Safety Professional

Grace Pacific Corporation; Kapolei (HI); On-site; USD 85,000 - 115,000; Full time

Job summary

Grace Pacific Corporation in Hawaii seeks a Safety Specialist to support a proactive safety culture across projects. You will run site-specific safety programs, deliver trainings, and maintain compliance with OSHA and environmental regulations.

The role requires 2 years of relevant education, 3–10 years construction safety experience, and professional certifications such as OSHA 10-hour; CHST or OSHA 30 Hour preferred. Must be willing to travel to neighbor islands.

Qualifications

• Reading: ability to read and interpret legal documents and government regulations.
• Licenses: Valid driver's license.
• Education: 2 years of formal education in Safety, Risk Management or Environmental field, or equivalent.
• Experience: 3–10 years construction environmental, safety and health experience preferred.
• Other: OSHA 10-hour certification required.

Responsibilities

• Performs site specific safety and health programs for assigned projects and personnel, ensuring awareness prior to work activities.
• Assists in developing task specific Activity Hazard Analyses and documents compliance and awareness.
• Conducts weekly safety meetings, orientations and trainings; delivers safety presentations.
• Conducts inspections and ensures unsafe conditions are corrected and escalated as needed.
• Maintains company safety, health and environmental programs and related records.

Skills

Reading legal documents

Driver's license

OSHA 10-hour

Education

2 years formal Ed in Safety/Risk/Env

Tools

MS Word

Excel

Access

PowerPoint

Outlook

Job description

Position Overview:

Provides unqualified support for and actions to continue a positive Safety culture throughout the organization, by their demonstrated concern and actions for each employee's safety.

Essential Duties:

1. Performs site specific safety and health programs for assigned projects and personnel. Ensures EHS awareness is understood prior to the commencement of work activities.
2. Assists and performs in developing task specific activity hazard analyses for each major phase of work for assigned project management teams. Document environmental/safety compliance and awareness.
3. Conducts and documents weekly and other needed safety meetings, new hire and jobsite orientations; proactively develops and delivers safety presentations.
4. Conducts and documents jobsite/facility and corporate safety and health inspections; ensures unsafe and non-compliant conditions are corrected in a timely manner and escalated, if required.
5. Develops lesson plans and conducts and/ or coordinates formal and informal safety and health related training; ensures that all safety training requirements are met.
6. Assists in management of all corporate safety, health and environmental programs including but not limited to; Hazard Communication, Hearing Conservation, Respiratory Protection, Air Program, Storm Water, Spill Prevention, HAZOPER, and Ergonomics Programs.
7. Conduct detailed investigations of work-related near misses, accidents/incidents requiring more than first aid, vehicle accidents & property damage, vehicle & property damage & workers' compensation claims. Develop after action reviews to enable proactive accident/incident prevention. Working with Claim Representatives and responding to wage rate, personnel information and any other requested information required due to the claim.
8. Represents the Company during regulatory agency compliance inspections and complaint/ accident/incident investigations and assists with contest against alleged violations.
9. Maintains professional certifications and remains predominantly current with all environmental, safety and health regulations.
10. Assists with corporate Substance Abuse screening & testing program.
11. Maintains environmental, safety and health related records, documentation (including training records).

Principal Requirements:

Working Conditions:

Work Hours: Must be available to work nights, weekends and travel to neighbor islands as needed.

Equipment Use:

• Must be able to effectively use a laptop computer, tablet computer, and smart phone as required.
• Proficient in MS Word, Excel, Access, Power Point, Outlook; aptitude to learn in-house systems; typing skills to timely complete daily tasks.
• Must be able to safely operate a motor vehicle

Mental and Physical Demands:

• Ability to manage multiple projects and assignments.
• Ability to work in various environments, climb ladders and lift varying weights.

Minimum Qualification Requirements:

Skills/Knowledge:

Reading: Ability to read and interpret legal documents, government regulations.

Licenses: Valid driver's license and favorable traffic abstract.

Education: 2 years of formal education in Safety, Risk Management or Environmental field. Or equivalent combination of education/experience.

Experience: 3-10 years construction environmental, safety and health experience preferred.

Other: Minimum: OSHA 10-hour, Construction Health and Safety Technician (CHST)

Preferred: OSHA 30 Hour, Hazwoper 40 Hour, Competent Person Safety Trained Supervisor Construction (STS-C).