Safety Data Analyst

Job Summary:

The Safety Data Analyst role will be responsible for managing, ensuring the integrity of, and strategically using safety-related data across the organization. This position supports data-driven decision-making by ensuring the accuracy, completeness, and usability of information from multiple safety platforms, including incident management and inspection systems. Operating in a dynamic day-to-day environment, this professional partners closely with Safety, Operations, and Leadership teams across the business to translate complex metrics into actionable insights, visual dashboards, and risk-reduction strategies that drive continuous performance improvement.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Serve as the primary administrator for safety data systems, maintaining system configurations and ensuring absolute data accuracy, completeness, and consistency across all inspection and incident management platforms.
• Establish, monitor, and maintain rigid data governance standards, managing proactive validation, auditing, and quality control processes to quickly eliminate reporting delays or system gaps.
• Analyze complex safety data sets to identify emerging risk patterns, predictive trends, lagging incident rates, and critical leading indicators.
• Design, build, and continuously optimize interactive data dashboards and reporting frameworks tailored for Safety and Operations leaders.
• Standardize core reporting formats and key performance indicators (KPIs) across all geographic regions and business units to ensure organizational alignment.
• Translate highly technical, complex safety data into clear, concise, and actionable recommendations for executive leadership and dedicated project teams.
• Partner cross-functionally with Risk Management, HR, Training, and Operations teams to align analytical capabilities with broader business reporting requirements.
• Support active incident investigations, compliance audits, and external regulatory documentation requests with timely, accurate data extractions.
• Train and upskill end-users on proper system utilization and data-entry practices to improve overall data quality directly at the collection source

Position Requirements (Work Experience, Skills, Licenses, etc.):

• Demonstrated ability to synthesize, transform, cleanse, and normalize unstructured data from multiple disconnected systems using ETL tools (e.g., Power Query, SQL, Alteryx, Power BI Dataflows, Python).
• Advanced proficiency in leveraging database tools and automation resources, including SQL and Power Automate.
• Strong technical background creating impactful data visualization layouts within platforms such as Power BI, Tableau, or Snowflake.
• Superior analytical and structural problem-solving skills, with a track record of translating complex technical formulas into highly consumable briefs for non-technical stakeholders.
• Exceptional attention to administrative detail and data validation precision.
• Foundational knowledge of environment, health, and safety (EHS) performance metrics, including leading/lagging indicators and OSHA recordkeeping frameworks.

Education and Experience:

Required:

• 3-5 years of progressive experience within a data-focused analytical role.

• Verifiable experience navigating and managing enterprise EHS information systems (e.g., VelocityEHS, Intelex, Gensuite).

Desired:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Information Systems, Industrial Engineering, or a matching technical or engineering discipline.

• Previous experience working within a fast-paced Construction, Safety, Risk Management, or heavy industrial corporate environment.

ACCO Competencies:

• Proactivity/Initiative: Recognizes what needs to be done and accomplishes it in a manner appropriate for one's level/position and with minimal supervision.
• Perseverance: Shows wherewithal to fight for difficult goals despite challenges and to bounce back from adversity.
• Motivation/Dedication: Commits to excellence in pursuing unselfish goals. Initiates action with collective goals, takes responsibility, and shows personal humility.
• Technical Curiosity/Willingness to Learn: Interest in seeking out new experiences, knowledge, and candid feedback; demonstrating an openness to learning and change.
• Insight: The ability to gather and make sense of information that suggests new possibilities.
• Engagement: Shows a knack for using emotion and logic to communicate a persuasive vision and connect with people.
• People Skills: Is approachable and gains the mutual trust and respect of others. Understands people's strengths & weaknesses and actively seeks to understand other perspectives.
• Communication: Fosters open, honest, candid and respectful communication. Effectively assesses, defines and communicates issues in a timely manner, both written and verbal.
• Teamwork: The ability to effectively work toward common goals with others by supporting, encouraging, and sharing information in an authentic and approachable manner.
• Big Picture: Understands and contributes to the organizations' short- and long-term business strategy. On a personal level has independently developed a vision for short- and long-term career success.
• Problem-Solver: Ability to identify, analyze, and solve problems in support of personnel, group, department, or organizational objectives.
• Execution: Effectively takes a vision and translates into action by including the right people. Identify and remove barriers, when possible, to achieve results. Demonstrates appropriate compromise, effective time management, prioritization practices and holds team members (including themselves) accountable for their performance/conduct.
• Professionalism: Respectfully observes and challenges the status quo with intent for improvement. Can take direction, accept feedback, and take full responsibility for his/her actions. Lead by example through positive influence and ethical leadership with consideration of the entire organization.

Job Responsibility Level:

No direct reports

Travel Requirements:

Travel to field, shop, or project site environments may be required 10-20% of the time.

Hours:

This is an exempt position. Workdays are scheduled from Monday through Friday. Typically, work hours are scheduled between 7:00 am and 5:00 pm with the position's supervisor.

Physical Demands:

• Prolonged sitting and regular walking.
• Must frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 20 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required include close vision and distance vision.
• Frequently required to reach with hands and arms; use hands to finger, handle, or feel.

Competitive Wages:

$90,000 to $125,000 Annual Salary. Applicants please note that actual compensation is determined by several factors that are unique to each candidate, including but not limited to job-related skills, depth of experience, certifications, relevant education or training, and specific work location, among others. The offered wage or salary is only one aspect of an employee's total compensation.

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