Safety Coordinator

Sargent Electric•Hart, MI

9d•Onsite

About The Position

A full-time position to manage the Sargent Electric Company’s health and safety program for our Hart Solar project. This position will require the safety professional to provide site safety training for all employees as well as provide technical and safety support for the project leadership. Ability to develop and enforce a high-quality site safety program and an injury free work environment.

Requirements

Must pass all pre-employment testing, including but not limited to background, clean automobile drivers record, BAC, drug, site security, and others that may be required at the time of employment.
Extensive experience in the c9onstruction field.
2+ years of experience in field safety experience or similar role.
Ability to work independently, strong communication skills with ability to influence behaviors in both leadership and field personnel.
Must have a reliable means of transportation, clean drivers record and carry adequate automobile insurance.

Nice To Haves

Electrical experience preferred but not required.
Safety certification, such as CSP and OSHA 30 is desired.

Responsibilities

Provide general safety training to all personnel at the site and maintain training records that ensures compliance with OSHA and Department of Labor & Industry as well as all local and customer requirements.
Sound knowledge of OSHA 1926 as well as applicable consensus standards such as NFPA 70E and ASTM.
Support site leadership after incidents by using proven investigative skills to gather all the facts in a logical and sequential manner.
Assist leadership in developing all causal factors for all Near Miss and other incidents.
Develop corrective actions for each causal factor utilizing the Hierarchy of Controls.
Be the voice for safety during all project planning meetings and provide the site leadership the safety support to make the safe decision.
Assist in the development of Job Hazard Analyses and mitigation strategy that will prevent the opportunity for injury.
Evaluate effectiveness of safety programs through daily field walks and compliance auditing.
Provide coaching and mentoring to the site leadership that enables them to correct employees exhibiting unsafe behaviors, and provide recognition for employees exhibiting safe behaviors.
Provide regular feedback to project leadership and the Regional Safety Manager in a constructive manner on need areas for safety improvement and recognition.
Meet regularly with the field personnel and assist them in the development of project-specific corrective action plans to address safety issues.
Collaborate with other safety professionals on the overall jobsite to discuss incident and near miss incidents and prevention measures throughout the site.
Routinely meet with the Regional Safety Manager to discuss employee behaviors and factors for a safe working environment.
Perform weekly toolbox talks with employees.
Onboard all new employees and conduct the new hire orientation and training as required.