Site Safety Coordinator

Location & Travel: Ability to be site-based up to 80% for duration of project and accessible to Houston. Initial project location will be Northwest Texas.

Compensation: Salary, Per Diem (for meals and housing), Annual Target Bonus

The Safety Coordinator position will use their knowledge, experience, and expertise to proactively identify potential hazards and implement preventive measures to protect employees and property. The Safety Coordinator will work closely with the on-site project team and assist in all items/activities related to safety, health, and environmental. The Safety Coordinator requires minimal day-to-day supervision and is able resolve simple issues but is expected to seek advice/direction from the Project Safety Manager in order to make more complex decisions. Must be able to travel and work remotely as required for full-time on-site project support. The Safety Coordinator will support field operations and will be used between project deployments to assist in corporate safety tasks such as procedure development, audit support, and training development. The Safety Coordinator will report to Director of Global Safety. 

Responsibilities: 

• Acts as a technical advisor to project team and contractors.
• Independently determines approaches and develops solutions to resolve simple HSE issues and works with HSE management to determine approaches and develops solutions to resolve complex HSE issues.
• Performs continual monitoring of equipment, structures, and work in progress to ensure required health and safety, and environmental plans for the project and all applicable regulations, codes and standards are followed.
• Stops work when unsafe and determines appropriate corrective and preventative action to be taken and completed prior to restarting.
• Participates in weekly safety inspection/assessment with each contractor/vendor working at site and ensures corrective and preventative actions are implemented.
• Assists in developing and conducting project H&S and environmental orientation sessions for all people working or entering the project site and maintains training records.
• Assists in planning, conducting, or coordinating necessary training programs to promote knowledge of and conformity with health and safety, and environmental issues per phase of project.
• Leads, coordinates, and participates in simple and complex investigations of near misses, injuries, unsafe conditions, and incidents that do or could involve actual or potential liability; maintain records of pertinent data and compile required analysis reports on such investigations.
• Attends tailboard meetings, pre-job briefings and JSA review meetings.
• Leads and develops content for project weekly safety meeting with project management team and contractor/vendor management participation.
• Assists and/or maintains the On Energy online project HSE data base: (safety observations, incident reporting, training, etc.).
• Assist and/or develop project related H&S and environmental programs as may be required for project compliance with local, state, or federal regulations.
• Assist and/or develop training curriculum and conduct required training sessions to educate employees on the safe and compliant work practices associated with project activities.

Administration and Communications Requirements:

• Plans and manages work activities for themselves with assistance from the Project Safety Manager to accomplish project goals and objectives.
• Ensures H&S and environmental plans are comprehensive and effective in meeting established goals and objectives.
• Handles multiple priorities requiring frequent interpretation of programs and procedures.
• Interprets, explains, advises, and makes recommendations on simple safety issues to project management team.
• Teamwork and leadership skills, with the ability to mentor, coach, and guide others in HSE behaviors.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills for effectively communicating with internal and external customers.
• Ability to build strong relationships both internally and externally is a key priority.
• Must be proficient in Microsoft word, excel and power point programs.

Analytical and Technical Requirements:

• Ability to analyze technical and regulatory information, make sound judgments, and provide prudent recommendations.
• Regularly make decisions that are covered by general methods and procedures requiring frequent interpretations of programs and processes.
• Thorough knowledge in the field of health and safety, as well as general environmental regulations for the construction/renewables industry.
• Assist in developing, implementing, and evaluating programs and procedures in areas high-risk activities such as: working at height, electrical safety, lockout/tagout, fire, and hazardous materials, and other areas i.e. ergonomics, emergency preparedness, industrial hygiene and general safe work practices.

Qualifications:  

• 3-5 years work experience in Battery Energy Storage projects and/or industrial electrical construction projects, with safety related certification, e.g., Construction Health and Safety Technician (CHST), Occupational Hygiene and Safety Technician (OHST) or equivalent. Or, work experience may be subsidized by a Degree in Occupational Safety and Health, or related field.
• Low voltage/medium voltage electrical safety experience with foundational knowledge of electrical safe work practices.
• Strong leadership skills
• Must be Bilingual in English and Spanish with the ability to read, write, and translate safety/training documentation from English to Spanish.  
• Must have valid passport or ability to obtain one.