Project Safety Professional

Environmental Health & Safety Specialist

Provide training to construction project team for safe work practices to educate and enforce adherence to Environmental Health & Safety (EH&S) programs, policies and procedures. Identify, eliminate, and control hazardous conditions on project that may lead to injury and/or property damage.

Essential Duties & Key Responsibilities:

• Educate construction project team, including Turner Trade employees, on Environmental Health & Safety (EH&S) programs, policies, and procedures and provide training on safe work practices to encourage and enforce adoption and adherence.
• Promote safe work practices and safe working conditions in accordance with company and EH&S policies, Federal, State, and Local regulations, and project owner contractual requirements.
• Build working relationships with project team and subcontractor Safety representatives.
• Contribute to development of overall project safety program.
• Enforce safety program, related policies and procedures, and implement immediate corrective actions in accordance with Turner, Federal, State and Local regulations and owner requirements.
• Ensure proper pre-planning for activities and tasks for subcontractors and trades.
• Review subcontractor safety programs for completeness and compliance with company and EH&S policies, Federal, State, and Local regulations, and owner contractual requirements.
• Hold pre-construction planning meeting with subcontractors to review site safety program and job hazard analysis for their scope of work and review risk mitigation plans.
• Gather Pre-Task Plans (PTPs) and Job Hazard Analyses (JHAs) for project subcontractors based on contractual requirements.
• Coordinate Preconstruction meetings with project team, ensure subcontractors conduct proper training as per OSHA standards, and conduct effective worker orientation program for new employees; administer and record participation.
• Create Safety reports for project, analyze metrics, and make recommendations for improvement over baseline.
• Conduct safety meetings and issue meeting minutes as directed by supervisor.
• Maintain log of subcontractors' toolbox safety meetings held with their staff and provide Safety reports to supervisor as required.
• Conduct safety audits and recommend corrective action per company policy and work with supervisor to issue reports of violations and/or unsafe practices to subcontractors for immediate resolution.
• Evaluate training needs and make recommendations to subcontractors.
• Actively participate in reducing Project Incident Rates by meeting or exceeding established Business Unit goals and manage regulatory exposures to zero citations.
• Administer drug screening program (e.g., pre-employment, post-accident, random, cause) consistent with company and owner's requirements.
• Other activities, duties, and responsibilities as assigned.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree from accredited degree program in Occupational Safety & Health, Engineering, or related field of study, and minimum of 2 years of related construction safety experience, or equivalent combination of education, training, and experience
• Construction Health Safety Technician (CHST) certification required or within two years of appointment
• Completed OSHA 30-hour training and maintain current First Aid/CPR/BBP and AED certifications
• Familiar with safety/environmental principles and techniques
• Familiar with Federal, State, and local Environmental Health & Safety regulations
• Familiar with general construction operations
• Ability to identify safety related exposures and propose corrective actions
• Demonstrate elements of leadership from within, teamwork, and interpersonal skills to build professional relationships
• Professional verbal and written communication skills with effective presentation delivery skills
• Ability to take direction and follow through with commitments
• Exceptional organizational skills with high attention to detail
• Analytical thinking, good judgment, and problem-solving skills
• Limited travel may be required, access to reliable transportation required

Turner is an Equal Opportunity Employer - race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, or other characteristics protected by applicable law.