Safety Coordinator

Essential Job Responsibilities

• Affords project team by suggesting safe practices
• Conducts onsite safety assessments as part of constant monitoring process
• Documents all safety violations or unsafe conditions/activities and ensures corrective measures are implemented
• Aids the project team in completing weekly jobsite safety audits
• Conducts safety orientation for all project employees to the safe practices required on the project and by the Company
• Ensures all Company safety policies and procedures are understood and implemented
• Edifies project personnel through on-the-spot training and toolbox safety talks
• Completes accident reporting and investigation as needed
• Accompanies safety, health, and insurance inspectors on walk-through tours
• Coordinates project safety programs with subcontractors
• Aids the superintendent in investigating property damage and personal injury complaints
• Enforces the job specific emergency plan and communicates through orientation to all project personnel
• Communicates and reinforces the Company vision, values, and goals
• Performs other related duties as assigned by supervisor

Qualifications

• 4-year occupational safety/health degree or equivalent combinations of training and related experience
• At least 3 years construction safety experience
• Thorough understanding of and ability to enforce all federal, state, local, and Company regulations
• Ability to recognize hazardous situations and implement corrective measures
• Excellent communication (verbal and written) and interpersonal skills
• Ability to train and educate others
• Proficient in MS Office Suite
• OSHA 30 and preferred OSHA 510

Physical Demands/Work Environment

• Must be physically and mentally able to successfully perform the essential elements of the job with or without reasonable accommodation
• While performing the duties of the job must be able to hear and talk
• Is required to stand, walk, sit, climb or balance and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl
• Must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds
• Vision requirements to do this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus
• While performing the duties of the job, the employee is occasionally exposed to moving mechanical parts, outside weather conditions and high, precarious places
• The noise level in the work area is usually moderate