Safety Specialist

Duties/Responsibilities

Description:

• Inspects the jobsites to identify safety, health, and environmental risks.
• Ensure compliance with all regularity requirements, owner requirements and company policies/procedures.
• Actively create and cultivate an injury and accident-free work environment
• Train craft personnel on new employee orientation and other construction safety training programs; document formal training on appropriate forms.
• Anticipate, identify, evaluate, and correct hazardous conditions and practices.
• Drafts inspection reports to document inspection findings.
• Ensures that material safety data sheets are maintained and readily accessible when needed.
• Immediately visit the site of any injury, incident, or near-miss involving employees and/or equipment. Identify and protect evidence in place, note conditions, conduct interviews, take appropriate follow-up actions, and assist with the analysis.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.
• Develops Activity (Job) Hazard Analysis s for all new major work processes

Skills

Safety, Construction, Safety management, Osha 30, Safety training, Audit, Compliance, Construction safety, Health & safety, Inspection, Industrial

Required Skills/Abilities

Additional Skills & Qualifications:

• Extensive knowledge of OSHA regulations and policies.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite or similar software.
• Excellent customer service skills; must be able to relate well to diverse groups of people.
• Expertise in hazard recognition for construction.

Education And Experience

• Degree in Environmental Safety, Occupational Safety and Health, or related field
• Additional certifications such as CHST, ASP, CSP and STS is preferred but not required
• 5+ years of related experience preferred.
• Hi-Tech experience preferred

Physical Requirements

• Physically able to conduct inspections and carry equipment used for inspections.
• Must be able to lift up to 25 pounds at a time.
• Constant mental alertness, accuracy, and attention to detail required
• Standing/Walking/Sitting: workday is combination of standing, walking and sitting

Experience Level

Intermediate Level

About Actalent

Actalent connects passion with purpose. Our scalable talent solutions and services capabilities drive value and results and provide the expertise to help our customers achieve more. Every day, our experts around the globe are making an impact. We re supporting critical initiatives in engineering and sciences that advance how companies serve the world. Actalent promotes consultant care and engagement through experiences that enable continuous development. Our people are the difference. Actalent is an operating company of Allegis Group, the global leader in talent solutions.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.