra Energy’s principal subsidiaries are Florida Power & Light Company, which serves more than 4.8 million customer accounts in Florida and is one of the largest rate-regulated electric utilities in the United States, and NextEra Energy Resources, LLC, which, together with its affiliated entities, is the world’s largest generator of renewable energy from the wind and sun. Through its subsidiaries, NextEra Energy generates clean, emissions-free electricity from eight commercial nuclear power units in Florida, New Hampshire, Iowa and Wisconsin. A Fortune 200 company and included in the S&P 100 index, NextEra Energy has been recognized often by third parties for its efforts in sustainability, corporate responsibility, ethics and compliance, and diversity, and has been ranked No. 1 in the electric and gas utilities industry in Fortune’s 2016 list of “World's Most Admired Companies.”

COMPANY SIZE
10,000 employees or more
INDUSTRY
Energy and Utilities
FOUNDED
1925
WEBSITE
http://www.nexteraenergy.com/