Safety Specialist
Union Electric Steel Corporation
Carnegie, PAJobSeen 2w agoSeen in employer's feed 4 days ago
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The Safety Specialist supports the development, implementation, and continuous improvement of Environmental, Health, and Safety programs across multiple manufacturing sites. Reporting to the Corporate EHS Manager, the role works with operations, maintenance, supervisors, employees, local management, and union safety committees to identify hazards, strengthen regulatory compliance, reduce incidents, and build a proactive safety culture. Travel of up to 30% is required.
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Description Job Summary The Safety Specialist supports the development, implementation, and continuous improvement of the company's Environmental, Health, and Safety (EHS) programs within a manufacturing environment across multiple sites. This role reports to the Corporate EHS Manager and works directly with operations, maintenance, supervisors, and employees to identify hazards, strengthen regulatory compliance, reduce injuries, near misses, and build a proactive safety culture. Essential Duties and Responsibilities Support the implementation of corporate safety policies, procedures and directives in all facilities in cooperation with local management and union safety committees. Participate in incident, injury, property-damage, near-miss, and environmental-event investigations; collect critical data, interview personnel, identify root causes, and track corrective and preventive actions. Support OSHA recordkeeping activities, including injury and illness data collection, case classification, and maintenance of required records. Conduct routine safety inspections, field observations, compliance audits, and facility walkthroughs. Identify unsafe conditions, at-risk behaviors, and regulatory gaps; communicate findings clearly and work with plant leadership to develop effective corrective actions. Serve as a primary point of contact for health and safety related questions or concerns. Perform risk assessments to improve current processes using the hierarchy of controls. Conduct and support employee training, toolbox talks, new-hire orientation, refresher training, and supervisor coaching on applicable EHS requirements and safe work practices. Assist with emergency-preparedness activities, including drills, emergency response planning, fire-prevention efforts, and coordination with site personnel. Manage Safety Performance KPI data for multiple sites. Receives layered audits from company vice presidents/plant managers and enters data into company data base for monthly EHS "Critical 4" High Risk Operations metrics. Data management for international facilities. Use leading and lagging indicators to develop risk reduction strategies. Communicate status, progress, and issues related to safety, health, and environment to the Corporate EHS Manager and Plant Leadership. Perform other Environmental Health and Safety related duties as assigned. Travel Required: Up to 30%. Management/Supervisory Responsibiliti To view the full job description please use the link below. https://www.aplitrak.com/?adid=YmJnZW5lcmljLjk5Mjg1LjEwODY1QGFtcGNvcGl0dHNjb3JwY29tcC5hcGxpdHJhay5jb20
How this job compares
Set against the 836 open Safety Specialist jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 7, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- US median$78–99K/yr318 salary ranges
- US median$33–45/hr75 hourly ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 32 open Safety Specialist jobs in Pennsylvania and 836 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Pennsylvania
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- Experience
- Safety Specialist postings that state a minimum ask for 2 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 1 to 4 years (570 postings).
- Education
- 102 of the 836 open Safety Specialist jobs (12%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 7, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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