Site Safety & Health Officer 04185 NWGC

Location:

Fort Greely, Alaska

Title:

Site Safety & Health Officer
Schedule (FT/PT):
Regular Full Time

Travel Required:

No
Government Clearance:
Ability to Obtain

North Wind General Contractors, LLC (NWGC) is a Small Business Administration (SBA)-certified 8(a) Small Disadvantaged Business (SDB) providing comprehensive construction services for commercial and federal clients. As a federal prime contractor, we specialize in both large stand-lean projects as well as multiple task order IDIQ contracts, including 100% design, design-build, demolition, facilities renovation and repair, fuels systems repair, and new construction.

NWGC recognizes that our biggest asset is our employees. Our success is a direct result of the hard work, skills, expertise, and unique perspectives and talents that each of our employees bring to the company. We are looking for exceptionally talented, motivated, and dynamic individuals to join our team – not only to support our mission but be an integral part of our continued success.

The Site Safety Health Officer (SSHO) will serve on federal vertical construction projects. The SSHO is responsible for safety oversight and safe execution of all work in compliance with all corporate, federal, state, and site safety requirements. The SSHO is required to be on site at all times during construction activities, overseeing and ensuring safe working conditions for all personnel, including subcontractors, the client, end users, and visitors.

The SSHO works with program and project staff to maintain site-specific Accident Prevention Plan (APP)/Site Safety and Health Plan (SSHP) and develops activity hazard analyses (AHAs) for all features of work for the project.

• Conducts and/or participates in corporate and project-related training, safety meetings, and inspections and serves as a Competent Safety Person.
• Monitors safety and health regulations and provides technical support to project team to ensure compliance with DOD, USACE, EM 385-1-1, OSHA, other federal, and state safety and health regulations.
• Supervises safety of all field activities, to include in-house and subcontractor trades, and coordinates site logistics.
• Implements site safety and emergency plans.
• Coordinates with subcontractors in timely development of AHA and control measures for scopes.
• Performs daily safety inspections and reporting of inspections.
• Prepares daily reports, job diaries, narratives, and all other documentation as determined by the company and by the project needs.
• In conjunction with project manager and corporate safety, investigates near misses, accidents / incidents, identifies root causes, identifies lessons learned, reports on the causes and solutions to ensure countermeasures are implemented in a timely manner.
• Ensures subcontractor personnel attend daily safety and preparatory meetings and are aware of contract and corporate project safety requirements.
• Documents all training, inspections, and safety meetings.
• Conducts project-specific safety orientations for visitors, new hires, and subcontractors, communicating and supporting a proactive culture of Safety.
• Participates and facilitates safety lessons learned.
• Enforces all regulatory, base, and company specific safety rules.
• Implements and documents site safety inspections and monthly equipment inspections.
• Ensures equipment and other project resources are inspected, meet APP safety requirements, and adequate to meet the intended function for the project.
• Exercises authority to stop work for conditions adverse to quality or safety.

• Performs other duties as are appropriate and as assigned.

• High school diploma or GED.
• Five (5) years of consecutive construction industry or federal safety experience in overseeing general construction (managing safety programs or processes or conducting hazard analyses and developing controls), preferably with USACE construction projects. – OR – 4 years of consecutive construction industry or federal safety experience combined with a third-party ANSI or NCCA safety and occupational health certification.
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