Site Safety Manager (SSHO)

BLHI•Homewood, AL

62d•Onsite

About The Position

The Site Safety Manager (SSHO) is responsible for managing and enforcing site safety, health, and environmental efforts for all site personnel. This role requires a strong understanding of construction safety standards, the ability to proactively identify and mitigate hazards, conduct incident investigations, and serve as the project's technical advisor on safety matters. The position involves significant interaction with various stakeholders, including project management, subcontractors, insurance carriers, and occupational medicine providers, as well as fostering a positive safety culture within the organization.

Requirements

High School Education and/or Trade School.
A minimum of 10 years of general safety experience including 5 years of applicable construction project experience.
OSHA 30-hour for Construction course and/or USACE EM385-1-1 40-hour course.
Documented Skills Training.
Documented Competent Person Safety Training in applicable disciplines.
Proficiency in Microsoft Word and Outlook.
Proficiency in Microsoft PowerPoint or similar software applications used in developing training materials.
Familiar with Microsoft Excel.
Mastery of applicable construction safety standards.
Basic understanding of building components and their installation; construction tasks, scheduling and trade sequencing.
Basic understanding of each construction trades’ scope of work.
Basic understanding of risk management principles.
Ability to enforce all applicable and/or required federal, state, local and company safety, health and environmental regulations.
Good interpersonal and communication skills (both verbal and written) required for coordination with and support of: Executive, senior and project management; Occupational medicine clinics, physicians, staff; Insurance carriers, brokers, adjustors, risk engineers.
Considerable mental effort and comprehension. Must be able to make sound decisions quickly. Must be able to have sustained concentration with frequent interruptions.
Requires moderate, varied physical effort and dexterity including: sitting stationary, moving around an office or jobsite, ascending and descending work areas, seeing and communicating effectively.

Nice To Haves

Industry specific pro-board certification (STS, CHST, CSP, CRIS, etc.).
Degree in a relevant curriculum from an accredited college or university.
Advanced emergency response training or experience (EMT, EMT-P, Hazmat, Technical Rescue etc.).

Responsibilities

Manage and enforce site safety, health, and environmental efforts regarding all site personnel.
Pro-actively recognize potential hazardous situations/exposures and implement corrective measures.
Conduct incident investigations to determine potential contributing factors and root causes.
Serve as the project’s safety, health, and environmental technical advisor.
Establish and maintain relationships with project team, owner’s safety counterpart, project insurance risk engineers, project subcontractors and vendor’s safety counterpart, project’s occupational medicine clinic, physician, and medical staff, and emergency response authorities.
Ensure positive exposure to the community.
Embrace and demonstrate adherence to BLHI Corporate Values in daily management.
Build project climate to empower personnel and sustain BLHI safety culture.
Interact with professionalism and pro-activism.
Continually seek feedback and personal development for advancement.
Train direct reports for advancement.
Seek to understand and further the overall objectives of BLHI.