Safety Coordinator Jobs

Job Purpose

The HSE Coordinator is responsible for acting as the front-line safety professional conducting safety inspections, observations, investigations, safety training, and regulatory compliance for OSHA, DOT, and EPA. This position supports personnel across all departments.

Essential Functions

• Administer training, safety record keeping, and documentation for compliance to safety training policies and requirements in the assigned area of responsibility.
• Inspect workplace facilities, including tools, equipment, and machinery, to identify and correct deficiencies or potential hazards, and to ensure compliance to OSHA / DOT / Directional Services.Inc.safety and regulatory requirements.
• Perform other duties as required and/or assigned
• Ensure tools, equipment, materials, vehicles, and technical instruments are fit-for-purpose, functional, calibrated, and the appropriate protective equipment, methods, guard, management systems are in place to reduce or eliminate the risk of employee injuries or illnesses.
• Develop mitigation measures and corrective actions for the objective findings of observation and inspection deficiencies, incident investigations, and like-industry experience to reduce the risk of hazards from recurring within the DSI organization.
• Recommend safe work processes and demonstrate personal protective equipment safety features that will reduce employees' exposure to workplace and environmental hazards.
• Conduct or facilitate safety training and education programs to supervisory and field employees through formal training classes, safety meetings, or other venues.
• Assist local management in the investigation of safety-related damage incidents, employee injuries or occupational illnesses, and motor vehicle accidents to determine cause and contributing factors.
• Provide advice and counseling about regulatory compliance with safety, health and environmental laws, codes, regulations, standards, and the related Company requirements.

Minimum Qualifications

• Good written and verbal communication skills.
• A High School Diploma or GED, 3 years work experience.
• Knowledge of business and management principles and practices involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources.
• Clarity of vision at 20 feet or more and 20 inches or less, with the ability to judge distance and space relationships.
• Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
• Ability to consider the relative costs, risks and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one based on business and employee needs.
• Ability to monitor/assess performance of self, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective actions.
• Ability to bring separate parties together to attempt to reconcile differences and negotiate results.
• Knowledge of laws, legal codes, formal interpretations, precedents, government regulations, executive orders, agency rules, and procedures.
• Ability to actively listen, giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
• Ability to use logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
• Ability to Identify complex problems and review related information to develop and evaluate options and implement appropriate solutions.
• Knowledge of construction industry standards.
• Ability to identify and distinguish colors.

Preferred Qualifictions

• Current certifications or in pursuit of any of the OHSA 10,30,510,500
• Bilingual in Spanish.
• OSHA Outreach Training Instructor (Construction).
• Degree and 5 or more years of construction-related safety experience.

Physical Demands and Work Environment

This job operates in a field environment. This role routinely requires extended periods of bending, squatting, climbing, kneeling, pushing, pulling, lifting, lifting in awkward positions, standing, and twisting. This position is physically active, with lifting required. Must be able to bend and lift and carry up to 50 pounds. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to outside weather conditions. Employee may be required to temporarily perform duties in areas of increased hazards and/or loud noise.

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of the job.

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive list of activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. The Company reserves the right to revise or change the job duties as the need arises. Management reserves the right to change the description, duties or work schedules to accommodate individuals with disabilities.

Directional Services Inc, is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer

M / F / VET / DISABLED and a Drug Free Workplace

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