Health and Safety Manager

Job Duties

• Provide corporate and site safety health field support to projects at our OCONUS client site.
• Monitor jobsite work progress activities, processes, and procedures to identify and report hazardous, unsafe practices or breach of health and safety regulations.
• Develop and implement project health and safety plans, procedures, and policies.
• Prepare and consolidate subcontractor safety reports, track health and safety metrics, and brief material to management and customer stakeholders, as required.
• Conduct risk assessments to identify areas with high risk and/or operational hazards.
• Resolve issues by investigating incidents, identify contributing factors, and implement corrective actions to eliminate future accidents, mishaps, damages, etc.
• Conduct on-site inspections and audits and ensure remedial action is incorporated when necessary.
• Ensure corrective actions that result from incident and near miss investigations, audits, and inspections are implemented.
• Ensure contractor, subcontractor, and visitors adhere to all health and safety requirements.
• Provide initial site-specific safety and health orientations that, at a minimum, cover the project Accident Prevention Plan (APP) and Activity Hazard Analyses (AHAs) to all project personnel, including subcontractors, as the controlling contractor.
• Hold pre-start safety meetings, toolbox meetings, and safety stand downs on an as needed basis.
• Ensure project personnel complete a daily Risk Assessment Program (BRAP) Tool, or equivalent (e.g., JSA, JHA) at the work front prior to starting a task.
• Perform health and safety inspections for subcontractors performing construction activities.
• Ensure that all work activities are performed in accordance with the project-specific APP, AHAs, applicable OSHA regulations and client requirements (e.g., USACE EM385-1-1).
• Interface with all project staff, regulatory agencies, clients, and customers to formulate corrective actions, as needed.
• Be the KFS point of contact (POC) for any Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) inspection or other externally driven audit activity (e.g., client).
• Deliver training, if qualified, to project employees.
• Investigate mishaps and determine the root cause of incident(s) or other unsafe practices or conditions, and provide and present findings in an accurate, concise, and timely manner.
• Support project personnel in the reporting of all incidents and near miss events and ensure accurate information is communicated and tracked.
• Perform serious incidents and near miss events investigations.
• Ensure the competent medical authority is engaged as soon as possible for all injury incidents.
• Stay current on new safety equipment and PPE recalls.
• Respond and provide assistance to all emergency situations.

Requirements

• Certified Safety Professional (Required)
• OSHA 30-H ur Construction Certificate (Required)
• HAZWOPER 40-Hour Certification (Required)
• Construction Safety Management (Preferred)
• Bachelor's degree (or higher), preferably in Safety Management or other related Health and Safety Management discipline (Required)
• 10+ years of demonstrable knowledge of construction safety practices, and current OSHA requirements, and at least five years in management or supervisory experience (Required)
• Must be skilled and knowledgeable in hazard and exposure identification, investigating, auditing, inspections, and training (Required)
• Must have technical working knowledge of Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and USACE EM 385-1-1 (Required)
• Must possess technical working knowledge of fall protections systems, electrical safety for non-qualified workers, permit-required confined spaces, excavation and trenching, load handling equipment, scaffolding, demolition, hazardous energy control (i.e., lockout/tagout or LOTO), hazard communication, and incident investigation (Required)
• Must be able to obtain and maintain access to secure military installations (Required)
• Must be able to effectively facilitate planning sessions with various internal and external stakeholders (Required)
• Must be a collaborative and effective project leader (Required)
• Must be a resourceful and creative problem solver (Required)
• Must have excellent written and verbal communication and presentation skills (Required)
• Ability to work both independently and with multi-disciplinary teams supporting the DoD, and other federal agencies (Required)
• Must be willing and able to live and work in the Republic of Marshall Islands, Kwajalein (Required)

Physical Demands

• Medium physical workload.
• Exert up to 50 pounds of force occasionally and/or up to 20 pounds of force frequently and up to 10 pounds of force constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body.
• Close visual acuity to perform activities such as viewing a computer screen and extensive reading.
• Visual acuity to operate motor vehicles or heavy equipment.
• Specific physical requirements include, but are not limited to, climbing, balancing, stooping, kneeling, reaching, walking, lifting, grasping, talking, hearing, and performing repetitive motions.
• Subject to both inside and outside environmental conditions, noise sufficient to cause the worker to shout.
• Proximity to moving mechanical parts, moving vehicles, electric current, working on scaffolding and high places, exposure to high heat or exposure to chemicals.