Description
The Safety Leadership Coach/Practitioner (SLC) is responsible for implementation and coaching leadership and teams for growth of Safety Action Teams (SAT) within our customers’ operations located in various places to create intentional culture. The SLC cares deeply about people and is absolutely clear on how they represent safety. They actively seek and learn more about the Workplace Learning System’s safety culture approach and are internally driven to innovate and provide greater service to others on safety. The pace of progress in establishing the safety culture of the customers’ operations will be influenced by the advocacy and coaching of the SLC.
PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Gain understanding and believe in the WLS Safety Approach, specifically SAT, and how to implement in a variety of operations.
- Responsible for SAT implementation and initial coaching across various client locations, typically 6 month engagements
- Travel 80%- participating in activities in manufacturing facilities
- Remotely support client facilities between on-site support trips
- Build rapport with leadership in client facilities and establish credibility with associates on teams
- Ensure client facilities are equipped with deliverables agreed upon at the start of the engagement.
Those typically include, but are not limited to:
- 2 fully functional SAT
- Facility is ready to launch teams 3 and 4
- Leadership of the facility has been coached and equipped with the knowledge and resources to facilitate and foster teams after engagement concludes
- Ensure SAT know how to and are making decisions based on data and facts
- Facilitate leadership’s understanding of the impact of recognition on the SAT participation
- Provide leadership with regular coaching and guidance on how to foster and participate appropriately in teams
- Provide Plant Managers and Safety Staff with regular feedback on what is going on and what opportunities exist
- Assist in identifying SAT training needs and deliver trainings as appropriate
- Assist teams in building of initial charters and teach leaders how to facilitate charter building
- Teach teams how to regularly establish goals and ensure they are met or exceeded
- Partner with other WLS Safety Practitioners to leverage and share best practices
- Track and document hours spent on client related support activities
- Effectively coaches others at their respective levels to continuously strive to increase their knowledge
CORE COMPETENCIES:
Priority setting – able to effectively direct the activities of others including establishing expectations, removing barriers, and managing performance
Comfort around leadership – able to influence others without formal authority including comfort with senior leadership in the feedback process
Managing peer relationships – able to work collaboratively with others and accomplish objectives
Influencing others – able to work effectively through others where there is no reporting relationship
Strategic agility – able to think through complex issues and develop solutions that deliver integrated and long lasting results
Action oriented – high level of energy and able to help others see the goals for safety, health, and environment
Approachability– able to present well and establish credibility
Drive for results – action oriented and able to produce results utilizing matrixed relationships throughout the organization
Customer focus – ability to see the needs and understand the expectations of the client and deliver results
BENEFITS:
Workplace Learning System offers significant career development opportunities as well as salary and benefits packages including health and life insurance, 401(k) with company match, paid vacation, and 13 paid holidays including a Christmas holiday shutdown.
ABOUT Workplace Learning System:
Workplace Learning System is an independent professional development and consulting company dedicated to continuous improvement for organizations in safety, leadership and quality performance. Our safety culture approach and leadership principles were developed over more than a decade as a subsidiary division of EnPro Industries. Honored as America’s Safest Company by EHS Today three times in the past 13 years, EnPro Industries continues to support WLS efforts to make the world a safer workplace.
For more information about WLS, visit our website www.workplacelearningsystem.com
Requirements
QUALIFICATIONS:
- Familiarity and ability to discuss and coach teams within WLS approaches and practices
- Experience leading teams through internships, co-ops or other employment
- Experience in coaching a team how to become effective in both soft and hard skills
- Understand emotional intelligence and its effect on a team and facility's effectiveness
- Understand organizational change, methods, and approaches and support business needs for consulting, training, and business development
- Experience as a recognized safety advocate with influence in the organization
EDUCATION AND WORK EXPERIENCE:
- Experience as a recognized safety advocate on an emotional level to allow you to personally influence other people in the organization (this experience does not include managing safety or environmental systems)
- 5 years experience in manufacturing facilities
- 4-year degree in Engineering, Environmental and Safety required
- Preferred Safety Certifications (ASP, CSP, CIH, or equivalent)
- Technical competence in basic data interpretation and computer programs
- Experience dealing with feedback and leadership teams
- Language (Competent in English; Spanish a plus)
- Travel (Up to 80%)
