Safety Manager (Mesquite, TX) - Austin Bridge & Road

Austin Industries; Mesquite (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Austin Bridge & Road, a leading heavy civil construction firm, is seeking a Safety Manager for a Mesquite, Texas project. The role supports the Safety Director by implementing site safety reviews and ensuring a safe, healthy, and accident-free work environment through safety systems and training for office and field personnel.

Key duties include developing JHA and safety execution plans, conducting incident investigations, coordinating safety meetings, and training.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of construction safety experience on heavy civil projects.
• Bachelor’s degree in Safety and Health or a related field.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
• Proven ability to supervise and mentor a team of 1-2 safety professionals.
• Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States; no visa sponsorship.

Responsibilities

• Examine project settings and ensure safety controls for work, equipment, and processes.
• Develop and review project JHA and safety execution plans for subcontractor selection and compliance.
• Create, develop, and present safety-training programs and maintain records.
• Lead incident investigations and generate safety reports within required timelines.
• Coordinate and lead project site safety meetings and daily site assessments.
• Interact with field personnel, supervision, and management to disseminate safety information.

Skills

Safety certifications

Public speaking

Organizational skills

Bilingual Spanish

Education

Bachelor's degree in Safety and Health

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Austin Industries is one of the nation’s largest, most diversified U.S.-based construction companies. With more than 8,000 employee-owners, Austin Industries provides nearly every type of civil, commercial and industrial construction services through the expertise of our operating companies: Austin Bridge & Road, Austin Commercial and Austin Industrial.

Austin Bridge & Road is currently seeking an experienced Safety Manager for a project in Mesquite, Texas. We excel at what we do and are looking for talented professionals that want to excel with us. The Safety Manager provides support to the Safety Director by implementing safety review of job sites, and ensures a safe, healthy, and accident-free work environment, by providing oversight for safety systems and safety training to office and field personnel.

Supervisory Responsibilities

• Supervisor 1-2 safety professionals

Responsibilities

• Examine project settings from both the work being performed and the client's operations and processes (equipment used, products, and by-products).
• Manage preconstruction and bid selection safety process.
• Develop and review project JHA, and safety execution plans for subcontractor selection and compliance.
• Gather information necessary to identify possible exposures and effects to any existing hazards associated with the project and its operations.
• Devise methods (strategies) and make recommendations for eliminating/controlling hazard exposures.
• Interpret and disseminate hazard exposures.
• Develop, prepare, and conduct training as needed to inform employees of proper working methods, controls, and personal protective equipment needed for specific work task.
• Evaluate, create, and present findings of non-compliance with the current HCSS program.
• Create, develop, and present safety-training programs as assigned to include specialized, re-certification, new hire orientation, and procedural sessions.
• Ensure all training records are well documented and properly filed.
• Monitor the effectiveness of all training information.
• Attend training sessions as needed to improve professional skills.
• Monitor and evaluate the work habits and conditions of all jobs routinely.
• Develop reports or perform administrative functions as requested or instructed.
• Interact with field personnel, supervision, and management to disseminate safety information.
• Conduct and/or attend incident investigations when required.
• Generate, create, and distribute all reports correctly and within given time frames.
• Coordinate and lead project site safety meetings.
• Conduct daily site assessments of work areas.
• Assist in pre-job activities as needed to assure safety compliance.
• Provide medical treatment at the level of care as needed.
• Report unsafe conditions to management as needed.
• Assist with the issuance, exchange, inventory, and stocking of safety equipment and first-aid supplies.
• Assist in emergencies involving the directing and accounting of personnel in the event of an emergency.
• Manage incident occurrence: i.e., Workers Comp., injuries, accidents, etc.
• Establish treatment centers at project locations in case of medical needs.
• Create and conduct periodical training programs as needed.
• Liaison to owner representative.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years of construction safety experience on heavy civil projects
• CHST, CSHO or ASP, CSP certification preferred
• OSHA 500 preferred
• CMAR and preconstruction experience preferred
• Experience with asphalt laydown operations and asphalt plant operations preferred
• Good organizer, meticulous, and good public speaker at ease moderating large groups
• Bilingual in Spanish highly desirable

Requirements

• Minimum of 5 years of construction safety experience
• Bachelor’s degree in Safety and Health or a related field
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint,)
• Proven ability to supervise and mentor a team of 1-2 safety professionals
• Applicants must be legally authorized to work for ANY employer in the United States. Austin Bridge & Road is unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa for this position.

Benefits & Compensation

We offer excellent benefits including medical, dental, life and disability insurance, and a matching 401K plan. We are proud to be a 100% Employee-Owned Company (ESOP)! To learn more about our employee-ownership structure, please go to https://www.austin-ind.com/our-company/100-employee-owned.

Austin Bridge & Road is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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About Austin Bridge And Road

A leader in the heavy highway and transportation industry for more than 100 years, Austin Bridge & Road delivers asphalt and concrete services, and builds landmark projects such as complex highway interchanges, tollways, runways, bridges, rail projects, and water/wastewater facilities.

To learn more about us, visit https://www.austin-ind.com/what-we-do/bridge-road.

No Third-Party Inquiries Please

This Company does not accept and will not consider unsolicited resumes or any other unsolicited candidate information submitted to the Company or any of its employee-owners by staffing agencies, search firms, or third-party recruiters in response to a posted vacancy. The Company will not pay any placement fee(s) without a written agreement to do so (i.e., payment must be required pursuant to the terms of a written agreement).

Any unsolicited resumes or candidate information submitted to this Company or any of its employee-owners becomes the property of the Company.

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