Safety Tech- ( Freeport, TX) - Austin Industrial

About the role

Austin Industrial provides premier self-perform maintenance, construction, and soft craft service to leading industrial companies across the U.S. An industry leader for more than 60 years, we offer single-source solutions to our customers in the oil, gas, chemical, food, agriculture, power, and manufacturing industries. To learn more about us, visit https://www.austin-ind.com/what-we-do/industrial.

Responsibilities

Safety Tech Responsibilities include executing the site safety program on an assigned project. Educates and trains Austin project staff in safety requirements, and best practices in incident prevention. Ensures compliance with company and customer safety policies. Other duties may be assigned.

• Build working relationships with customer representatives, project staff, and subcontractor safety representatives.
• Assist in creating accurate safety reports and accident investigation documents
• Assist in staff safety training and subcontractor development
• Represent the company positively and professionally with the customer and subcontractors
• Create and facilitate safety training and orientations aligned with project specifics and schedules
• Participate in safety organizations outside of the company and in assigned region
• Ensure compliance with the company’s current safety manual, policies, and expectations
• Majority of time spent in the field observing work, coaching, auditing, and engaging craft employee-owners
• Help project supervision resolve safety problems and issues in the field
• Fill in for site HSE manager during absences
• Other duties as assigned.

Requirements

Applicants must be legally authorized to work for ANY employer in the United States. Austin is unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa for this position.

Physical Demands: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions. While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel and reach with hands and arms. The employee is frequently required to stand; walk; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; talk or hear, and taste or smell. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 25 pounds and may frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

Qualifications

Education – no minimum education requirements.

Experience – 4 years of maintenance and construction safety experience.

Certification/License: A valid Driver’s License, TWIC Card, and CSST/NCCER