Safety Engineer - San Antonio, TX
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Job summary
Hensel Phelps in San Antonio, TX is seeking a Safety Engineer to support the safety manager on a construction project. The role involves recommending safety improvements, implementing policies, and assisting the team in planning and monitoring activities to prevent incidents.
The position is safety sensitive and requires collaboration with the project team to maintain a safe work environment, conduct audits, and support regulatory compliance throughout the project lifecycle.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in a safety or related field (preferred).
- 4‑year degree preferred; OSH degree suggested.
- Valid driver’s license required; strong communication skills; proficient with MS Office, Prolog, Primavera and AutoDesk.
Responsibilities
- Communicate with stakeholders including Hensel Phelps staff and trade partners.
- Follow company safety and health program and applicable standards (EM 385‑1‑1).
- Assist superintendent with accident prevention plan and safety management tools.
- Support six‑step quality control/safety process and activity hazard analyses.
- Conduct project safety audits and maintain project records.
- Assist with OSHA inspections as needed.
- Assist with accidents and near miss investigations and reporting.
- Monitor safety performance of Hensel Phelps and trade partners.
- Attend awareness and competent person level courses.
- Learn construction processes and roles/responsibilities.
Education
Tools
Job description
About Hensel Phelps: At Hensel Phelps, we don’t just build projects— we build careers, communities, and a culture of excellence. As an employee‑owned company, every person here plays a vital role in shaping our success and future. Guided by our core values of Ownership, Integrity, Builder mindset, Diversity, and Community, we combine cutting‑edge technology with hands‑on expertise to deliver landmark projects across the nation. When you join Hensel Phelps, you join a team that values your growth, empowers your ideas, and invests in your journey. Together, we create an environment where innovation thrives, safety is paramount, and every individual has the opportunity to make a lasting impact.
The Safety Engineer is a resource for supporting the safety manager and project team in the successful completion of a construction project. The safety engineer exercises judgment and discretion in making safety‑related recommendations, implementing safety policies and procedures, and handling a wide variety of safety matters in the field and office. This position assists the project team in planning, monitoring work activities and correcting unsafe acts or conditions. This is a safety sensitive position.
- Effectively communicate with various stakeholders including Hensel Phelps staff, craft and trade partners
- Knowledgeable of the company safety and health program, owner requirements and applicable regulatory standards which may include EM 385-1-1
- Assist the project superintendent in the completion, maintenance and management of the accident prevention plan, safety management tool and crisis management plan
- Participate in the six-step quality control/safety process including reviewing the activity hazard analyses and participating in follow‑up inspections
- Conduct project safety audits including project point files
- Assist with OSHA inspections, as necessary
- Assist with accidents and near miss events including investigations, injury management and claim reporting
- Assist in monitoring Hensel Phelps and trade partner safety performance
- Attend awareness and competent person level courses
- Learn the construction process and various roles and responsibilities of all positions.
About Hensel Phelps: At Hensel Phelps, we don’t just build projects— we build careers, communities, and a culture of excellence. As an employee‑owned company, every person here plays a vital role in shaping our success and future. Guided by our core values of Ownership, Integrity, Builder mindset, Diversity, and Community, we combine cutting‑edge technology with hands‑on expertise to deliver landmark projects across the nation. When you join Hensel Phelps, you join a team that values your growth, empowers your ideas, and invests in your journey. Together, we create an environment where innovation thrives, safety is paramount, and every individual has the opportunity to make a lasting impact.
The Safety Engineer is a resource for supporting the safety manager and project team in the successful completion of a construction project. The safety engineer exercises judgment and discretion in making safety‑related recommendations, implementing safety policies and procedures, and handling a wide variety of safety matters in the field and office. This position assists the project team in planning, monitoring work activities and correcting unsafe acts or conditions. This is a safety sensitive position.
Key Responsibilities
- Effectively communicate with various stakeholders including Hensel Phelps staff, craft and trade partners
- Knowledgeable of the company safety and health program, owner requirements and applicable regulatory standards which may include EM 385-1-1
- Assist the project superintendent in the completion, maintenance and management of the accident prevention plan, safety management tool and crisis management plan
- Participate in the six-step quality control/safety process including reviewing the activity hazard analyses and participating in follow‑up inspections
- Conduct project safety audits including project point files
- Assist with OSHA inspections, as necessary
- Assist with accidents and near miss events including investigations, injury management and claim reporting
- Assist in monitoring Hensel Phelps and trade partner safety performance
- Attend awareness and competent person level courses
- Learn the construction process and various roles and responsibilities of all positions.
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About Hensel Phelps: At Hensel Phelps, we don’t just build projects— we build careers, communities, and a culture of excellence. As an employee‑owned company, every person here plays a vital role in shaping our success and future. Guided by our core values of Ownership, Integrity, Builder mindset, Diversity, and Community, we combine cutting‑edge technology with hands‑on expertise to deliver landmark projects across the nation. When you join Hensel Phelps, you join a team that values your growth, empowers your ideas, and invests in your journey. Together, we create an environment where innovation thrives, safety is paramount, and every individual has the opportunity to make a lasting impact.
The Safety Engineer is a resource for supporting the safety manager and project team in the successful completion of a construction project. The safety engineer exercises judgment and discretion in making safety‑related recommendations, implementing safety policies and procedures, and handling a wide variety of safety matters in the field and office. This position assists the project team in planning, monitoring work activities and correcting unsafe acts or conditions. This is a safety sensitive position.
- Effectively communicate with various stakeholders including Hensel Phelps staff, craft and trade partners
- Knowledgeable of the company safety and health program, owner requirements and applicable regulatory standards which may include EM 385-1-1
- Assist the project superintendent in the completion, maintenance and management of the accident prevention plan, safety management tool and crisis management plan
- Participate in the six-step quality control/safety process including reviewing the activity hazard analyses and participating in follow‑up inspections
- Conduct project safety audits including project point files
- Assist with OSHA inspections, as necessary
- Assist with accidents and near miss events including investigations, injury management and claim reporting
- Assist in monitoring Hensel Phelps and trade partner safety performance
- Attend awareness and competent person level courses
- Learn the construction process and various roles and responsibilities of all positions.
Bachelors
- A 4-year degree is preferred
- Occupational Safety and Health degree suggested
- Valid Driver’s License, required
- Strong communication skills
- Computer software - Microsoft Office Suite, specifically Excel based templates, Prolog, Primavera and AutoDesk Suite.
- Moderate Work. Exerting up to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 25 pounds of force frequently, and/or 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects.
- The individual in this position will periodically walk, kneel, sit, crouch, reach, stoop, read/see, speak, push, pull, lift, stand, and finger/type. The frequency of each action varies by workflow and office activity.
- Walking - The person in this position needs to occasionally move about inside the office to access file cabinets, office machinery, boxes, cabinets, etc.
- Constantly operates a computer and other office machinery, such as a calculator, copy machine, phone, computer, and computer printer.
- The person in this position frequently communicates with employees and external stakeholders regarding a variety of topics related to office administration.
- Constantly computes, analyzes, and conceptualizes mathematical calculations and formulas.
- The person in this position regularly sits in a stationary position in front of a computer screen.
- Constantly reads written communications and views mail submissions. Will also need to read blueprints and take/verify field measurements.
- Climbing – Ascending or descending ladders, stairs, scaffolding and ramps at various heights.
- Balancing – Ability to maintain body equilibrium to prevent falling and to walk, stand or crouch.
- Stooping – Bending the body downward and forward by the spine at the waist.
- Visual acuity and ability to operate a vehicle as certified and appropriate.
- Occasionally exposed to high and low temperatures
- Frequently exposed to noisy environments and outdoor elements such as precipitation and wind.
A 4-year degree is preferred.
Occupational Safety and Health degree suggested.
San Antonio
Texas
Engineering
Construction1 Construction
Hensel Phelps
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