Safety Specialist 2, Industrial & Manufacturing
About The Position
The Safety Specialist 2 coordinates and implements the field safety program for routine and increasingly complex construction projects. The role conducts safety inspections, identifies and documents hazardous conditions and their abatement, writes reports, and performs trend analysis in support of JE Dunn’s strategy, vision, and values. The position follows directions and refers exceptions to a supervisor, with a career path to Senior Safety Specialist. The role has an elevated level of safety knowledge for identifying complex safety issues, recommending project-specific corrective solutions, and applying knowledge of equipment, laws, and work processes. It contributes actively to meetings, provides guidance and training on basic and some intermediate safety topics, assists safety leadership during insurance audits, and can oversee a large or complex project and/or multiple projects.
Requirements
- At least 2 years of construction safety experience.
- Ability to perform work accurately, completely, and in a timely manner.
- Verbal and written communication skills.
- Proficiency in MS Office.
- Knowledge of and ability to enforce federal, state, local, and company safety regulations.
- Intermediate proficiency in company safety software, programs, processes, and tools.
- Ability to recognize hazardous situations and implement corrective measures.
- Ability to build relationships with team members that extend beyond a project.
- Proficiency in required construction technology.
- Ability to build relationships and collaborate with internal and external team members.
Nice To Haves
- Bachelor’s degree in a safety- and health-related field is preferred.
Responsibilities
- Coordinate and implement the field safety program for construction projects.
- Conduct regular construction-site walk-through inspections to ensure compliance with laws and Company policies.
- Conduct project safety audits; identify, document, and recommend abatement of hazardous or potentially hazardous conditions.
- Use internal safety management systems to document findings and track abatement and closure.
- Conduct project-specific new-hire orientations and oversee compliance with drug and alcohol policies.
- Monitor implementation of prime contractor and subcontractor safety programs.
- Attend project pre-planning, progress, and other relevant meetings to discuss safety matters.
- Support field leadership in implementing safety program activities, including meetings and committees, and chair the project safety committee.
- Assist with investigations of project-related accidents, confer with a supervisor on root causes, and discuss process changes to prevent recurrence.
- Coordinate with injured employees and clinics to support treatment attendance and timely return to work; compile injury progress summary reports for a supervisor.
- Monitor the site safety incentive program.
- Identify complex safety issues and develop or recommend more complex abatement solutions.
- Apply knowledge of equipment, laws, and work processes to project-specific safety recommendations.
- Use safety management systems and tools to analyze trends and recommend solutions to mitigate future occurrences.
- Provide guidance and training on basic and some intermediate safety topics to new or existing safety and project personnel.
- Assist safety leadership during insurance audits.
- Oversee more complex projects, including one large or complex project and/or multiple projects.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
