EHS Professional

At-a-Glance:

Join a multi-national medtech company as a Site Safety and Health Officer (SSHO) to ensure job site safety and compliance.

Position Type:

• Contract
• Hybrid

Required:

• Experience in chemical-related manufacturing, industrial, research, laboratory, or other technical environments relevant to the role.
• Directly relevant industry or functional experience.
• Current OSHA 30-Hour Construction certification.
• At least 5 years of construction safety experience.
• Current CPR/AED/First Aid certification.
• Fall-protection training.
• Working knowledge of OSHA 29 CFR 1926 and 29 CFR 1910 requirements and NFPA 70E safety practices.
• Experience with solar installations, carport structures, aerial lifts, crane operations, electrical construction, and trenching activities.
• Ability to use Microsoft Office and the Project-designated document management system.
• Strong field communication, documentation, coaching, and escalation skills.

Responsibilities:

• Implement safety protocols at job site including all customer requirements.
• Respond as single point of contact to all safety concerns on job site.
• Remediate any issues with subcontractors on job site.
• Retain overall responsibility and accountability for the Project safety program.
• Support carrying out assigned SSHO activities and establish temporary worker's priorities, schedule, reporting expectations, and assigned work activities.
• Provide or approve the applicable Project Site-Specific Safety Plan, EHS requirements, templates, reporting channels, and escalation protocols.
• Make final project-level decisions concerning safety policy, disciplinary action, subcontractor direction, incident notifications, and formal communications to regulatory authorities.
• Serve as designated onsite safety support resource and day-to-day point of contact for assigned safety matters.
• Work under the direction of Project Management and the designated EHS representative.
• Coordinate with safety representatives, subcontractor supervision, and site personnel.
• Exercise stop-work authority when an imminent danger, unsafe condition, or unsafe act is observed, and immediately notify management.
• Document observations and recommended corrective actions.
• Attend Project coordination meetings, safety meetings, and required safety functions.
• Support implementation of OSHA requirements, Contractor Safety Management requirements, EHS requirements, and the Project Site-Specific Safety Plan.
• Promote injury prevention, hazard recognition, risk mitigation, and a zero-incident safety culture.
• Support implementation and review of Activity Hazard Analyses (AHAs), Job Hazard Analyses (JHAs), permits, and safety plans.
• Provide field coaching and communicate noncompliance to the responsible supervisor.
• Perform and document formal safety inspections a minimum of three days per week.
• Conduct field observations whenever onsite and identify unsafe conditions or behaviors.
• Confirm that immediate corrective measures are taken when feasible and track open items through closure or escalation.
• Participate in monthly Project safety audits.
• Complete required daily documentation when onsite, including pre-work safety checklists, observations, Project safety reports, housekeeping reports, weather records, and equipment inspection verification.
• Prepare weekly inspection reports, toolbox talk reviews, corrective action logs, safety trend reviews, and subcontractor compliance reviews.
• Prepare monthly safety summaries, leading and lagging indicator reports, OSHA metrics reviews, and compliance reports.
• Use approved forms and document management systems, and submit records through established channels.
• Provide draft or supporting information for external or formal reports.
• Will review and authorize submissions to regulatory authorities, and other external parties unless a specific submission has been expressly delegated.
• Immediately report incidents, near misses, first-aid cases, property damage, and environmental releases in accordance with escalation requirements.
• Support incident investigations, evidence collection, interviews, corrective-action development, and root-cause analysis.
• Prepare preliminary and final investigation documentation for review and approval within applicable Project timelines.
• Conduct or support new-worker safety orientations using approved materials.
• Verify completion of Contractor Orientation and Apron Training where required.
• Maintain assigned training records and orientation logs.
• Facilitate or support toolbox talks, safety stand-downs, and Project-specific safety briefings.
• Identify personnel who appear not to have required training or qualifications and promptly notify the responsible supervisor.
• Monitor and document subcontractor compliance with applicable OSHA, and Project safety requirements.
• Review available certifications, qualifications, AHAs, and competent-person designations and report deficiencies.
• Participate in subcontractor safety meetings and track assigned corrective actions.
• Escalate recurring or unresolved noncompliance.
• Retain responsibility for contractual enforcement and formal direction to subcontractors.
• Monitor high-risk activities such as working at heights, crane and rigging operations, excavation and trenching, electrical work, hot work, and confined spaces.
• Conduct routine FOD and housekeeping inspections and report deficiencies.
• Monitor tool accountability, worksite cleanliness, debris removal, and weather-related material securing.
• Monitor spill-prevention controls, approved chemical use, Safety Data Sheet availability, waste-management practices, storm water controls, and hazardous-waste documentation.
• Respond to and document environmental events as directed, with immediate escalation.
• Support emergency-response planning, drills, contact-list maintenance, and first-aid supply checks.
• Monitor lightning, high winds, and other unsafe weather conditions using approved criteria and equipment limitations.
• Initiate or support work stoppage when required for imminent danger.
• Coordinate severe-weather activities and emergency investigations.