Safety Professional I - Data Center

Gilbane Building; New Florence (MO); On-site; USD 42,000 - 64,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health and welfare benefits

Profit-sharing/401k

Gilbane University training

Job summary

Gilbane Building Company seeks an entry-level Safety Professional I to support safety efforts on a Data Center project in Missouri. You will learn and contribute alongside a seasoned safety team, helping to promote a strong safety culture and protect personnel.

You’ll participate in safety planning, training, inspections, and incident investigations while aligning with OSHA requirements and Gilbane standards. This role emphasizes growth and hands-on experience.

Qualifications

• Safety or Engineering coursework preferred.
• 0-1 years of relevant experience.
• Or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Responsibilities

• Promotes the Gilbane Cares safety culture.
• Preplans safety for contractor activities via scope review and meetings.
• Ensures contractor submittals meet safety requirements.
• Ensures compliance with Gilbane safety plan and expectations.
• Maintains safety documentation.
• Makes recommendations to address hazardous situations.
• Performs SafetyNet inspections and observations.
• Provides safety training on Gilbane, client, and OSHA requirements.
• Investigates accidents/near misses and completes required paperwork.
• Ensures availability of safety equipment and resources.

Skills

Construction safety principles

OSHA regulations

Written and verbal communication

Interpersonal skills

Microsoft Office

Education

Safety or Engineering coursework preferred

0-1 years of relevant experience

Or equivalent combination of education and experience

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Overview

Are you looking for a highly rewarding opportunity that provides extensive career growth opportunity? Gilbane is seeking a Safety Professional I - Data Center to provide entry-level support of all safety efforts on the project.

Who are we?

As a Top-10 ENR Contractor, Gilbane is a family-owned business with 45 offices that has been shaping communities since 1870. Consistently recognized as one of the most reputable construction management firms in the country, Gilbane is committed to delivering projects safely and on-time. You will have the opportunity to build schools, labs, hospitals, corporate offices, sports arenas and more! We are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

Who are you?

You are someone who acts inclusively, showing empathy and treating others with respect and dignity in order to uphold Gilbane’s core value of Caring and “People First” workplace culture. You seek to listen in order to understand and can convey information clearly. You’re a strong problem solver who can identify, prioritize, and implement alternatives for solutions, and you demonstrate adaptability by collaborating with others and supporting team members to achieve excellence. A self-starter who shows passion, commitment, and ownership all while delivering on business outcomes and driving results. You’re someone who identifies opportunities for new and improved ways of doing things that result in value-add solutions.

Your core values match Gilbane’s: Integrity, Caring, Teamwork, Toughmindedness, Dedication to Excellence, Discipline, Loyalty, and Entrepreneurship.

What’s in it for you?

Gilbane offers employees multi-dimensional training opportunities through a number of resources. While managing your responsibilities to projects, you will be able to enroll in trainings through our award-winning Gilbane University to build leadership and technical skills. In addition, you would work with an experienced team which provides you with the opportunity to learn new industry skills every day. You will protect and promote the interests of both Gilbane and the client in all matters as well as demonstrating the personal characteristics of a developing leader.

Responsibilities

• Promotes the Gilbane Cares safety culture
• Ensures contractor activities are preplanned for safety through scope review, preconstruction meetings, JHA review, STAs, etc.
• Ensures contractors meet Gilbane safety submittal requirements
• Ensures contractor compliance with Gilbane safety plan & expectations
• Maintains all safety related documentation
• Makes recommendations concerning situations hazardous to employee safety or health
• Utilizes SafetyNet to audit and monitor project team implementation of the Safety Plan
• Performs at least 15 SafetyNet inspections per month with at least 100 observations in each inspection
• Provides safety training to project teams on Gilbane, client, and OSHA requirements
• Investigates all accidents/near misses and complete all paperwork required
• Ensures project teams have safety equipment and resources

Qualifications

• Safety or Engineering college level coursework preferred
• 0-1 years of relevant experience
• Or equivalent combination of education and experience

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Working knowledge of construction safety principles, techniques, and methods
• Knowledge of OSHA laws, regulations, and policies
• Capable of identifying known potential exposures and recommending corrective action
• Computer skills and familiarity with the Microsoft Office suite
• Basic written and verbal communication skills
• Interpersonal skills

Gilbane offers an excellent total compensation package which includes competitive health and welfare benefits and a generous profit-sharing/401k plan. We invest in our employees’ education and have built Gilbane University into a top training organization in the construction industry. Qualified applicants who are offered a position must pass a pre-employment substance abuse test.

Gilbane is an affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, color, national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status, or disability status.

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