Safety and Health Representative

Genesis Alkali is the world’s largest natural soda ash mine and production site, offering a secure, reliable and diverse range of high-quality product choices. Alkali mines and processes trona ore and manufactures soda ash that is used in the production of glass, detergents, chemical manufacturing, pulp and paper production, and water treatment. It also produces sodium bicarbonate and other chemical compounds used in common industrial, agricultural, and household applications. Our main Alkali operations are in Green River, Wyoming, home of the world's largest trona ore deposit, with a corporate office in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.Genesis Alkali, LLC is a wholly owned subsidiary of Genesis Energy, L.P., (NYSE: GEL). Genesis Energy is a growth-oriented master limited partnership headquartered in Houston, Texas.  Through four divisions: offshore pipeline transportation, sodium minerals and sulfur services, marine transportation and onshore facilities and transportation, we provide an integrated suite of services to refineries, oil producers, and industrial and commercial enterprises. For more information visit www.genesisenergy.com or alkali.genesisenergy.com.

Why Join Genesis Alkali? 

• Highly competitive salary commensurate with experience. 
• Medical, Dental, Life & Disability Insurance, Vision, Flexible Spending (Medical and Dependent Care) and Health Savings Accounts, and Pre-paid Legal, beginning first day of employment; company funds a portion of HSA. Retirement 
• 401(k) Savings and Investment Plan for Salaried employees, company makes Safe Harbor matching contributions (fully vested) of 100% up to the first 5% of eligible pay you contribute; additionally, Company makes discretionary contributions up to 5% of eligible pay in the first quarter of the following year (three-year vesting requirement).
•  Pension for Hourly Union employees 
• Opportunity to participate in a 401(k) savings plan. The company does not provide a matching contribution for pension eligible employees. 
• Tuition reimbursement programs are available to qualifying employees for approved programs.
• Subsidized transportation to our plant from Green River, Rock Springs, and the Bridger Valley.

Position Title: Safety and Health Representative

Location: Green River, WY

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide Safety Leadership to ensure business area is aligned with corporate safety vision and initiatives.
• Models the highest standards for health and safety.
• Foster involvement by helping to create a culture in which safety is valued and rigorously managed.
• Consultant to line organization to own and implement safety systems to achieve the objective of an injury-free workplace.
• Develop and influence the line organization to successfully implement safety programs and accomplish milestones and goals.
• Accountable for ensuring plants have processes that ensure compliance with MSHA, OSHA, etc. regulations; oversight for ensuring that we are collecting required data, etc.
• Partners with area and union to ensure all employees, including safety committeemen, are adequately trained and coached to perform their roles.
• Leverage knowledge (via co-audits, participation in investigations, data analysis, etc.) to spot trends and improve safety and raise awareness.
• Maintain a high level of awareness and provides skills required by all employees to manage safety.
• Technical expert on regulatory and company standards, regulations and policies.
• Provide leadership and direction to the line organization in establishing standards and provide information about how well the standards are working.
• Driver of improvements to systems and processes.
• Key leader in the Central Safety process.
• Facilitates key safety training and development.
• Provide support or oversight for and/or lead a safety engineering or Industrial Hygiene Project.

Activities: 

• Advisor to management with implementing safety practices and maintaining employee interest and awareness in safety and health matters.
• Work with management and safety committeemen to identify potential safety problems and solutions.
• Provide information and analysis regarding how well company safety performance is matching standards and objectives.
• Ensure that information about safety is communicated, understood, and that it flows from management to employees and from employees to management.
• Conduct observations, teach to observe, work with the line organization to design and carry out an observations program, compile and analyze information collected in observations, and communicate the results of the analysis to the line organization.
• Interface/negotiate with regulatory agencies on safety and health issues.
• Support site responsible care (RCMS) efforts.
• Provide support to maintain and ensure compliance with regulations, laws, and corporate standards, including ISO.
• Assist with Genesis Alkali audit and inspections for hazard conditions and validate implementation.
• Work with the line organization to create a framework for conducting effective investigations, participate in investigations as needed, and ensure the communication of investigation results.
• Help the line organization to identify training needs, serve as a resource for training, and ensure that the training is adequate to meet the objectives of the safety program for all personnel, whether salary, hourly, or technical.
• Provide safety support for businesses during normal operations and outages.
• Participate in weekend and off-shift safety coverage to assist injured employees at the hospital and facilitate immediate reporting to regulatory agency and management.
• Assist with and support emergency response efforts.
• Provide technical advice and guidance to line organization on how to manage ergonomics related issues and make needed changes.
• Research and evaluate new personal protective equipment (PPE) and tool opportunities, demands for potential products, and customer needs and insights.
• Assistance with Auditing as needed.
• Chair, lead, and drive continuous improvement in assigned program(s) of responsibility.
• Other assignments as necessary to meet department goals and objectives.

Skills, Capability and Educational Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Safety, Industrial Hygiene, engineering or other 4 year degree with applicable Safety and Health experience, and
• Ability to sit for and pass nationally accredited professional certification exam(s) in the safety and health field.

OR

• 7-10 years experience in mining, manufacturing or heavy industry with significant safety responsibility.
• Wyoming State Mine Foreman/Examiner papers preferred
• MSHA IS/IU instructor card preferred.

Final determination on pay grade and salary will be made by HR and company leadership holistically considering the candidate’s education, experience, past performance, demonstrated leadership and influence.  

Genesis Energy is an equal opportunity employer. All employment decisions are made without regard to sex, race, color, religion, national origin, citizenship, age, disability, marital or veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other legally protected categories. This includes providing reasonable accommodation for employee's and applicant's disabilities or religious beliefs and practices. Alternative methods of applying for employment are available to individuals unable to apply through this site because of a disability. Contact Genesis Human Resources to discuss reasonable accommodations by sending an email to hr@genlp.com.