HSEQ Manager

Responsibilities

• Conduct or coordinate scheduled project visits when directed, safety inspections and corporate health and safety program audits within assigned program.
• Evaluate project safety compliance in support of the Business Unit (BU) BBS program; discuss safety issues; and ensure that safety policies, procedures, and best practices are implemented and followed.
• Develop and ensure HASP requirements are implemented on projects.
• Serve as the technical lead for environmental, health, safety, hazardous materials, and security issues.
• Provide technical training and guidance to HSEQ professionals and first line supervisors.
• Share in program-specific leadership duties.
• Provide guidance when responding to regulatory audits (OSHA, EPA, DOT, FAA, etc.).
• Advise project management teams within their programs of health and safety activities including accomplishments.
• Ensure the completion of company, client, or project specific training in a timely manner. This includes monitoring training needs.
• Oversee incident investigations ensuring accurate and timely reporting. This includes verifying the implementation of corrective actions while validating effectiveness.
• Manage the day-to-day safety operations of assigned projects and oversee those HSEQ Coordinator & HSEQ Technicians for assigned projects.
• Educate all project team members on establishing and maintaining safe work conditions, hazard recognition while instilling safety awareness in the field crew at project levels.
• Work directly with HSEQ Director on project safety staffing needs based on client and scope of work.
• Attend various company and client meetings being prepared to present safety updates and trends.
• Aid in the review and update of company safety procedures.
• Develop lessons learned post incident for program assigned.
• Have the ability to work independently completing tasks with limited supervision.
• Manage the BU’s Behavior-Based Safety (BBS) program by promoting proactive and preventive safety activities through observing, analyzing, and encouraging safe work behaviors, and by correcting unsafe work conditions.
• Assist the operations to integrate safety into the project plans, establish safety goals, and reinforce safety policies and procedures.
• Determine, request, and manage the necessary safety resource levels to support the workload.
• Perform weekly safety audits on assigned project evaluating sites, discuss safety issues, ensure that programs and commitments are being met at the project level.
• Work closely with the Construction Managers (CMs), Site Superintendents (Ssup), Subcontractors and field personnel on the project to promote safety, ensure safe work practices.
• Supply input, write, implement, and maintain the site-specific Job Safety Analysis (JSA), Job Safety Analysis Plan (JSAP), and conduct daily safety meetings.
• Communicate to workers the daily process, the BBS process, and the daily safety message.
• Attend project client meetings sharing BU’s safety program along with safety metrics/trends as needed.
• Aid in the Case Management and the managing of the workers’ compensation issues on the project with support from the HSEQ Director.
• Maintain the training and medical certification file for the project on the site.
• Aid in the implementation of the Drug and Alcohol Program on the project and the maintenance of required physical and refresher or new required training by law or the client.
• Maintain the SDS (HAZ COM) file on site for all chemicals brought onto the project for both BU’s and subcontractors in accordance with 29 CFR 1910.1200.
• Perform other miscellaneous duties as assigned by the HSEQ Director.

Qualifications

• 30-hour OSHA construction safety class or equivalent, preferably within last 5 years.
• OSHA 500, CHST, SMS CSP or other professional designations.
• An average of at least 24 hours of formal safety training annually for the past 5 years, which may include specific training to achieve Competent Person status for at least one (1) of the following areas of competency as required for the project: Excavations/Trenching; Scaffolding; Fall Protection; Hazardous Energy; Confined Space Entry; Health Hazard Recognition, Evaluation and Control of Chemical, Physical and Biological Agents; PPE and Clothing to include selection, use and maintenance.
• 40-hour HAZWOPER training (with annual refresher — for all HAZWOPER projects).
• A strong working knowledge of the behavior-based safety program.
• Knowledgeable in OSHA regulations regarding 29 CFR 1904, 1910 & 1926 methods, and practices and/or 30 CFR MSHA parts 40 through 104, California Title 8, and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) requirements.
• Must learn company safety policies and possess the confidence and leadership to enforce those policies.
• Must be available for travel over extended periods of time with a routine rotation schedule home.
• Strong computer skills with the ability to complete and submit weekly, monthly, and quarterly reports to corporate and client representatives in a timely manner using Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Good communication skills.