Site Safety And Health Officer - Walter Reed Bethesda

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

• Support site management's requirement to safely deliver quality services

• Administer the company's Health & Safety Program locally; site Accident Prevention Plans; Activity Hazard Analyses; Position Hazard Analyses; and other site- specific plans, procedures, and policies

• Manage Health & Safety Training, ensuring employees understand hazards associated with site conditions and activities and methods to mitigate those hazards

• Audit and inspect site conditions and activities; initiate corrective and preventive actions and verify the effectiveness of actions taken

• May be responsible for assisting on the development of agendas for both pre and post-job conferences

• Provide guidance of safety improvements

• Lead incident investigations with affected supervisor, assuring actionable causes of incidents are acted on by managers and supervisors and verifying the effectiveness of actions taken

• Perform construction and project management administration functions, handling a variety of actions and problems relating to assigned projects. May prepare and analyze contractual requirement submittals

• Report activities, findings, incidents and investigations, and site OSHA statistic to the Corporate Health & Safety Officer (CHSO) and the site Project Manager

• Administer the OSHA 300 Log; review with the CHSO quarterly

• Keep abreast of developments in health and safety practices and legislation; act upon changes accordingly

• Liaise with client and other team organizations on health and safety issues

• Other duties as assigned by the CHSO or Project Manager

• Must either have A) (preferred), or B) successfully obtain within 30 days. Certificate must be no more than one year old, unless candidate can demonstrate 8 hours of documented continued training per year that meets the requirements of US Army Corps of Engineers manual EM 385-1-1.

• Preferred certificate: 30-hour OSHA Construction Industry safety class (29 CFR 1926)

• Acceptable certificate: 30-hour OSHA General Industry safety class (29 CFR 1910)

• Acceptable alternative: As an equivalent, formal construction or industry safety and health training covering the subjects of the OSHA 30-hour course and the EM 385-1-1 (acceptable with proper substantiation and if training is applicable to the job).

• Must demonstrate proof of employment for:

• Preferred: Five (5) years of continuous construction industry safety experience in supervising/managing general construction (managing safety programs or processes or conducting hazard analyses and developing controls), or

• Acceptable: Five (5) years of continuous general industry safety experience in supervising/managing general industry (managing safety programs or processes or conducting hazard analyses and developing controls), or

• Acceptable: If holding a Third-Party, Nationally Accredited (ANSI or National Commission for Certifying Agencies NCCA) SOH-related certification, only 4 years' experience is needed.

• Experience working with Cranes or performing Crane Safety Inspections, preferred

• Experience with Erecting Scaffolding or Performing Inspections, preferred

• Experience with Fall protection systems and Training, Competent Person, preferred

• Ability to develop and establish Health & Safety policies, plans, and procedures

• Demonstrated skills in objective problem-solving and decision-making

• Strong interpersonal skills

• Proficient in Microsoft Office software

• Auditing skills and experience

• Presentation, written and oral communication skills sufficient for large groups and executive staff

• Continuing safety education and certifications preferred

Work Environment

• Works in office areas as well as throughout the facility

• Physical demands include intermittent sitting, standing, and walking, and occasional bending, reaching, and lifting

• Minimal exposure to chemicals such as cleaning solutions; minimal exposure to blood and other bodily fluids

This job description is subject to change by the employer as the needs of the employer and requirements of the job change.

We maintain a drug-free workplace and perform pre-employment substance abuse testing.

• Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities.

• Please view Equal Employment Opportunity Posters provided by OFCCP here.

• The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)