Job Description

Position Description: 

Provide training to construction project team for safe work practices to educate and enforce adherence to Environmental Health & Safety (EH&S) programs, policies, and procedures. Identify, eliminate, and control hazardous conditions on a project that may lead to injury and/or property damage.

Essential Duties & Key Responsibilities: 

• Educate construction project team, on Environmental Health & Safety (EH&S) programs, policies, and procedures and provide training on safe work practices to encourage and enforce adoption and adherence. 

• Promote safe work practices and safe working conditions in accordance with company and EH&S policies, Federal, State, and Local regulations, and project owner contractual requirements. 

• Build working relationships with project team and subcontractor Safety representatives. • Contribute to development of overall project safety program. 

• Enforce safety program, related policies and procedures, and implement immediate corrective actions in accordance with, Federal, State and Local regulations and owner requirements. 

• Ensure proper pre-planning for activities and tasks for subcontractors and trades. 

• Review subcontractor safety programs for completeness and compliance with company and EH&S policies, Federal, State, and Local regulations, and owner contractual requirements. 

• Hold pre-construction planning meeting with subcontractors to review site safety program and job hazard analysis for their scope of work and review risk mitigation plans. 

• Gather Pre-Task Plans (PTPs) and Job Hazard Analyses (JHAs) for project subcontractors based on contractual requirements.

• Coordinate Pre-construction meetings with project team, ensure subcontractors conduct proper training as per OSHA standards, and conduct effective worker orientation program for new employees; administer and record participation. 

• Create Safety reports for project, analyze metrics, and make recommendations for improvement over baseline. 

• Conduct safety meetings and issue meeting minutes as directed by supervisor. 

• Maintain log of subcontractors’ toolbox safety meetings held with their staff and provide Safety reports to supervisor as required. 

• Conduct safety audits and recommend corrective action per company policy and work with supervisor to issue reports of violations and/or unsafe practices to subcontractors for immediate resolution. 

• Evaluate training needs and make recommendations to subcontractors. 

• Actively participate in reducing Project Incident Rates by meeting or exceeding established Business Unit goals and manage regulatory exposures to zero citations. 

Qualifications: 

• Bachelor’s Degree from accredited degree program in Occupational Safety & Health, Engineering, or related field of study, 
• A minimum of 2 years of related construction safety experience, or equivalent combination of education, training, and experience 
• Construction Health Safety Technician (CHST) certification required or within two years of appointment 
• Completed OSHA 30-hour training and maintain current First Aid/CPR/BBP and AED certifications 

• Familiar with safety/environmental principles and techniques 
• Familiar with Federal, State, and local Environmental Health& Safety regulations 
• Ability to identify safety related exposures and propose corrective actions
• Previous experience related to working on large scare construction projects
• Previous experience related to erecting steel 
• Professional verbal and written communication skills with effective presentation delivery skills 
• Exceptional organizational skills with high attention to detail 
• Analytical thinking, good judgment, and problem-solving skills 
• Able to work to in non-structured environment and flexible to reprioritize responsibilities with management direction 
• Proficient computer and data entry skills, Microsoft Office suite of applications, and collaboration tools 
• Limited travel may be required, access to reliable transportation required

Physical Demands: 

Must be comfortable working at construction sites, including navigating uneven terrain, climbing ladders, and being exposed to varying weather conditions.

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