Site Safety Health Officer (SSHO)

Description

• Implements company programs to reduce the risk of loss due to employee injury, regulatory non-compliance, general liability, fire, theft, or damage.
• Generates and ensures all project documentation (including, but not limited to Daily Reports Safety Audits, Safety Meetings, Accident Investigations, Safety Data Sheets, Safety Training, and Medical Surveillance records) is maintained and available onsite.
• Actively works with employees, occupational physicians, and site supervision to optimize care and work schedules that minimize the impacts of an injury to both the employee and to the company.
• Works with the Superintendent to deliver effective weekly safety talks utilizing content that is relevant to the team's activities.
• Works with the Foremen and Superintendents, using the Activity Hazard Analysis, to develop the daily Take 5 Daily Safety Checklist. Coaches them to communicate the hazards associated, so work crews are actively involved in the Take 5 Meeting.
• Develops trends analysis based on incidents and recommends safety improvements.
• Works with the Project Team to develop and use the Activity Hazard Analysis process to identify potential hazards and develop work plans that utilize means and methods that eliminate or reduce these hazards.
• Provides effective coaching and thought leadership regarding safety matters that brings about behavior that is both safe and productive.
• Ensures site compliance with Federal, State, and Local, safety and health regulations, and all aspects of the Safety and Health Plans and Programs.
• Ensures the Site Safety and Health Plans are implemented and enforced.
• Establishes excellent working and professional relationships with clients and their representatives and/or field inspectors.
• Conducts near miss and accident investigations and recommends corrective actions.
• Ensures all personnel on a project have the appropriate safety and health training and equipment required by the task, regulatory agency, or client.
• Researches and reviews safety and health supplies and equipment to obtain the best quality and best price.
• Monitors safety and health performance through jobsite inspections, work procedure analysis, and other appropriate methods. Recommends corrective action, where required.

Requirements

• A minimum of 24 hours of documented formal classroom or online safety and occupational health related training within the past 5 years. Note: OSHA 30 does not contribute to this requirement. [REQUIRED]
• The ideal candidate will also possess:
• Must be able to lift up to 50 pounds at a time.
• Strong analytical capabilities.
• OSHA 30-Hour Construction Card valid within the past 5 years. [REQUIRED]
• Delivers required safety, health, and environmental training
• Proficiency in MS Office, including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Solid time management system and excellent organizational skills.
• For Security Clearance Requirements – must be a US Citizen. [REQUIRED]
• Must be able to traverse and inspect all areas of jobsite in all types of weather; this may include walking, climbing, reaching, bending, crouching, kneeling, crawling or stretching
• Excellent teamwork, communication, and people skills.
• Strong verbal and written skills.
• Five (5) or more years of cumulative safety experience, within the last 10 years, managing or implementing a safety and occupational health program on projects similar in industry type, size, and complexity as this project. [REQUIRED]
• Currently certified as a First Aid/CPR Provider or Instructor. [REQUIRED]
• Certified by the Board of Certified Safety Professionals (BCSP) as a Construction Health and Safety Technician (CHST), Occupational Hygiene and Safety Technician (OHST), Associate Safety Professional (ASP), Safety Management Specialist (SMS), and/or Certified Safety Professional (CSP). [PREFERRED]

Benefits

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance