EHS Specialist

Arcadis • Philadelphia, PA

9d • Onsite

About The Position

Arcadis is the world's leading company delivering sustainable design, engineering, and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets. We are more than 36,000 people, in over 70 countries, dedicated to improving quality of life. Everyone has an important role to play. With the power of many curious minds, together we can solve the world’s most complex challenges and deliver more impact together. Role description: Survey active construction sites of capital projects for compliance or non-compliance with safety standards, assist with the review of contractor submitted safety documentation to include job safety analysis, and reporting of audit findings for corrective actions and metric reporting.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Occupational Safety & Health, Health Sciences, Construction Management or related field
• 2 + years of experience provide safety management of capital construction projects
• Field safety experience including monitoring compliance and submitting incident reports

Responsibilities

• Monitor the contractor’s field activities to verify the work is being performed in compliance with approved safety plans, client policies and industry best practices.
• Develop / maintain strong working relationships with contractor safety representatives
• Report all serious on-site conditions, near misses or incidents to the EHS and Project Managers and Delivery Lead.
• Exercise stop work authority if serious conditions or behaviours are identified.
• Assist with near misses/incident investigations and prepare or obtain accident and incident reports for submission to client.
• Complete and file project safety inspections (including hot work permits, lock out tag out, crane certifications, etc.).
• Recognize best safety practices and report to Arcadis Project Managers and EHS Manager
• Engage with service providers to confirm Lock Out Tag Out procedures are current as applicable to project scope.
• Review contractor safety performance to confirm contractor safety programs meet minimum client requirements for work on site.
• Present site orientation to contractors working on site.
• Conduct an annual review of orientation materials and recommend necessary changes as appropriate.
• Monitor compliance with client’s Safety Systems of Work, confirm contractor safety plans and initiate general and supplemental permits.
• Train contractors on supplemental permit requirements.
• Review contractor job safety analysis and construction safety plans for completion and accuracy.
• Monitor project housekeeping conditions and collaborate with the Project Manager to ensure housekeeping expectations are maintained.
• Collaborate with the project managers and general contractors to review and complete the pre-construction safety checklist
• Attend project meetings to convey safety requirements and support health & safety planning for upcoming project phases or scopes.
• Conduct safety tailgates and standdowns with contractors.
• Recognize contractors for positive behaviour and safety performance.

Benefits

• Arcadis offers benefits for full time and part time positions. These benefits include medical, dental, and vision, EAP, 401K, STD, LTD, AD&D, life insurance, paid parental leave, reward & recognition program and optional benefits including wellbeing benefits, adoption assistance and tuition reimbursement.
• We offer nine paid holidays and 15 days PTO that accrue per year.
• The salary range for this position is $65,790 - $92,280.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees