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What You’ll Do as a Safety Specialist

• Serve as a visible leader, influencing and motivating while modeling Lewis’s Operating Principles.
• Build and maintain strong partnerships with Operations to drive positive and continuous safety improvements.
• Participate in morning huddles and deliver safety tailgates/safety moments to job crews.
• Conduct worksite observations to identify potential risks and compliance with company and regulatory requirements; provide feedback to Operations Leadership.
• Provide timely assistance and consistent interpretation of company safety policies/procedures and regulatory requirements.
• Train and coach employees on:
• Working safely with utility line clearance tools (saws, pruners, hanger poles, rigging tools, saddles, harnesses, aerial lifts, etc.).
• Technical skills from fundamentals to advanced (roping and rigging, collision avoidance, climbing techniques).
• Safety-related processes and risks (aerial rescue, electrical safety, First Aid/CPR).
• Investigate and analyze incidents using current methods to facilitate organizational learning and build capacity to fail safely.
• Prepare evaluations and provide summary reports and recommendations for Operations and Safety Leadership.
• Communicate safety program needs with regional leadership.
• Report timely and accurately to Safety and Operations Regional Leadership.
• Perform all other related duties as assigned.

Significant travel is required, providing governance and oversight during field visits with Safety Specialists, Operations Leadership, and field crews.

What You Bring:

• Associate degree in a related field or equivalent combination of High School diploma/GED with safety/industry-related credentials (CUSP, CTSP, ASP, GSP, ISA Arborist) or equivalent experience.
• Minimum 1 year of experience in line clearance or related industry.
• Knowledge of OSHA and ANSI requirements; OSHA 30 Hour or equivalent.
• Valid driver’s license.
• Bilingual (Spanish/English) is required.

Preferred:

• Bachelor’s degree in Safety Management, Safety Engineering, or Occupational Health and Safety.
• Minimum 1 year in a safety leadership role.
• Experience in line clearance, ISA Arborist, or related industry.
• Certified Tree Care Safety Professional (CTSP) – required within 1 year of hire.
• Certified Utility Safety Professional (CUSP).

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Strong ability to lead teams and drive change.
• Excellent written, oral, and presentation skills.
• Proficiency with computers, smartphones, and MS Office Suite.
• Knowledge of vegetation management tools, practices, and procedures.
• Familiarity with OSHA, ANSI, DOT, and tree industry regulations and standards.

Physical Demands

Ability to:

• Write, type, file, and organize.
• Observe and respond to visual and oral instructions/messages.
• Adjust quickly and efficiently from task to task.
• Bend, reach, grasp, and organize materials.
• Communicate clearly in a professional manner.
• Perform in the presence of distractions or work frustrations.
• Maintain regular and timely attendance.
• Participate in employee and professional training events.
• Travel 30–40% of the time, including overnight.

Continuously – Communicating, observing, documenting, traveling.
Frequently – Standing, walking, driving.
Occasionally – Bending, reaching, lifting.
Rarely – Exposure to hazardous materials.

Environmental Conditions:

• Regularly – Field environment with exposure to outdoor elements.
• Occasionally – Office environment, temperature extremes.
• Rarely – Hazardous materials, air quality issues.

PPE required per OSHA and ANSI standards.

Tools & Equipment

Equipment may include:

• Computers, phones, tablets.
• Communication devices.
• Safety and training equipment.
• Utility vegetation management tools.

What We Offer

Non-Union Benefits:

• Competitive pay $65,000 - $85,000 
• Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP).
• Paid training and certifications.
• Health, dental, vision & HSA options.
• 401(k) + match.
• Paid time off and Employee Assistance Program (EAP).

Únete a una empresa que hace crecer a las personas

En Lewis, no solo podamos árboles, construimos un futuro. Como la segunda empresa más grande de gestión de vegetación para servicios públicos en América del Norte y orgullosamente propiedad de los empleados, creemos que cada persona en nuestro equipo importa. Cuando te unes a Lewis, no solo estás aceptando un trabajo, estás invirtiendo en tu futuro.

Por qué te encantará trabajar aquí

• Disfruta del aire libre mientras trabajas en la naturaleza, ¡no atrapado detrás de un escritorio!
• Impulsa tu carrera con nosotros; priorizamos la capacitación y las promociones internas.
• Únete a un equipo dinámico que defiende la seguridad, valora tu opinión y fomenta un fuerte sentido de camaradería.
• Construye tu futuro con nosotros a través de nuestro fantástico Plan de Propiedad de Acciones para Empleados (ESOP).

Lo que harás como Especialista en Seguridad (Safety Specialist)

• Ser un líder visible que influya, motive y modele los Principios Operativos de Lewis.
• Construir y mantener sólidas alianzas con Operaciones para impulsar mejoras continuas y positivas en seguridad.
• Participar en reuniones matutinas (huddles) y ofrecer charlas de seguridad (“tailgates” o “safety moments”) a los equipos de trabajo.
• Realizar observaciones en los sitios de trabajo para identificar riesgos potenciales y verificar el cumplimiento con los requisitos de la empresa y las normativas; proporcionar retroalimentación al liderazgo de Operaciones.
• Brindar asistencia oportuna e interpretación coherente de las políticas y procedimientos de seguridad de la empresa, así como de los requisitos regulatorios.
• Capacitar y entrenar a los empleados en:
• Trabajo seguro con herramientas de poda y despeje de líneas eléctricas (sierras, podadoras, pértigas, equipos de izado, arneses, plataformas elevadoras, etc.).
• Habilidades técnicas desde los fundamentos hasta niveles avanzados (manejo de cuerdas, izado, prevención de colisiones, técnicas de escalada).
• Procesos y riesgos relacionados con la seguridad (rescate aéreo, seguridad eléctrica, primeros auxilios y RCP).