HSE Specialist

Job Overview

APTIM is seeking an HSE Specialist to join our team in Linden, New Jersey. This role develops, implements, maintains, and manages project health and safety, worker's compensation, and safety programs. Provides technical expertise necessary to ensure compliance with local, state, and federal safety, environmental, and worker's compensation regulations. Works closely with the Regional HSE Manager, Project Manager and Construction Managers in addressing and resolving HSE technical challenges and issues, while supporting the project.

Requires an effective communicator who follows corporate guidance and sets clear, concise health, safety and environmental performance goals with managers, employees, subcontractors and client representatives.

Conducts compliance evaluations of equipment, structures, and work in progress to ensure that regulatory environmental, safety, and health standards of the company and all applicable codes are followed. Prepares and reviews technical reports, correspondence, and procedures manuals. Establishes and maintains licenses and permits as required. External contacts include clients at work locations and regulatory agencies. The individual exhibits knowledge and applies the fundamental concepts, practices, and procedures of health, safety and environmental programs.

Under minimal supervision, assists in the application and enforcement of company and project standards and regulations.

• Ensure implementation of the Project Accident Prevention Plan, EM 385-1-1 and applicable client procedures.
• Conduct Site Safety Orientations and Site Required Training to all APTIM personnel with emphasis on excavation safety, confined space entry requirements and fall protection.
• Act as competent person for excavation, confined space and fall protection tasks
• Participate in and facilitate the APTIM Target Observation program; monitor and analyze safety observation trends and implement corrective actions designed to improve results.
• Ensure day-to-day safety work processes are followed (e.g., rigging and material handling safety, client Permits, required personal gas monitoring, JSA implementation, routine safety inspections and reporting).
• Performs the daily tailgate safety meetings to ensure hazards are understood by the work crew.
• Assists in developing and reviewing Activity Hazard Analyses, Review and Submit the AHAs to the client for acceptance.
• Assist Supervisors on daily walk-downs and weekly safety supervisor inspections.
• Reviewing and communication of daily lessons learned in morning meetings and at other appropriate times in the field.
• Facilitates proper incident investigations for all accidents and injury management according to current Safety Plan and Site Safety and APTIM Expectations in coordination with other agencies as required; communicate verbally and written initial incident notification to Site Safety and APTIM Management.
• Provide injury management leadership; case management, visits to clinic as needed. Following up with employee injury progress.
• Enter all accident, incident data, near misses and great catches in the APTIM Incident Management System (AIM).
• Ensures compliance with company, industry, governmental agency, and other applicable safety, environmental standards and regulations and worker's compensation laws.
• Monitors federal, state, regional, and local safety regulations for impact on APTIM and recommends changes as needed.
• Administers the medical surveillance program
• Administers and monitors the worker’s compensation program
• Serves as the liaison with governmental agencies
• Coordinates with Corporate Safety and Environmental Health to maintain compliance with APTIM plans and programs.
• Performs and/or coordinates safety related training including APTIM and Client required training.
• Works with Managers and employees to correct findings discovered during inspections
• Assists Managers in conducting Job Safety Analysis and Safety Observation Program and monthly project safety council meetings.

• 5 years professional-level experience in Health, Safety and Environmental with Federal Government or Federal Government…