Safety Specialist

About the role

DEPCOM Power has immediate openings for Safety Specialists in various locations within the U.S. with 95% travel. The Safety Specialist will play a crucial role in cultivating an EH&S environment characterized by collaboration and active participation in our safety standards among all employees. This role is essential for embedding a culture of safety, ensuring that everyone is engaged and committed to maintaining the highest safety standards in all our operations.

Our Team At DEPCOM Power, we design, build, and operate some of the largest and most efficient solar plants for leading utility companies and asset owners. Our expert solar industry veterans have created a project portfolio of more than $4 billion, while successfully meeting every commercial operation date and energy output guarantee.

These positions will be located at a construction site in Aylett, VA and Keysville, VA.

Responsibilities

• Assist PSM with facilitating Safety & Health training for employees, contractors, etc., as required and needed.
• Support the planning and implementation of safety policies and procedures in compliance with local, state, and federal rules and regulations including Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and Department of Transportation (DOT).
• Aid incident investigations, root cause analysis, and determining corrective actions to prevent incident recurrence and makes recommendations for correcting unsafe conditions and actions.
• Foster an EHS environment of collaboration and active participation with all employees.
• Conduct walk-through inspections of field job sites to identify and eliminate hazardous conditions and unsafe acts performed by employees.
• Assist with managing site risks including facilitating risk assessments, job safety analyses, JHA reviews and PPE assessments.
• Provide appropriate care and support for onsite injuries within standard of care.

Qualifications

To be considered, you must have one of the following qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in safety (EHS)
• Minimum of 5 years of experience on a project in a construction safety role as a titled safety professional and completion of the OSHA 500 Training course.
• CHST designation with a minimum of 4 years in a construction safety role as a titled safety professional.
• Prior experience with site safety.

Skills

What Will Put You Ahead: State Certification for EMT or Paramedic or National EMT certification, (NREMT)

Pay

For this role, we anticipate paying $35 - $45 per hour. This role is eligible for variable pay, issued as a monetary bonus or in another form.

Benefits

Our benefits plan includes - medical, dental, vision, flexible spending and health savings accounts, life insurance, ADD, disability, retirement, paid vacation/time off, educational assistance, and may also include infertility assistance, paid parental leave and adoption assistance.