Safety & Health Representative

Position Purpose: This position is responsible for the administration and management of a comprehensive safety management system for our Utility Division. The Safety & Health Representative will work closely with the Safety & Health Department, Project Managers, Project Superintendents, and craft personnel to promote and ensure safe work practice and conditions.

Essential Responsibilities

* Assists with new hire general safety orientation.

* Coordinates, conducts and documents safety meetings and on-site safety assessments.

* Assists management in preparing safety policies and procedures; provides support in implementing these policies and procedures.

* Ensures that federal, state, and local safety laws, regulations, codes, and rules are observed.

* Works with the Safety Department and ensures that OSHA recordkeeping and reporting requirements are met.

* Provides safety technical support and education for supervisors and employees. Provides feedback to encourage learning.

* Promotes proactive and preventive safety activities by observing, analyzing, encouraging safe work behaviors and correcting unsafe conditions.

* Monitors safety compliance, creating awareness and set priorities that focus on continuous safety improvement.

* Assists and documents incident investigations to include a detailed RCA, sharing of lessons learned, communicating next steps and tracking associated action items.

* Nationwide travel is required.

Knowledge | Skills | Abilities

* Working knowledge of 29 CFR OSHA 1926 Construction Industry Regulations.

* Knowledge of Microsoft Office and Outlook.

* Proven communication, organizational, presentation and analytical skills.

Qualifications

* Bachelor's Degree Occupational Safety & Health, Construction Management preferred, or related field equivalent experience will be considered.

* 1-3 years of construction safety experience preferred.

Work Environment

* Must be able to remain standing approximately 50% of the time.

* Occasional bending, stooping, squatting, reaching, climbing.

* The person in this position frequently communicates with employees and vendors and must be able to exchange accurate information in these situations.

* Occasionally works in outdoor weather conditions.

* Occasionally lifting 40 pounds.