Job Duties and Responsibilities
Required: ET&D or Civil Safety: 5 years
Key Duties:
- Overseeing safety program for direct hire craft and subcontractors
- Conduct site observations and manage mitigations and corrective actions associated with observation findings
- Develop project Emergency Action Plans and Job hazard Analysis
- Champion a strong safety culture through team commitment, continuous improvements and mentoring
- Develop, conduct and document training pertaining to construction activities.
- Conduct incident investigations
- Conduct safety inspections, observations, investigations and regulatory compliance for OSHA and DOT
- Prepares reports for management team reviews on observations pertaining to work activities, investigations, employee injuries/property/utility damage incidents.
- Enforce OSH (occ. safety & health) policies (e.g. accident reporting process)
- Coordinate drug screening (Randoms (DOT & NON), post-accident, reasonable suspicion)
- Keep detailed records of safety-related incidents and propose corrective actions
- Complete any safety pre-qualifications required by potential clients
- Communicate daily with craft senior personnel, superintendents on safety needs/requirements
- Collaborate with managers to monitor compliance and identify safety issues
- Intervene in unsafe activities or operations
- Liaise with and report to PGS Safety Director on OSH matters
- Other duties as assigned.
Skills:
- Proven experience as safety specialist in the power construction industry
- In-depth knowledge of OSH guidelines and practices
- Experience in reporting and developing policies
- OSHA 30 Training
- CUSP certification, or must be able to attain within 6 months of hire date
- Experience in implementing OSH training programs
- Proficient in MS Office
- Excellent communication and advisory skills
- Diligent with an analytical mind
- BSc/Ba in business administration, Safety or relevant field
- MVR qualifies individual to be an approved company driver
- Pass pre-employment drug screen
Working Conditions
- Office/Field 50% travel may be required
Note: This job description is not intended to be all-inclusive. Employees may perform other related duties as requested to meet the ongoing needs of the organization.
PowerGrid Services is an equal opportunity employer.