Plan, implement, manage, and maintain comprehensive environmental health & safety programs at multiple construction project sites.

Essential Functions/Responsibilities:

Health, Safety and Environmental

• Provide Project Teams with guidance on health and safety and confirm project site meets industry, local, state, and federal HSE guidelines and regulations.
• Responsible for construction job site safety presence, inspections, hazard analyses, and reporting.
• Manage/implement HSE priorities for construction division.
• Conduct HSE audits to ensure compliance, evaluate performance, identify corrective action and implement follow up assessments.
• Establish, implement, and track construction project site HSE orientation and ongoing compliance training programs for all employees and sub-contractors.
• Oversee and support Project Managers in Accident/Near Miss Reporting/Investigation process.  Report injuries to Worker’s Comp Insurance and management and follow up as required. 
• Interface with OSHA, EPA and state agencies where necessary.
• Act as company safety representative to customers and attend meetings as directed by Management Group.
• Coordinate subcontractor HSE plans, activities and reporting to ensure their compliance to company, governmental and subcontractor rules.
• Responsible for management of all field reports and the proper filing of all daily safety documents, accident analysis, recordkeeping, and training certificates in compliance with regulatory and internal requirements.
• Enter and maintain current company data/statistics in ISNetworld, or other 3^rd party and customer databases, as required by customer.
• Develop site specific health and safety plans as required by customers/projects.
• Ensure any CDL drivers meet DOT requirements for licensing, drug testing, etc.  Track, audit, report on compliance with requirements. 
• Respond to bid requests/inquiries from Project Managers and customers related to HSE data.

• Ability to travel a minimum of 50% of the time, with occasional extended stays lasting up to two weeks.

Quality

• Support team as needed with Quality issues on site; primarily communication related

• 5-10 years’ experience in industrial and construction environmental, health and safety management; specifically, with electrical installations, confined space, mine shaft entry, and trenching/shoring.
• Experience with High Voltage (> 69kV) cable systems and installation
• Experience working in energized substations/manholes up to 345 kV desirable
• Extensive knowledge of OSHA 1926 Standards and EPA regulations.
• Experience working in a union environment desired
• Knowledgeable of EPA regulations for hazardous materials, spill prevention, waste management, waste water and storm water.
• Knowledge of Canadian Safety and Environmental regulations a plus.

• Current certifications in CPR, OSHA 30-hour Construction Safety highly desirable

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