Site Safety Manager

Clune Construction Company•Chicago, IL

18d

About The Position

The Site Safety Manager oversees project safety at Clune Construction. The role implements and updates the Site-Specific Safety Plan, provides project-specific safety orientations, conducts regular safety audits, and manages safety documentation, permits, incident investigations, and reporting. The manager coordinates high-risk activity planning with trade partners, participates in daily task hazard analyses, maintains safety performance and injury records, and reports project safety information to the owner. The role also works with subcontractor safety representatives, leads the Project Safety Committee, audits safety huddles and hazard analyses, and manages the Crisis Management Program when needed. Site Safety Managers must be able to perform the job requirements of all lower positions in the Safety Department hierarchy. The position calls for strong communication, planning, analytical, organizational, teamwork, and mentoring skills. The manager serves as an internal safety point of contact and an external collaborator in developing industry best practices. The employee is frequently required to stand, walk, sit, use their hands, and talk or hear; the work also involves climbing stairs or ladders and walking on uneven ground. All candidates must provide a resume.

Requirements

Strong communication and interpersonal skills for discussions with Clune personnel and trade-partner communities, from field employees to executives.
Strong planning skills to organize weekly and daily schedules, including meetings and walk-throughs.
Strong analytical and organizational skills, including the ability to maintain accurate and detailed records.
Ability and desire to work in team-focused environments, serve as Clune's internal point of contact for safety matters, and collaborate externally to develop industry best practices.
Mentoring skills to foster fellow Clune employees' safety knowledge.
Ability to frequently stand, walk, sit, use hands to finger, handle, or feel, and talk or hear; climb stairs and/or ladders; and walk on uneven ground.
Provide a resume.

Responsibilities

Implement and update the Site-Specific Safety Plan as the project progresses, identifying opportunities to improve programs, guidelines, and procedures.
Provide project-specific safety orientations to Clune employees, trade partners, visitors, and vendors.
Conduct safety audits frequently and regularly, and document, follow up on, close, and analyze trends from findings.
Participate in, review, track, and file Daily Task Hazard Analyses (DHAs); ensure Clune project team members participate weekly in a DHA with a different contractor.
Track, evaluate, and update High Risk Activities (HRAs), and coordinate HRA planning with trade partners performing high-risk work.
Present plans for complicated high-risk tasks to affected personnel in advance, review pertinent HRAs in weekly All-Hands Meetings, and ensure required trade-partner documentation is submitted.
Manage safety-related documentation and Clune's safety-document filing processes.
Maintain safety performance data and report it to the owner through the Weekly Update.
Manage permit processes.
Immediately notify the owner by phone of personnel injuries and potentially serious on-site incidents, including unsafe conditions, near misses, property damage, and environmental incidents.
Lead incident investigations, documentation, and initial reporting; provide a preliminary report to the owner within 12 hours; complete follow-up, a formal written report, root-cause analysis, and corrective actions.
Develop lessons learned and disseminate them to employees.
Maintain an injury log for the duration of the work under OCIP guidelines, covering OSHA-recordable, lost-time, and first-aid injuries.
Communicate, review, and resolve safety issues with subcontractor safety representatives.
Establish and lead the Project Safety Committee.
Audit subcontractor daily safety huddles and DHAs.
Ensure required safety equipment, tools, and supplies are available, inspected, and in proper working order.
Manage the Crisis Management Program when necessary.
Perform the job requirements of all lower positions in the Safety Department hierarchy.

Benefits

100% company-paid premiums for medical, dental, and vision coverage for all dependents, effective day one
Employee Stock Ownership Plan
401(k) retirement plan with company match
Employee Assistance Program
Company-paid and voluntary life insurance plans
Company-paid short-term and long-term disability
Flexible spending, dependent care, and commuter plans
Career development through mentoring, learning and development, and continuing education
Fitness Program
Pet insurance