Safety Professional

About the role

Reports to the Corporate Safety Director. Responsible for educating field personnel on correct safety procedures and ensuring safety policies are followed. Projects supported are all in WI, IA, IL. This is a union position based out of Madison, WI with offices in Pewaukee, Janesville, and Dubuque. The role is typically a full-time site safety professional on one large project at a time (usually 1+ year long projects). Project types vary from solar farms, power plant builds, data centers, and large industrial projects.

Responsibilities

• Ensure that the intent of Westphal's policies, procedures and quality standards is followed
• Site safety audits to recognize and correct unsafe conditions and behaviors; prescribe corrective actions and measures for items repeatedly showing up in audits; develop training sessions for same audit items
• Investigate all incidents and generate proper reports
• Aid in accident/incident investigation as needed
• Create, conduct, and document Tool Box Talks
• Task training – as planned and needed
• Ensure and maintain all required signage is properly posted
• Stop work to remedy a serious or life-threatening safety deficiency, violation, or unsafe practice
• Complete and file disciplinary actions with documentation
• Provide leadership with a focus on safe work practices and pre-task planning
• Maintain a positive work atmosphere by acting and communicating in a manner so that you get along with customers, clients, co-workers and management
• Assist in the planning of and implement all project safety needs
• Actively participate in operational planning to create a plan to eliminate hazards
• Monitor safety portion of OPS Plans are being followed and work with the foreman to correct if not
• Investigate and procure new task specific safety systems/equipment and educate crews and superintendents as needed
• Conduct on-site inspections and control hazardous working conditions or unsafe employee activities through teaching and coaching
• Reward/recognize field personnel for taking outstanding safety initiative
• Attend and actively participate in daily morning huddles with job crews
• Attend daily end of shift (DEOS) meeting when possible
• Educate foreman on the proper daily work plans/JHA procedure and hold them accountable
• Assist with/lead the weekly safety meeting
• Continue education with regards to safety through seminars, meetings and experiences through higher education
• Network, communicate and remain current in safety topics and relevant issues with regards to the construction industry
• Perform additional duties as directed by supervisors
• Main duties are going to be doing the trainings for site personnel

Qualifications

• Safety degree (bachelors preferred) in safety OR experience plus one of the following certs: BCSP, GSP, CSP, ASP, BCSP, OHST, CHST
• 2 years in construction required, 3 preferred
• Must be based within an hour of Madison, WI ideally and willing to travel to job sites
• Willing to work 50 hours per week with some weekend work (hourly role with overtime pay)
• Comfortable working in a job trailer

Skills

• Construction safety
• Solar safety
• General safety practices

Pay

$33.00 - $45.00/hr

Schedule

Average work week: 50 hours with some Saturday work

Workplace Type

Fully onsite position in Madison, WI