Associate Health & Safety Specialist

Associate Health & Safety Specialist

Date: Nov 9, 2026

Location(s): Houston, TX, US, 77002

Company: NextEra Energy

Requisition ID: 98318

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Position Specific Description

As a new member of the Power Generation Division (PGD) Environmental, Health, Safety, and Emergency Response (EHS&ER) Team within NextEra Energy Pipeline Services (NEPSCO), the Associate Health & Safety Specialist provides technical support for training and health and safety programs across pipelines. landfill gas-to-energy (LFGTE) and renewable natural gas (RNG) operations. The position supports the administrative function of the Corporate Learning Management System, contractor safety ISN approvals, the safety management system documentation, Maximo tasking, and related programs. This role also partners with employees, leaders, contractors, and other stakeholders to strengthen compliance, reduce risk, prevent injuries and illnesses, and advance the company's injury-free lifestyle vision, including off-duty injury prevention. This position reports to the NEPSCO Director of Environmental, Health & Safety.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Reviews federal, state, local, OSHA, and company safety and health requirements.

• Develops implementation guidance and supports regulatory inspections, agency inquiries, and internal audits.

• Improve safety management systems, programs, procedures, work practices, tools, and training materials.

• Tracks corrective actions from site inspections, observations, risk assessments, and job safety analyses;

• Delivers training and communications, provides coaching, facilitates meetings, and maintains training records.

• Supports construction, maintenance, commissioning, startup, contractor, and other nonroutine high-risk work.

• Supports industrial hygiene, emergency response, occupational health, and other assigned safety programs.

• Partners with internal and external stakeholders to implement practices that prevent employee and contractor injuries and illnesses.

• Performs other related duties and responsibilities as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications

• Entry level position: Bachelor’s degree in technical discipline or some college coursework and willingness to continue to obtain a degree in occupational safety and health, safety engineering, safety management, industrial hygiene, or a related technical discipline.

• Ability to communicate technical requirements, exercise sound judgment, and influence stakeholders.

• Proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Teams, and CoPilot for reports, presentations, and basic data analysis.

• Ability to work independently, exercise sound judgment, and manage multiple assignments with minimal supervision.

Preferred Qualifications

• Highly organized and results driven individual capable of systems management.

• Work experience with increasing responsibilities and role progression.

• Experience supporting a team of 10+ professionals plus operations staff.

• Experience with Maximo a plus.

Travel and Work Requirements

• A valid driver's license and successful background check, preemployment physical examination, and drug screening.

• Up to 25% travel to our facilities or training centers within the United States requiring airline travel and overnight stays.

• Occasionally lift up to 40 lbs.

• May be required to walk up to two miles along pipeline ROWs.

• Participation in emergency-response activities and occasional work outside normal business hours.

• The office location is in Houston, TX.

Job Overview

This job is responsible for supporting the development and administration of safety/health policies, programs, and work practices that comply with safety/health regulations and prevent employee injuries and illnesses. Employees in this role advise management on matters which affect conformance to current and proposed OSHA Safety/Health Standards.

Job Duties & Responsibilities

• Administers safety/health training programs required for employees to perform their job responsibilities safely

• Provides technical guidance to departments on occupational safety/health

• Provides support to the bargaining unit through the safety committee to bring about improvements in safety/health

• Assists in developing and enforcing safety rules and standard operating procedures

• Ensures compliance on all safety incidents and events

• Provides guidance on the completion of the incident analysis reports

• Supports all business unit safety committee activities

• Ensures compliance of all contractor safety related activities

• Ensures the completion of all OSHA mandated training

• Performs other job-related duties as assigned

Required Qualifications

• High School Grad / GED

• Bachelor's or Equivalent Experience

• Experience: 0+ years

• Valid Driver's License (NON CDL)

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's Degree

• Certified Safety Professional (CSP)

• Certified Utility Safety Prof (CUSP)

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

Employee Group: Exempt

Employee Type: Full Time

Job Category: Health & Safety

Organization: NextEra Energy Pipeline Services, LLC

Relocation Provided: No

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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, 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.

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