HS&E Supervisor

Orion Innovation • Houston, TX

13h

About The Position

This position performs safety and health activities at construction job sites, industrial plants, and environmental sites to evaluate and control exposure to physical or environmental hazards. The role requires approximately 90% travel within Texas, with occasional trips to CXT and Dallas TAS offices and job sites. The incumbent must be flexible to work varying shifts, long hours of 8–12 hours, and weekend hours as project needs require. Work takes place in varying weather conditions and settings, including project trailers, job sites, and offices.

The position supports the company’s guiding beliefs and core values of Quality, Safety, Production, and Customer Satisfaction, founded on Integrity. The incumbent is accountable for personal safety and the safety of others, and is authorized and obligated to stop work when unsafe conditions are anticipated or observed. The role also requires compliance with applicable laws, regulations, and company policies, prompt reporting of violations, and maintaining the confidentiality of company information.

The incumbent must be able to perform essential job functions with or without reasonable accommodation, wear and properly use required personal protective equipment, identify critical issues and formulate action plans with all levels of management, remain calm and respond appropriately during emergencies, and evacuate the work area in a timely manner when needed.

Requirements

• At least 3 years of safety-related experience in the construction industry.
• Associate’s or bachelor’s degree in Safety, a certificate from a technical school or college, or equivalent combination of work experience and education.
• Bilingual in English and Spanish.
• Excellent computer skills, including Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint), Adobe, and mobile devices such as tablets.
• Ability to read and interpret safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.
• Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.
• Advanced training skills and ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees at all levels.
• Current driver’s license.
• Ability to travel to different job sites in the region approximately 90% of the time.
• OSHA 510 and/or OSHA 30 required.
• Ability to wear and properly use required personal protective equipment.
• Ability to identify critical issues and formulate action plans with all levels of management.
• Ability to remain calm during emergencies, respond appropriately, and evacuate the work area promptly when necessary.

Nice To Haves

• Safety professional certifications such as STS-C, CHST, or OHST.
• First-aid/CPR Instructor qualification.

Responsibilities

• Conduct job-site audits to identify existing or potential hazards.
• Ensure employees work safely and follow company, state, and federal safety guidelines and standards.
• Investigate accidents and prepare accident reports.
• Identify potential causes of accidents and recommend policy or procedure changes to prevent accidents and illnesses.
• Transport or accompany injured employees to medical treatment facilities and coordinate follow-up visits and work restrictions with medical providers.
• Develop hazard reports, document and verify hazard abatement, and assist field personnel with abatement.
• Measure noise levels and air quality using appropriate equipment or instruments.
• Maintain and calibrate instruments of the trade.
• Inspect respirators and train employees in their use.
• Coordinate distribution of personal protective equipment, including vests, gloves, hard hats, and harnesses.
• Coordinate employee respirator fit tests at a clinic.
• Enforce the use of safety equipment, including personal protective equipment.
• Train operators of earth- and material-moving equipment, including backhoes, front-end loaders, forklifts, scissor lifts, and telescoping boom lifts, for operating authorization.
• Train employees in safety and health requirements, including new-hire orientation, in on-the-job or classroom settings.
• Conduct new-hire training weekly.
• Oversee field activities and monitor for health and safety violations.
• Monitor decontamination of personnel leaving hazardous work zones.
• Issue and monitor hot-work permits, confined-space entries, and lockout/tagout permits.
• Develop and monitor emergency action plans.
• Assist management in preparing the safety and health budget.
• Maintain accountability for personal and others’ safety and exercise stop-work authority when unsafe conditions are anticipated or observed.
• Comply with applicable laws, regulations, and company policies and procedures, and promptly report violations.
• Perform other related administrative and technical duties assigned or requested by immediate supervision, such as certification training, safety training, and procedure review.
• Maintain confidentiality of company confidential, proprietary, or trade-secret information.
• Travel to job sites in the region approximately 90% of the time.

Benefits

• Medical insurance, including prescription drugs
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Life and AD&D insurance
• Short-term and long-term disability insurance
• Employee Assistance Plan
• 401(k) retirement plan
• Paid time off for vacation, sick leave, holidays, jury duty, and bereavement leave
• Pre-tax health and dependent care flexible spending accounts
• Career growth and development

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Associate degree