EHS Specialist - New Albany, OH
BlackBox
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This Opportunity:
The Project Safety Specialist is responsible for the daily management, execution and oversight of project safety, including the organization and planning of safety tasks and activities. This position will report to the Environmental Health and Safety Manager.
The Project Safety Specialist must be a reliable agent of implementing, timely delivering and leading Health and Safety accountability and objectives; managing interdepartmental relations between Corporate Health and Safety, project Teams, Field Installation Teams, Subcontractors, Customers.
What You Will Do:
+ Works daily with Site Leadership to strategize efforts to meet/ exceed compliance with internal and external requirements; centralizing EHS reporting and participation structure.
+ Coordinate and keep informed with offsite EHS Manager
+ Maintains an active on-site presence; managing daily safety inspections, site walks and documentation audits, toolbox talks, and overall site safety.
+ Provides guidance, training (incl. onboarding orientations) and coaching to field staff, project teams, contractors, and visitors to ensure execution of safety program with applicable regulations and to be in accordance with company and customer needs.
+ Leads incident investigation panels, root cause analysis, emergency response, and implementation of corrective actions.
+ Reviews any changes or deviations to EHS processes, tasks, or forms revisions and reviews with EHS Program Manager and site leadership for approval.
+ Bridges communication between senior management, site level workforce, EHS teams and project teams.
+ Maintains regular scheduled communication and reporting to the EHS program manager, maintaining active cadence on all EHS matters pertaining to the project; Receives instruction, workflows, or initiatives that align corporate interests and project needs.
+ Maintains safety documentation and forms, SDS, records and metrics.
Needs for Success:
+ Solid knowledge and understanding of OSHA regulations and Safety standards.
+ Strong verbal and written communication skills.
+ Ability to interact effectively with a wide variety of personnel including upper management, clients, other craft partners and vendors.
+ Must be proficient in the use of a computer, MS Office, MS 365, MS Visio, MS Excel and MS PowerPoint applications.
+ Exceptional analytical and problem-solving skills and decision making.
+ Strong incident investigation, root cause analysis and continuous improvement skills.
+ Effective oral and written skills.
+ Demonstrated professionalism and ability to interact effectively with all levels of employees, both management and staff alike, vendors, clients, and others.
+ Ability to work under time pressure and adapt to changing requirements with a positive attitude.
+ Ability to positively influence and encourage others.
+ Demonstrated skill in organizing resources and establishing priorities.
+ Willingness to work days, nights and weekends as project requires.
+ Self-motivated with excellent work ethics.
+ Demonstrated ability to resolve complex problems and issues.
What You Bring to the Table:
+ High School Diploma required, GED or equivalent.
+ Bachelor’s Degree in Occupational Health and Safety or related discipline preferred.
+ Minimum of 3 years of verifiable and progressive experience in Health Safety leadership and management in the Construction Industry.
+ Must possess OSHA 10.
+ OSHA-30 Hour certification preferred (if not certified at time of hire, certification must be obtained within first three (3) months of employment)
+ OSHA 500 / 510 certification highly preferred.
+ CSP, ASP, STS-C, IOSH and/or CHST certification preferred
+ Working knowledge of federal, state and local environmental, health, and safety laws and regulations.
+ Experience with inspections, incident investigations, process safety, contractor safety, safety training, hazard reviews and job safety analysis.
Supervisory Responsibility:
This position will not be assigned resources to direct on a project-by-project basis.
Work Location and Travel:
On project site daily in New Albany, OH with up to 10% travel
Note: This job description outlines the general nature of the responsibilities and duties executed by this position. Other responsibilities and duties may be assigned as reasonably needed or required.
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