Environmental, Health, and Safety Manager (Howard S. Wright)

About the role

Balfour Beatty US is an industry-leading provider of general contracting, at-risk construction management and design-build services for public and private sector clients across the nation. Performing heavy civil and vertical construction, our teams build the unique structures and infrastructure that play an important role in how people live, work, learn and play in our communities. Our teammates have an instinctive passion for innovating that is fueled by a relentless curiosity, a drive to employ lean practices and processes and the determination to find a better way. Through Zero Harm®, we are challenging the construction industry’s assumptions about safety. We believe that no level of harm should come to anyone as a result of our business. Consistently ranked among the nation’s largest building contractors by Engineering News-Record, our US business is a subsidiary of London-based Balfour Beatty plc (LSE: BBY).

Responsibilities

• Conducts new employee project orientation and basic training with Balfour Beatty and subcontractor employees.
• Assists Safety, Health, and Environmental and Operations in preparing safety related bid documents and project-specific safety programs.
• Coordinates all Safety Health and Environmental efforts on the project with the Project Manager and Superintendent.
• Attends subcontractor preconstruction meetings, reviews task specific Job Hazard Analyses (JHAs) and assists with planning for safety issues.
• Assists with material and equipment acquisition for new project setup.
• Conducts frequent inspections of projects and identifies current and future safety challenges.
• Assists Safety Health and Environmental in establishing and administering project safety recognition programs.
• Prepares written reports of project inspections and assists project staff with correcting and preventing hazards.
• Conducts project safety audits.
• Provides technical safety consulting services for projects and reviews preconstruction safety submittals.
• Leads Safety Health and Environmental and project staff with safety training at all levels.
• Assists with establishing and maintaining a project crisis management plan.
• Conducts accident investigations and assists with OSHA and environmental inspections.
• Manages workers compensation claims including the return to work program.
• Maintains project incident logs for all reported injuries, GL claims, WC claims, and OSHA recordables.
• Assists Superintendent with sediment and erosion control and other environmental responsibilities.
• Builds effective relationships with customers, design team, subcontractors, suppliers, and user groups that reflect and support company core values and meets or exceeds the customer’s expectations.
• Actively participates in industry, client and community relations to enhance company image.
• Serves as a role model and promotes professional behavior.
• Participates in company training programs and commits to self-development.
• Keeps current with new developments in OSHA regulations and company safety policies, and communicates to the appropriate jobsite personnel.

Working Conditions

The majority of work is completed on job sites in an office trailer or in an existing structure. Due to daily condition changes on construction projects, when employees are outside of the office trailer or structure, they must wear appropriate personal protective equipment as required by the company's safety policies and as required for weather conditions. The project team and/or team member may need to move to other projected work geographic locations, if necessary.

Requirements

• 10 years of experience as a Site Safety and Health Officer
• Must have current OSHA 30 certification
• Must meet USACE EM-385 qualifications

Pay

$110,000 – $160,000