Job Title: EHS Safety Advisor
Location: Gregory, TX
Duration: 12 Months
Job Type: Contract
Work Type: Onsite
Client: Direct
JOB DESCRIPTION: Position Summary
- Assists in the development and implementation of the safety management program on an assigned project.
- Provides technical oversight of the project’s ES&H compliance activities through identification and integration of applicable requirements into project construction plans and schedules and other field execution activities.
- Works directly with other project-level functional leads (e.g., engineering, construction, subcontracts, procurement, project controls, document controls) to assist them in integrating and/or addressing the applicable ES&H requirements in their work products and activities.
Responsibilities:
- Implements the project-level safety management program.
- Provides assistance to project and construction management in implementing and complying with project safety requirements and in addressing ES&H issues as they arise during project execution.
- Coordinates with and provides technical assistance to other project-assigned functional leads (e.g., engineering, subcontracts, procurement, project controls) with regards to compliance with project-specific ES&H requirements.
- Participates in meetings with customers, project team members, and contractors/subcontractors to advise them of safety requirements that may affect project design, schedule, and cost.
- Provides technical support and assistance directly to construction supervision and subcontractors in planning and executing field activities in accordance with the project safety requirements.
- Provides support in comprehensive project ES&H planning, safety and health specific plans, project specific mitigation plans, safety and health awareness training programs, and technical and regulatory reports.
- Conducts safety assessments/inspections of project construction activities to monitor compliance with ES&H requirements including contractual commitments, laws and regulations, and the project’s ES&H plan.
- Implements personnel policies (e.g., conducts employee performance evaluations) and provides technical direction to staff.
- Implements policies and processes established by management
- Provides report and activity updates to management
- Accepts, amends, and rejects deliverables
- Solves difficult and complex work problems
- Identifies and / or recommends resource requirements
- Takes corrective actions
- Implement policies and processes established by management
- Provide activity update to their Area Manager and General Superintendent
- Provide oversight and guidance on day-to-day work tasks and activities
- Provide input on how work should be structured and allocated
- Organize, facilitates, and participates in work
- Solves day-to-day operational work problems
- Provides input on resource requirements
- Identifies training needs
- Coaches employee
Minimum Qualifications:
- Advanced knowledge in a field of science, safety/industrial engineering, or related discipline.
- Knowledge of safety programs/engineering systems, principles, and methodologies.
- Knowledge of national and international safety laws/regulations and regulatory agencies’ regulatory requirements and responsibilities, industry standards/current practices for ES&H, and best management practices for minimizing potential ES&H risks during project execution.
- Knowledge of engineering and construction systems, methods, and work processes.
- Knowledge of construction planning, estimating, procedures, and execution.
- Prior practical work experience in office settings (e.g., managing ES&H programs, budgets and staff) and field locations (e.g., construction execution and/or operating facilities) performing the responsibilities listed above.
- Experience in managing and/or providing technical oversight of ES&H subcontractors or consultants.
- Experience in ES&H assessments/inspection during construction.
- Knowledge of hazardous materials and physical risks and the mechanisms to mitigate them.
- Skilled in oral and written communication.
- Must be physically capable to conduct field inspections and participate in project walkdowns which require the following activities: extensive walking in and around a construction site, climbing ladders, climbing scaffolding, walking on elevated platforms, walking on uneven surfaces, climbing in very small and/or confined spaces, and lifting up to 60 lbs.
Preferred Qualifications:
- University/B.S degree in life sciences (e.g., biology, public health) or physical sciences (e.g., physics, chemistry), or safety/industrial engineering
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $50.00 - $55.00 per hour
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- 401(k) matching
- Dental insurance
- Flexible schedule
- Health insurance
- Paid time off
- Vision insurance
Schedule:
- Day shift
- Monday to Friday
- Overtime
Education:
Experience:
- ES&H Management System: 5 years (Preferred)
- EHS Safety Advisor: 5 years (Preferred)
- safety management program on an assigned project: 5 years (Preferred)
- engineering, construction, subcontracts, procurement: 5 years (Preferred)
- Provides assistance to project and construction management: 5 years (Preferred)
- report ES&H performance and compliance: 5 years (Preferred)
- Participates meetings with customers, project team members,: 5 years (Preferred)
- ES&H Management Systems: 5 years (Preferred)
- ES&H planning, safety and health specific plans: 8 years (Preferred)
- mplements policies and processes established by management: 8 years (Preferred)
Work Location: In person