SPO Safety - Drywall (Austin)
About The Position
The SPO Safety professional partners with Environmental Health & Safety (EH&S) and project teams to enforce company, EH&S program, policy, procedure, and regulatory compliance on a single construction project within the business unit’s geographic area. The role leads safe-work-practice training and guides project teams in managing environmental and hazardous-material reports and conditions. This position provides project safety leadership, assesses practices and potential exposures, develops risk-mitigation plans, and works with project leadership, employees, subcontractors, and trades to improve safety performance. It also oversees project safety programs, training, audits, preconstruction planning, reporting, and corrective actions in accordance with company policies, applicable regulations, and owner requirements.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree from an accredited program in Occupational Safety & Health, Engineering, or a related field, plus at least 4 years of related construction safety experience, or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.
- Construction Health Safety Technician (CHST) certification required or to be obtained within 2 years of appointment.
- Completed OSHA 30-hour training.
- Current First Aid, CPR, BBP, and AED certifications.
- Knowledge of Federal, State, and local Environmental Health & Safety regulations.
- Working knowledge and consistent application of safety and environmental principles and techniques.
- Ability to identify known and potential safety exposures and lead corrective actions.
- Familiarity with general construction operations.
- Leadership, teamwork, and interpersonal skills to build teams and professional relationships.
- Professional verbal and written communication skills and effective presentation delivery skills.
- Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
- Analytical thinking, good judgment, and complex problem-solving skills.
- Travel is required, and access to reliable transportation is required.
Responsibilities
- Lead, direct, and enforce EH&S requirements on a single construction project, providing safety leadership and managing time and resource allocation.
- Assess project safety practices and actual or potential safety exposures, develop action plans to mitigate risks, and drive improvements in safety awareness and activities.
- Communicate performance-improvement requirements to project leadership and teams and promote adoption of project-specific safety standards and EH&S policies and procedures.
- Monitor safety trends, help reduce project incident rates to meet or exceed business-unit goals, and manage regulatory exposures to avoid citations.
- Develop and deliver project-specific EH&S training for project management, employees, subcontractors, and trade employees, including safe-work-practice training.
- Promote safe work practices and conditions in accordance with company policies, applicable Federal, State, and local regulations, and owner contractual requirements.
- Maintain and enhance working relationships with project staff and subcontractor Safety Representatives.
- Develop and enforce the project Safety Program and related policies and procedures.
- Identify unsafe actions and conditions and engage the project team in implementing immediate corrective actions.
- Develop an accountability model to ensure project teams pre-plan subcontractor and trade activities and tasks.
- Review subcontractor safety programs for completeness and compliance with company policies, EH&S requirements, regulations, and owner contractual requirements.
- Review subcontractor and trade Pre-Task Plans (PTPs) for quality and contractual compliance.
- Hold preconstruction planning meetings with subcontractors to review the site safety program, job hazard analyses, and risk-mitigation plans.
- Develop safety action items for preconstruction meetings and verify subcontractors conduct training in accordance with OSHA standards.
- Conduct worker orientations for new employees and administer and record participation.
- Collaborate with project leadership on project-specific safety reports, assess metrics, and recommend improvements against baseline performance.
- Ensure timely logging of subcontractor toolbox safety meetings.
- Conduct and review project-team safety audits, assess recommended corrective actions, and issue reports of violations or unsafe practices for immediate resolution.
- Perform other assigned activities, duties, and responsibilities.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
