Safety Coordinator

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Position Description

Denham-Blythe Company is based in the southeast, but with a national reach, we are a true design-build firm that offers clients a simplified construction experience with a single-source partner that can help improve a project's schedule, costs, and quality. Our mission is to exceed expectations in order to earn clients' trust for life. Founded in Lexington, KY in 1976, Denham-Blythe offers customers expertise in design, construction management and general construction services from offices in Kentucky, Tennessee, and South Carolina. To date, we have completed over 10,000 projects with 90% of those being with repeat clients.

The Safety Coordinator monitors safety and health regulations and provides technical support to Denham-Blythe jobsites to ensure compliance with federal and state regulatory agencies. Coordinates with the Safety Director to establish best practices in safety.

Essential Functions

• Evaluates working conditions and recommends improvements in safety and health methods, practices, and procedures.
• Responsible for project safety orientation and contractor badging when assigned project requires.
• Participates or facilitates daily safety meetings and toolbox talks.
• Ensures that all equipment utilized on a DB project has been inspected and documented daily prior to use.
• Ensures that all materials utilized on the jobsite has a SDS readily available.
• Responsible for conducting a site safety audit to ensure compliance with all regulatory agencies.
• Responsible for working side-by-side with site superintendent to ensure jobsite compliance with all EH&S regulatory agencies, DB policies, and customer guidelines.
• Maintains current records of all project inspections per contractor.
• Works with designers, project managers, and superintendents to help build safety measures into the design and subcontractor bid packages.
• Reviews all injury and noninjury incidents and prepares incident reports and conducts investigations of incidents.
• Maintain safety records for all onsite subcontractors.
• Acts as a liaison to customer safety and management staff.
• Reviews all subcontractor safety documentation.
• Attends construction progress meetings and provides safety statistics on a weekly basis (hours, safe hours, incidents).
• Up to 25% of travel to jobsites, including overnight travel.
• Other duties as assigned.

Position Requirements

Skills

• Organizational and time management skills
• Strong attention to detail
• Excellent project management skills
• Strong communication skills
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple projects
• Self-motivating and responsible
• Ability to work as an effective member in a team environment
• Must practice effective and clear recordkeeping practices

Physical Demands

While performing the duties of this project, the employee is regularly required to talk or listen and frequently required to stand or walk. The employee is occasionally required to sit, climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl. The employee must frequently lift and move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and move up to 25 pounds. May work under extreme conditions.

Education and Experience

• Bachelor's degree in occupational safety or a safety science
• Three (3) years of construction safety experience
• Knowledge of construction and industrial operations
• CHST certifications preferred

Equal Opportunity Employer

Denham-Blythe Company, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Minorities/Females/Veterans/Disabled