Safety and Risk Analyst

Location: Vancouver, WA - Onsite
Travel: up to 10% for travel to off-site meetings
Length: 5 years
MUST be US Citizen to be eligible to apply for Federal Background Check
 
SUMMARY


This contract position will provide business and risk analysis support to the Safety Organization Internal Operations. This Analyst position will coordinate with Subject Matter Experts (SME) in the Safety Organization, its stakeholders, and various department representatives to analyze the Safety Organization business model framework for alignment with agency goals and safety strategic initiatives through analysis of collected data, policy and program reviews, and assessment of incidents and safety concerns. This position will apply technical business and risk analysis expertise to identify early indicators of presented hazards and support the agency in taking proactive measures in risk mitigation to prevent harm to its employees and business partners. This position will also support benchmarking studies that identify and recommend implementation of consensus best practices and methodologies into work planning that ensure the corporation accomplishes its business strategic goals

POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES

• Collaborate with stakeholders to obtain in-depth understanding of the corporate strategy implementation plan, safety strategic initiatives, agency goals, and objectives to support meeting targeted outcomes. 
• Perform analysis of data collected from safety databases pertaining to training, incident assessments, safety concerns, agency safety surveys, employee interviews, and available information regarding work environments and conditions as part of identifying opportunities to improve the organization’s safety culture and safe work environment
  • Proficiency in using Power BI tools to manage data from various data sources, manipulate data for desired analysis, and produce deliverables in a scalable format for a wide range of audience.
  • Perform analysis of safety policies, programs, and work standards through the agency decision framework to support executive decision-making processes to reduce agency risks to an acceptable business level.
  • Evaluate and recommend methods and procedures for the development of safety initiatives for business processes.
  • Identify and communicate areas of opportunity to improve effectiveness of data collection, tracking, and trending.
  • Identify and communicate areas of opportunity to improve effectiveness of hazard mitigation and risk management in day-to-day operations.
  • Analyze data collected from routine and task-based hazard identification processes in order to assist the verification that occupational hazards are identified, assessed, controlled, and monitored per agency adopted consensus standards.
• Support the development of a comprehensive safety risk management program and associated procedures to ensure agency prioritization of corrective actions and safety strategic initiatives are effective at reducing overall occupational health risks to employees and business partners.
• Prepare periodic and ad-hoc reports, graphics, statistics, presentations, and queries for a variety of business experts in both individual and group settings using available software program systems such as Microsoft products (Access, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio, etc.), Adobe, and other available software programs.
• Assist the Incident Assessment Team (IAT) in completing incident and hazard assessments. Serve as a team member performing risk analysis to help determine root cause, contributing factors, and indirect causes. Collect relevant data from assessments to record and track agency recurring hazards and/or hazard mitigation deficiencies to determine potential business risk reduction solutions. 
• In-person presence and travel are required for meetings within the corporation’s operational areas / field sites. 
• Conduct and/or support the compilation and analysis of technical source data necessary for safety program development.

 
REQUIREMENTS
Education & Experience:

• An associate or bachelor’s degree in data science, data analytics, business analytics, data modeling, business mathematics, statistics, risk management, risk analysis, safety & occupational health, or a closely related technical discipline is preferred.
  • 5 years of experience is required with an applicable bachelor’s degree.
  • 7 years of experience is required with an applicable associate degree.
  • 9 years of experience is required without a degree or applicable degre

Required Technical Skills & Experience

• Proficiency in the use of a business and/or management system and associated database software programs utilized to establish and maintain data analysis and effective technical analytical recordkeeping skills is required.

• Proficiency in the use of Power BI, Adobe Acrobat Pro, full Microsoft Office applications, Cority, Procore, and similar software platforms for the purposes of creating Access database, Excel spreadsheets, PowerPoint presentations, Visio diagrams, charts, workflows, diagrams, and various miscellaneous materials into a professional published form is required

 Preferred Skills & Experience

• Demonstrated experience with safety risk management and understanding of safety and occupational health environment 
• Advanced ability to organize and present information in various forms such as textual, graphical, and statistical.
• Knowledge of various safety and occupational health consensus standards and guidelines.
• Knowledge of risk management and analysis best practices.
• A proven track record of risk management.
• Excellent leadership skills. 

• Excellent written and oral communication skills.

 
Pre-Employment Requirement
All employment offers are contingent upon successful completion of our pre-employment screening that may include drug testing, background/criminal check, and if applicable, must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.
 
APR Staffing is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
 
About APR Staffing
APR Staffing was born from the merger of two well-respected technical staffing firms in Portland. ieSolutions and Data Resource Group. Both companies have been recent award winners for the Portland Business Journal's Fastest-Growing Private Companies. The two firms, now as APR Staffing, make for one of the fastest-growing and most-respected professional and technical staffing companies in Oregon and Southwest Washington.
 
Collaborating with our customers, we augment their workforce with technical and administrative professionals. We provide only high-caliber, professional-grade resources throughout the Pacific Northwest.