Turnaround Safety Specialist

Position Overview

The Turnaround Safety Specialist is responsible for providing occupational safety and health (OSH) leadership to the site Turnaround team. This role ensures contractors are compliant with regulatory standards, and CHB Site safety policies and procedures to strengthen turnaround safety performance. The Turnaround Safety Specialist works in collaboration with the Turnaround team and the ESSH Team to influence behaviors, solve problems, and deliver sustainable improvements.

Targeted Outcomes

• Collaborate with the Turnaround Manager, Turnaround Contractors, ESSH Manager and ESSH personnel to strengthen turnaround safety performance.
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• Continue to improve Turnaround safety systems performance to reinforce Ascend's Commitment to Zero incidents and injuries.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead turnaround safety planning and risk assessment activities during pre-turnaround and execution phases.
• Review job packages prior to execution phase to ensure alignment with site safety standards, policies, procedures and other requirements.
• Ensure compliance with site safety standards, permit-to-work requirements, LOTO procedures, confined space entry, hot work, excavation, crane and rigging, and other life critical safety processes.
• Conduct field audits, safety inspections, housekeeping inspections and behavioral observations to verify safe work practices. Report findings and track status to determine if conditions are improving, getting worse or staying the same. If getting worse or staying the same, need to determine ways to improve performance.
• Coordinate contractor safety onboarding, orientation, and performance monitoring.
• Facilitate daily safety meetings, toolbox talks, and pre-job hazard analyses.
• Monitor leading and lagging safety indicators and communicate performance to turnaround leadership.
• Investigate incidents, near misses, and safety concerns, ensuring corrective actions are implemented.
• Partner with Operations, Maintenance, Reliability, and contractors to proactively identify and mitigate risks.
• Provide visible field leadership to reinforce stop-work authority and promote a strong safety culture.
• Support successful turnaround execution by maintaining focus on safety, schedule, and work quality objectives.
• Participate in coordination and execution oversight of specialty safety procedures (i.e., critical lifts, complex confined space entries, etc.)
• Participate in Project and Turnaround scope development and planning meetings for ESSH-related scope. (ESSH reviews, execution planning reviews, etc.)
• Participate in daily/weekly update meetings and morning safety meetings to ensure communication of hazardous conditions or behaviors.
• Serve as a safety champion for the Ascend HRP process and help promote its' use during turnaround and project activities.
• Attend ESSH bi-weekly and monthly team meetings.

Requirements

• 7-10+ years of industrial safety experience in refining, petrochemical, chemical manufacturing, power generation, or heavy industry.
• 7+ years of turnaround, outage, or major maintenance event experience.
• Working knowledge of OSHA Process Safety Management (PSM) requirements.
• Strong understanding of permit-to-work systems, LOTO, confined space entry, hot work, work at heights, crane and rigging, excavation, and line opening activities.
• Experience working with contractors and managing large numbers of simultaneous work activities.
• Ability to lead field safety engagement and influence personnel at all organizational levels.

Physical Requirements & Working Environment

• Willing to adjust work schedule as needed to support safety initiatives and objectives on alternate shifts.
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• Ability to meet all physical requirements of working in an industrial environment including ability to work in extreme temperatures, sitting, standing, walking, use of hands, climbing and use of ladders, etc.
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• Lift up to 50 pounds.

Additional information

At Ascend Performance Materials, we value transparency and fairness in our hiring process. We do not accept unsolicited resumes from third-party recruiters, search firms, or staffing agencies. Any resumes received from such entities will be considered the property of Ascend Performance Materials, and we will not be obligated to pay any fees for such submissions. Our Talent Acquisition Team actively engages with preferred recruitment partners who have established agreements with us. We encourage all interested candidates to apply directly through our official channels to be considered for any open positions.