About the Role
Partner with Environmental Health & Safety (EH&S) and project teams to enforce construction site compliance with company EH&S programs, policies, procedures, and regulatory requirements. Lead training of safe work practices that educate and inform, and guide project teams on management of environmental and hazardous materials reports and conditions.
Responsibilities
- Lead, direct, and enforce Environmental Health & Safety (EH&S) on a single construction project, based on safety staffing requirements as defined by Headquarters (HQ) EH&S policy.
- Build working relationships with project teams to lead and direct assigned EH&S programs to implement cultural changes in safety practices.
- Assess project EH&S practices and known and potential safety related exposures, develop and implement action plans to mitigate risks and drive changes to improve project team safety awareness and activities.
- Communicate requirements for improving performance to project leadership and team to adopt and adhere to changes using job specific safety standards, best management practices, and EH&S policies and procedures.
- Lead training of EH&S safety policies and procedures, and environmental operational programs with project leadership and team, including non-Turner staff (e.g., joint venture partners, Trades, subcontractors).
- Conduct comprehensive analysis of Phase I, Phase II, and pre-demolition surveys to ensure project-specific program addresses mitigation of environmental risks and following environmental policies.
- Review and interpret environmental and hazardous materials reports and conditions, OSHA and EPA regulations specific to environmental hazards (e.g., storm water, mold, asbestos, PCBs, lead), inform EH&S leadership, follow Environmental Operations policy, and provide guidance to project team.
- Develop and implement safety, health and wellbeing programs for benefit of entire project team.
- Develop reports to explain project safety performance and present findings at project meetings and to relevant stakeholders.
- Negotiate contracts with vendors for safety services, off-site occupational health facilities, and on-site wellness/medical services.
- Manage and mentor Project Safety team, align individual employee goals to project and company objectives, and may participate in hiring process and onboarding.
- Deliver timely performance feedback for direct reports, contribute to performance appraisals during annual performance cycle, utilize talent management systems, and identify appropriate training to help with development needs.
- Other activities, duties, and responsibilities as assigned.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree from accredited degree program in Occupational Safety & Health, Engineering, or related field of study, and minimum of 7 years of related construction safety experience, or equivalent combination of education, training, and experience
- Construction Health Safety Technician (CHST) certification required or within 6 months of appointment to this position
- Completed OSHA 30-hour training and maintain current First Aid/CPR/BBP and AED certifications
- Knowledgeable of Federal, State, and local Environmental Health & Safety regulations
- Working knowledge and application of safety/environmental principles and techniques
- Cross-functional knowledge of general construction operations
- Experience in incident management and response, ability to assess construction processes to identify known and potential safety related exposures and lead implementation of corrective actions
- Management experience with ability to delegate and direct work of others
- Professional verbal and written communication skills and effective presentation delivery skills
- Demonstrate interpersonal skills to build teams and professional relationships
- Able to work to in non-structured environment and flexibility to prioritize responsibilities for self and others
- Travel required, access to reliable transportation required
Skills
- EH&S programs
- EH&S policies
- EH&S procedures
- Regulatory requirements
- Safe work practices
- Environmental and hazardous materials reports
- Safety staffing
- Safety practices
- Risk mitigation
- Safety awareness
- Best management practices
- Environmental operational programs
- Phase I surveys
- Phase II surveys
- Pre-demolition surveys
- Environmental risks
- Environmental policies
- OSHA regulations
- EPA regulations
- Storm water management
- Mold remediation
- Asbestos abatement
- PCBs management
- Lead abatement
- Safety programs
- Health programs
- Wellbeing programs
- Project safety performance reporting
- Vendor contract negotiation
- Occupational health services
- Wellness services
- Medical services
- Team management
- Mentoring
- Goal alignment
- Hiring process
- Onboarding
- Performance feedback
- Performance appraisals
- Talent management systems
- Training development
- Incident management
- Incident response
- Construction processes
- Corrective actions
- Delegation
- Work direction
- Verbal communication
- Written communication
- Presentation delivery
- Interpersonal skills
- Team building
- Relationship building
- Prioritization
Location
- Austin, TX 73301 USA
Work Type
- Regular
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Experienced
- Minimum of 7 years of related construction safety experience
Education Level
- Bachelor’s Degree from accredited degree program in Occupational Safety & Health, Engineering, or related field of study
- Construction Health Safety Technician (CHST) certification
- OSHA 30-hour training
- First Aid/CPR/BBP and AED certifications
Salary/Compensations
- $160,000.00 - $180,000.00 annualized
Benefits
- Medical coverage
- Dental coverage
- Vision coverage
- 401(k) plan
- Health Savings Account
- Flexible Spending Account
- Wellness benefits
- Voluntary legal plan
- Identity theft protection
- Life insurance
- Short-term disability coverage
- Long-term disability coverage
About the Company
- Turner Construction is an industry-leading construction services company.
Equal Opportunity
- Turner is an Equal Opportunity Employer - race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, or other characteristics protected by applicable law.
