Safety Administrator

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Job Description:

Your Work Shapes the World at Caterpillar Inc.

When you join Caterpillar yourejoining a global team who cares not just about the work we do but also about each other. We are the makers problem solvers and future world builders who are creating stronger more sustainable communities. We dontjust talk about progress and innovation here we make it happen with our customers where we work and live. Together we are building a better world so we can all enjoy living in it.

Role Definition

Monitors and assists with implementation of Environmental Health & Safety (EHS) policy and procedures.

Responsibilities

• Perform inspections and tests planned to monitor specific EHS issues regulations and company practices.

• Assists in training employees in EHS guidelines company policies and procedures and regulations pertaining to EHS.

• Making and maintaining necessary EHS records according to established guidelines.

• Contributes to the development of EHS policies and procedures.

Skills Descriptors

Process Management: Knowledge of business process improvement tools and techniques; ability to understand monitor update control or enhance existing business or work processes.

Level Basic Understanding:

• Interprets process flow diagrams.

• Explains differences between a process and a project.

• Identifies process management initiatives in own area.

• Describe key business processes in own area.

Accuracy and Attention to Detail: Understanding the necessity and value of accuracy; ability to complete tasks with high levels of precision.

Level Working Knowledge:

• Accurately gauges the impact and cost of errors omissions and oversights.

• Utilizes specific approaches and tools for checking and cross-checking outputs.

• Processes limited amounts of detailed information with good accuracy.

• Learn from mistakes and apply lessons learned.

• Develops and uses checklists to ensure that information goes out error-free.

Effective Communications: Understanding of effective communication concepts tools and techniques; ability to effectively transmit receive and accurately interpret ideas information and needs through the application of appropriate communication behaviors.

Level Basic Understanding:

• Describes non-verbal behaviors that influence the interpretation of the message.

• Cites examples of effective and ineffective communications.

• Explains the importance of effective business communication.

• Speaks/writes using correct language mechanics and gestures.

Influencing: Knowledge of effective influencing tactics and strategies; ability to impact decisions within and outside own organization.

Level Basic Understanding:

• Gives examples of decisions and who influenced who in the decision.

• Describes key concepts of influencing.

• Documents and distributes suggestions and ideas with supporting detail.

• Identifies local key players and decision makers.

Initiative: Being proactive and committing to action on self-identified job responsibilities and challenges; ability to seek out work and the drive to accomplish goals.

Level Working Knowledge:

• Identifies and exploits own strengths; minimizes limitations.

• Provides appropriate degrees of attention to both personal and professional priorities.

• Explains how own motivation relates to the workplace.

• Utilizes available tools or approaches for increasing knowledge of self-motivation.

• Learning and using resources the organization must assess and enhance team motivation.

Managing Multiple Priorities: Knowledge of effective self-management practices; ability to manage multiple concurrent objectives projects groups or activities making effective judgments as to prioritizing and time allocation.

Level Basic Understanding:

• Explains basic concepts of time and priority management.

• Seeks guidance in detecting and addressing priority conflicts.

• States have business priorities.

• Describes team or unit priorities.

Problem Solving: Knowledge of approaches tools techniques for recognizing anticipating and resolving organizational operational or process problems; ability to apply knowledge of problem solving appropriately to diverse situations.

Level Basic Understanding:

• Explain the value of a disciplined approach to problem solving.

• Describes problem reporting and escalation practices.

• Utilizes accepted procedures for problem analysis and resolution.

• Identifies key aspects of problem-solving techniques used in own area.

Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) Policy Compliance: Knowledge of Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) policies; ability to implement EHS policies to ensure that provided products and services are safe for people and the environment and in compliance with legal requirements and standards.

Level Basic Understanding:

• Attends EHS policy compliance related training or seminars.

• Identifies the objectives principles arrangements and practices of EHS policy.

• Describes EHS policies that are applicable to the products and services in the organization.

• Discusses the importance and rationale of EHS policy compliance.

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