Project Health & Safety Specialist

Overview

Woodard & Curran is a national engineering, science, and operations firm with a simple vision for clean water, a safe environment, healthy communities, and happy people. As an employee-owned company, we strive to cultivate teams that encourage collaboration in an inclusive culture. We seek talented individuals from all backgrounds to help us address a broad range of water and environmental issues.

We prioritize our people, offering opportunities for professional growth, ownership, and flexibility. This commitment enables us to make a meaningful impact on our clients, communities, and the planet.

We are seeking a Health & Safety Specialist to join our growing Health & Safety team. This position will play a key role in providing guidance and assistance to internal clients regarding regulatory and company compliance requirements and other matters pertaining to health and safety matters at the largest project in our Operations & Management (O&M) Business unit. We are looking to expand our impact through the addition of a newly created Health & Safety Specialist role in our Operations & Management (O&M) Business unit.

Duties and responsibilities will include task observations and compliance auditing, assessing health & safety needs and risks, driving the implementation of safety programs and policies, developing and delivering site-specific training and assisting in creating the systems, procedures, and tools necessary to effectively implement corporate safety programs and policies at the project level. This role will be instrumental in driving and championing a culture of health and safety at project sites.

The successful candidate for this position will work closely with the Senior O&M Safety Manager, and O&M Health & Safety Specialists.

The ideal candidate will possess a Health & Safety or related applied science degree with several years of field experience. The role will be tailored to the candidate s experience and strengths.

• 5+ years direct experience in occupational safety. Experience industrial/field construction oversight preferred.
• Must have an occupational/industrial safety background.
• Degree in safety science or related field. Safety certifications (ASP, CSP, OHST, etc.) are preferred.
• Experience performing Job Safety Analysis of high hazard as well as routine tasks to identify critical risk exposure and develop applicable mitigation actions.
• Ability to champion and drive both H&S initiatives and H&S culture at the project level.
• Functional knowledge of occupational and industrial safety standards to include OSHA, ANSI, and NFPA.
• Ability to develop and present Health & Safety training material.
• Site-specific safety plan development and technical review.
• Knowledge to contribute to the incident investigation process, providing guidance to Managers and ensuring completion of resulting preventative measures.
• Ability to communicate effectively in both oral and written forms.
• Demonstrated confidence and proficiency in delivering constructive feedback to team members, fostering a positive and productive work environment.
• Ability to organize data and processes.
• Ability to meet deadlines, work independently, and effectively make decisions.
• Competency in Confined Space, Fall Protection, and electrical safety (NFPA 70E) preferred.
• Experience with water/wastewater systems and electrical safety a bonus.
• Strong technology skills to include Microsoft Office Suite, SharePoint, and other computer platforms/programs.

$65,628 - $98,442 a year

Pay: This position’s anticipated pay range is provided above; final exempt salary or non-exempt hourly pay will be dependent on experience level as well as considering a % based geographic differential based on where the final candidate will be working. Geographic differentials are used to recognize and reflect cost of labor differences between geographic markets.

Annual Incentive Bonus Opportunity: Eligible positions may receive an annual cash bonus based on the role’s organizational level and is represented as a percentage range of eligible earnings.