Safety Tech- ( Freeport, TX) - Austin Industrial

Austin Industries, Inc.; Freeport (TX); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Austin Industrial is seeking a Safety Tech to execute site safety programs on assigned projects in the United States. You will educate staff, ensure compliance with safety policies, and support incident prevention while coordinating with project teams and subcontractors.

Responsibilities include training, reporting, audits, and representing the company professionally. This role requires 4 years safety experience and valid safety-related certifications; must be legally eligible to work in the U.S.

Qualifications

• Education – no minimum education requirements.
• Experience – 4 years of maintenance and construction safety experience.
• Certification/License: A valid Driver’s License, TWIC Card, and CSST/NCCER

Responsibilities

• Build working relationships with customer representatives, project staff, and subcontractor safety representatives.
• Assist in creating accurate safety reports and accident investigation documents
• Assist in staff safety training and subcontractor development
• Represent the company positively and professionally with the customer and subcontractors
• Create and facilitate safety training and orientations aligned with project specifics and schedules
• Participate in safety organizations outside of the company and in assigned region
• Ensure compliance with the company’s current safety manual, policies, and expectations
• Majority of time spent in the field observing work, coaching, auditing, and engaging craft employee-owners
• Help project supervision resolve safety problems and issues in the field
• Fill in for site HSE manager during absences
• Other duties as assigned.
• Applicants must be legally authorized to work for ANY employer in the United States. Austin is unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa for this position.

Education

No minimum education

Job description

About Austin Industrial

Austin Industrial provides premier self-perform maintenance, construction, and soft craft service to leading industrial companies across the U.S. An industry leader for more than 60 years, we offer single-source solutions to our customers in the oil, gas, chemical, food, agriculture, power, and manufacturing industries.

About Austin Industrial

Austin Industrial provides premier self-perform maintenance, construction, and soft craft service to leading industrial companies across the U.S. An industry leader for more than 60 years, we offer single-source solutions to our customers in the oil, gas, chemical, food, agriculture, power, and manufacturing industries.

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

Safety Tech

Responsibilities include executing the site safety program on an assigned project. Educates and trains Austin project staff in safety requirements, and best practices in incident prevention. Ensures compliance with company and customer safety policies. Other duties may be assigned.

Specific Duties And Responsibilities

• Build working relationships with customer representatives, project staff, and subcontractor safety representatives.
• Assist in creating accurate safety reports and accident investigation documents
• Assist in staff safety training and subcontractor development
• Represent the company positively and professionally with the customer and subcontractors
• Create and facilitate safety training and orientations aligned with project specifics and schedules
• Participate in safety organizations outside of the company and in assigned region
• Ensure compliance with the company’s current safety manual, policies, and expectations
• Majority of time spent in the field observing work, coaching, auditing, and engaging craft employee-owners
• Help project supervision resolve safety problems and issues in the field
• Fill in for site HSE manager during absences
• Other duties as assigned.
• Applicants must be legally authorized to work for ANY employer in the United States. Austin is unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa for this position.

Physical Demands:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions. While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel and reach with hands and arms. The employee is frequently required to stand; walk; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; talk or hear, and taste or smell. The employee must regularly lift and /or move up to 25 pounds and may frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

Qualifications Required For This Position

Education – no minimum education requirements.

Experience – 4 years of maintenance and construction safety experience.

Certification/License: A valid Driver’s License, TWIC Card, and CSST/NCCER

Austin Industrial is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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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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