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Job Title: Safety & Health Specialist
Reporting Location: 62 Lake Mirror Road, Forest Park, Georgia. The successful candidate must work onsite Monday through Thursday and may work remotely on Fridays. The schedule is subject to change based on business needs. Relocation assistance is not available.
Travel Requirements: Up to 25%, including overnight travel.
Job Summary
The Safety & Health Specialist supports the Reliability Service Centers—including the Repair Shop, Central Tool Shop, and Juliette Metrology Lab—by providing safety expertise, strengthening regulatory compliance, and promoting proactive risk management. The specialist partners with operations and leadership to deliver training, analyze safety performance, conduct assessments and investigations, maintain required documentation, and implement site and Southern Company safety programs. The role also serves as a liaison among onsite and offsite management and organizational support groups.
The specialist must be adaptable and willing to support additional safety projects, assignments, or work groups as business needs evolve. These assignments may provide opportunities to broaden technical knowledge and operational experience.
Job Requirements
Education
- A four-year degree in Occupational Safety and Health Management or a related field is preferred.
- Certification from the Board of Certified Safety Professionals—such as CSP, CUSP, CHST, GSP, or ASP—is preferred.
- Completion of OSHA-specific training, including OSHA 30, is preferred.
Experience
- A minimum of two years of experience developing, implementing, and monitoring compliance with safety and health policies and procedures is required.
- Field experience applying general industry safety standards is required.
- Experience delivering presentations to large audiences is required.
- Experience conducting facility safety assessments, audits, incident investigations, and corrective-action activities is preferred.
- Experience developing injury-prevention, accident-prevention, and compliance programs, policies, and procedures is preferred.
- Leadership experience is preferred.
- Three or more years of combined experience in Transmission, Distribution, Generation and/or Nuclear is a plus.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
- Ability to work independently with limited supervision while remaining highly motivated and self-directed.
- In-depth knowledge of current federal, state, and local safety and health laws, regulations, and general industry requirements is preferred.
- Ability to develop recognized subject-matter expertise in safety and health issues.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to explain safety requirements effectively across all organizational levels and work groups.
- Strong leadership, teamwork, interpersonal, organizational, time-management, research, and analytical skills, supported by high integrity and ethical standards.
- Knowledge of auditing procedures and processes is preferred.
Other Requirements
- Proficiency with Microsoft applications, including SharePoint, Planner, Excel, PowerPoint, and Word, is required.
- Ability to travel overnight is required.
- A valid, unrestricted driver’s license is required.
- Ability to consistently demonstrate initiative, self-motivation, and alignment with Southern Company values.
Job Responsibilities
- Regulatory Compliance and Risk Management: Stay current on applicable safety and health laws, regulations, industry trends, and best practices, and advise management on compliance with company policies and procedures.
- Program Leadership: Partner with management to develop, implement, and maintain site-specific safety and health programs, compliance strategies, policies, procedures, action plans, and guidelines, including injury-prevention and accident-prevention initiatives.
- Assessments and Corrective Actions: Lead or support detailed safety inspections, audits, assessments, monthly facility walkdowns, and critical-control verifications to identify noncompliance, mitigate hazards, and reduce risk.
- Risk Response: Manage risks associated with safety and health programs and coordinate required notifications to the appropriate agencies when noncompliance occurs.
- Incident Response: Investigate incidents, near misses, and noncompliance events; ensure timely reporting and notification; develop corrective actions; and support post-job reviews and event-learning activities.
- Training and Employee Engagement: Develop and deliver training on safety and health policies, procedures, job risks, risk-mitigation methods, and compliance requirements. Reinforce Critical Risk Management, critical controls, Human Performance principles, and behavior-based safety practices.
- Performance Communication: Prepare and present recurring safety-performance updates, emerging-risk analyses, and required improvement actions to leadership.
- Continuous Improvement: Lead safety and health initiatives and meetings that promote best practices, proactive behaviors, continuous improvement, and a positive safety culture.
- Operational Partnership: Collaborate with onsite contractors and work groups to integrate safety and health requirements into daily operations and support compliance across the workforce.
- Organizational Support: Serve as a corporate safety and health resource by providing expertise, guidance, and support to the Safety & Wellness Committee and other safety support teams.
- Documentation and Confidentiality: Maintain required safety documentation and protect the confidentiality of reports, incidents, and disability management cases.
Success in this role will be demonstrated through effective risk reduction, timely corrective-action closure, regulatory compliance, strong safety engagement, and trusted partnership with operational leadership.
About Us
Georgia Power is the largest electric subsidiary of Southern Company (NYSE: SO), America's premier energy company. Value, Reliability, Customer Service and Stewardship are the cornerstones of the Company's promise to 2.6 million customers in all but four of Georgia's 159 counties. Committed to delivering clean, safe, reliable, and affordable energy at rates below the national average, Georgia Power maintains a diverse, innovative generation mix that includes nuclear, coal and natural gas, as well as renewables such as solar, hydroelectric and wind. Georgia Power focuses on delivering world-class service to its customers every day and the Company is recognized by J.D. Power and Associates as an industry leader in customer satisfaction. For more information, visit www.GeogiaPower.com and connect with the Company on Facebook (Facebook.com/GeorgiaPower), Twitter (Twitter.com/GeorgiaPower) and Instagram (Instagram.com/ga_power).
Southern Company (NYSE: SO) is a leading energy provider serving 9 million customers across the Southeast and beyond through its family of companies. Providing clean, safe, reliable and affordable energy with excellent service is our mission. The company has electric operating companies in three states, natural gas distribution companies in four states, a competitive generation company, a leading distributed energy solutions provider with national capabilities, a fiber optics network and telecommunications services. Through an industry-leading commitment to innovation, resilience and sustainability, we are taking action to meet customers' and communities' needs while advancing our goal of net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. Our uncompromising values ensure we put the needs of those we serve at the center of everything we do and are the key to our sustained success. We are transforming energy into economic, environmental and social progress for tomorrow. Our corporate culture has been recognized by a variety of organizations, earning the company awards and recognitions that reflect Our Values and dedication to service. To learn more, visit www.southerncompany.com.
Southern Company invests in the well-being of its employees and their families through a comprehensive total rewards strategy that includes competitive base salary, annual incentive awards for eligible employees and health, welfare and retirement benefits designed to support physical, financial, and emotional/social well-being. This position may also be eligible for additional compensation, such as an incentive program, with the amount of any bonus/awards subject to the terms and conditions of the applicable incentive plan(s). A summary of the benefits offered for this position can be found here https://seo.nlx.org/southernco/pdf/SOCO-Benefits.pdf. Additional and specific details about total compensation and benefits will also be provided during the hiring process.
Southern Company is an equal opportunity employer where an applicant's qualifications are considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other basis prohibited by law.
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