Safety Supervisor

About the role

As a Safety Supervisor, you will assist in the supervision and administration of the Harris' health, safety and motor vehicle programs to maintain a safe and healthy work environment. You will contribute to the desired safety and work culture of the organization.

Responsibilities

• Contributes to the desired safety and work culture of the organization.
• Controls hazardous working conditions and unsafe employee activities through interface with project management/supervisory personnel.
• Assists in supervision and administration of safety/first aid and rescue squad activities.
• Assumes total responsibility for safety operation when assigned to shift work.
• Participates in developing and conducting employee orientation training, task specific training, ongoing supervisor training and assists in developing/training project manager safety.
• Conducts work area surveillance inspections, air-sampling tests for confined space entry, property, damage and personal injury investigations.
• Documents all accidents, safety violations, unsafe conditions/activities.
• Issues confined area entry and “hot work” permits as required.
• Accompanies safety, health and insurance inspections on walk through tours as required.
• Reviews safety related journals, catalogues, etc. to keep abreast of changes/improvements in protective safety equipment, materials and gear.
• Affords assistance in preparing written appeals for safety violation citations.
• Inputs and retrieves data from Industry Safe management software.

Site Safety

• Responsible for safety of Harris’ work.
• Acts as an active member of the overall project safety team and works with other safety professionals at the project to create an exceptional safety experience for the entire project.
• Develops, implements, evaluates, and maintains Harris’ site-specific safety plan.
• Covers safety-badging and substance abuse screening.
• Delivers safety orientations.
• Provides guidance and expertise for mechanical contracting safety.
• Conducts specific training regarding mechanical contracting safety to others at the project.
• Participates in site safety audits and assessments.
• Issues, reviews, and closes out hot work permits, dig permits, and pre-task planning safety cards.
• Participates in project meetings including tool box talks, subcontractor meetings, site safety committees, plan of the day meetings, and foreman meetings.
• Manages safety on the site by walking and assessing the project throughout each day, spot checking pre-task plans, hot work, and dig permits.
• Participates in worker-to-worker observation exercises.
• Provides timely incident analysis reports for serious near miss, injury, and property damage incidents.
• Works with project safety team to develop and enforce a return to work/restricted duty program.
• Participates in mock-drills.
• Participates and periodically leads the daily stretch-and-bend program.
• Ensures that Harris’ workers actively participate and are ready for work each day.
• Participates and executes the development and execution of Harris’ integrated work plans and job hazard analysis.
• Helps develop a proactive recognition and reward system.
• Provides monthly statistical reports for Recordable Incident Rate, Days Away Restricted or Transferred, near miss reporting, and hazard recognition reporting.
• Provides leading indicator reports such as percent or training completed by trade, number or audits/assessments completed, number of craft worker to worker observations completed and number of craft hazard recognitions submitted.

Safety Supplies/Equipment Coordination

• Pick supply orders for shipment to job sites and restock.
• Maintain equipment storage areas to ensure that inventory is protected.
• Ensure all items are stored according to fieldwork procedures and company standards.