Safety Specialist - Construction

Safety Specialist - Construction at The McDonnel Group

The Safety Specialist works to proactively improve safety performance for their assigned project, collaborating with field management and leadership to ensure safety policies, programs, plans, and procedures are understood and consistently executed by field operations personnel. The role also supports the development and delivery of safety communications, meetings, and training. Excellent communication, coaching, interpersonal, and computer skills are required.

• Ensure hazard and risk assessment and control measures are in place, utilized, and effective; address risks and safety concerns; improve safety performance; identify and share best practices.
• Conduct and document safety inspections and audits; provide field operations personnel with on-the-spot constructive feedback and coaching to improve knowledge, understanding, behaviors, and performance.
• Advise and assist field operations personnel with company, customer, and regulatory requirements (OSHA, DOT, and EPA).
• Monitor and assist with reporting, internal communication, and proper management of incidents, including injury/illness evaluation and first aid guidance.
• Collaborate with field management and risk management teams to ensure injury and property damage incidents (cases and claims) are properly managed.
• Assist with and/or review investigations into safety-related incidents; recommend and monitor corrective and preventive actions.
• Monitor safety performance metrics and trends (leading and lagging indicators) and recommend and support corrective actions to improve.
• Assist with the communication, implementation, and oversight of safety-related policies, programs, and procedures.
• Assist with development and delivery of safety-related communications and training (alerts, bulletins, meetings, presentations, videos, etc.).
• Represent and support Operations and Safety during customer visits and interactions.

• Believes in and exemplifies the TMG Core Values: (1) Work Ethic, (2) Solution Oriented, (3) Project Excellence, (4) Client Centric, (5) Professionalism.
• Associate’s (two-year) degree; bachelor’s degree preferred.
• At least three years of work experience, which include safety responsibilities, in the utility, construction, or field service industry.
• Detailed knowledge and understanding of OSHA regulatory requirements, first aid, and CPR.
• Valid state driver’s license.
• Experienced and adept at coaching employees, working with difficult people, and resolving difficult situations.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills; must be able to speak clearly and confidently to employees, supervisors, management, and customers, and must be able to write using proper spelling, grammar, and style.
• Excellent computer skills, including Microsoft Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint, and Microsoft Word.
• Willing to travel to Lake Charles area; able to pass drug screening and maintain a clear criminal and driving history.

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties the employee is regularly required to make use of close vision to read engineering blueprints and reduced size black and white drawings, specifications, fine print, reports, schedules, estimates, spreadsheets, summaries and other documents in either hard copy or computer monitor.

Must be able to converse on the telephone and in person, use hands and fingers to write and type, prepare email messages with attached files, and use personal computers and calculators. While performing the duties of this job the employee may be exposed to conditions that include weather such as heat and/or humidity and cold, fumes or airborne particles, exposure to dust and asphalt, and moving mechanical parts.

There may be occasional exposure to toxic or caustic chemicals. Conditions can also include risk of electrical shock and risk of vibration. The noise level in the work environment can often be loud.

• Walk, climb stairs, sit, stand, balance, stoop, kneel,…