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Oversight of the continual improvement of the project health and safety program, systems, and processes that meet or exceed the company/project objectives. The Site Safety and Health Officer will be responsible for ensuring the appropriate policies, practices and strategies are defined and enforced in accordance with local and government regulations and are followed at the project site. Investigate safety and health incidents and complaints. Evaluate the impact of contractual requirements, emerging issues, regulations, and legislation to operations. The Site Safety and Health Officer serves as the program expert and promotes overall compliance with applicable regulations and guidelines, including communicating technical expertise. The position requires strong team management, leadership, clear communication, and the ability to develop solid inter-departmental relationships.
Job Responsibility
Ongoing administration of the on-site Health & Safety program that insures a safe and compliant work environment
Formulate, create, and maintain site/contract safety plans specific to projects and/or contracts when necessary or required
Performs new-hire orientation and training
Ensure proper employee, company, and subcontractor certifications are obtained and maintained
Communicate, educate, and train employees in safety awareness and specific safety requirements according to OSHA and EM385-1-1
Ensure that all employees have received the required training on the hazards specific to their position and documents such training in a manner that demonstrates the employee understands
Make sure all personnel and subcontractors are trained and certified (when required) and are up to date on various internal safety programs/activities
Conduct daily safety and health inspections and maintain a written log
Conduct mishap investigations and complete required reports
Maintain the OSHA Form 300 and Daily Production reports for prime and sub-contractors
Maintain applicable safety reference material on the job site
Attend pre-work meetings including preparatory inspection meetings, and periodic in-progress meetings
Implement and enforce accepted APP's and AHA's
Maintain a safety and health deficiency tracking system that monitors outstanding deficiencies until resolution
Ensure sub-contractor compliance with safety and health requirements
Facilitate accident prevention activities in compliance with OSHA and EM385-1-1 regulations or guidelines
Performs timely investigations of workplace accidents, injuries, illnesses, and near-misses, identification of root cause and rapid correction of contributing factors with documented closure
Accurately report accidents and illness within reporting timelines
Report recordable injuries in a timely manner
Monitors all follow up treatment of injured workers and assists with the development of modified duty positions, as appropriate, to minimize the cost of worker's compensation claims
Create and maintain Activity Hazard Analysis, evaluate hazards within the job site for safety and health risks and develop hazard control practices and programs
Recognize a variety of issues, problems or opportunities and determine whether action is needed
identify the need for and collect information to better understand issues, problems, and opportunities Integrate information from a variety of sources
detect general trends, associations and cause-effect relationships
Consult with industry professionals to stay current of trends and issues
Performs other duties as assigned.
Requirements
30-hour OSHA "Card" Construction or General Industry
Five (5) years of "continuous" general industry or construction "safety" experience in supervising/managing safety programs and processes, or conducting hazard analyses and developing controls
OR, Four (4) years with Third-Party, Nationally Accredited SOH-related certification
Minimum 8-hours of formal Safety training for each of the past five (5) years (2020 through 2025) - training certificates must contain your name, date of completion, course name, and course duration to be accepted. Otherwise, 0.25 hours or no credit may be assigned.)
Current CPR/First Aid certification
40-hour EM385-1-1 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Safety regulations (EM385-1-1) training
Ability to apply working knowledge of federal and state regulations to determine compliance within program area(s)
Proficient with Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook)
A valid driver's license
and Ability to pass a security clearance/background check.
APPLICANTS MUST PROVIDE COPIES OF TRAINING/CERTIFICATION UPON INITIAL APPLICATION
Resumes: all applicants' resumes shall include complete duration dates of employment (MM/YYYY, at minimum), including any period(s) of nonemployment, with explanations provided for any gaps - such as time spent searching for employment, military leave, etc.