Administrative Assistant

31458BR

Job Description:

ES&H Representative/Advisor

Job Summary:

The ES&H Advisor is a field-based role, providing support to management, supervision, craft professionals and subcontractors. This role requires high levels of engagement with field-based teams, accessing elevated work areas via multi-level stairs, permanent and temporary vertical ladders, scaffolding and aerial work platforms.

Major Responsibilities:

• Provides assistance in a wide variety of Environmental, Safety, and Health (ES&H) disciplines to facilitate implementation of Bechtel's ES&H program and ES&H Management System to include aiding compliance with Bechtel's ES&H standards, applicable regulatory requirements, and contractual commitments

• Assists in the development, implementation, and maintenance of programs, systems, and procedures necessary for the safety and health of employees and protection of the environment and communities

• Maintains ES&H databases, inclusive of incident events, audit/assessment findings, and corrective actions

• Performs statistical analysis of ES&H data to help identify performance trends and contributing factors as part of continuous improvement

• Identifies and supports any unique software systems and electronic innovation used by ES&H personnel

• Leads teams in conducting risk assessment, studies, mitigation planning, and monitoring in response to ES&H issues

• Prepares communications, writes reports, and prepares documents for program execution and records retention

• Assists with incident notifications, leads investigations, and prepares incident investigation reports

• Recommends and implements improvements in processes, procedures, and work activities to minimize hazard potential

• Participates in and may lead employee training, emergency preparedness, and quality assurance programs

• Researches moderately complex issues and provides regulatory interpretation and technical advice

• Provides support to ES&H field and office personnel, inclusive of all ES&H disciplines

Education and Experience Requirements:

5 to 8+ years of relevant work experience in construction, repair and maintenance operations.

Required Knowledge and Skills:

• Provides safety technical support and assistance, coordinating safety requirements and formulation of risk reduction measures with engineering, construction, subcontractors and other ES&H Representatives.

• Provides coaching and mentoring as needed within assigned areas when opportunities for improvement are observed regarding at risk conditions and behaviors.

• Participates in engagements with customers, site team members, and subcontractors to advise them of ES&H requirements.

• Conducts ES&H inspections/assessments of site activities to monitor compliance with applicable ES&H requirements including contractual commitments, permits and the site's ES&H plans.

• Identifying and acting upon opportunities for improvement through site supervision (i.e., Foreman/General Foreman/Superintendents), validating that appropriate action is taken to correct the identified opportunity for improvement, e.g., mitigating the observed dropped object potential.

• Lead and participate in, as required incident investigations, preparing Initial Incident Notifications, conducting investigations, and completing Incident Investigation Reports, meeting quality and timeframe expectations.

• Attend and support daily Pre-Start and FLHA Card Meetings and be in the designated work location by shift start time.

• Attend, participate in, and support ES&H Program activities, i.e., Leadership Engagement Walkdowns, Near Miss Reporting, Weekly Supervisor Safety Meetings, Supervisor Mentoring Program, etc. Skilled in oral and written communication and knowledge of computer applications.

• Knowledge of national environmental and safety laws/regulations and regulatory agencies’ processes and responsibilities, industry standards/practices for compliance, and best management practices for minimizing potential ES&H risks during on site.

• Knowledge of engineering and construction systems, methods, and work processes.

• Skilled in oral and written communication and knowledge of computer applications.

Additional Information: Work requires the physical ability to conduct field inspections including but not limited to extensive walking in and around a construction site often in high heat and high humidity conditions, climbing ladders, climbing scaffolding, working on elevated platforms, working on uneven surfaces, and working in small or confined spaces. Some lifting may be required. Must have the ability to walk into and out of the site (enter/egress). Must be able to use appropriate standard issued Personal Protection Equipment (PPE) required for each assigned task (i.e. harness, life vest, lift buckets, etc.).

Bechtel is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age, national origin, disability, citizenship status (except as authorized by law), protected veteran status, genetic information, and any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law.

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