Safety Specialist

Safety Specialist

The Safety Specialist is responsible in offering knowledge and skills in order to generate and ensure a safe working environment for employees of our client companies.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Employee/Client Relations
  • Client assistance in regards to compliance with state and federal laws, client company policies and T&T Staff Management policies
  • Employee/Client Incident Investigations
  • Perform routine safety training sessions/meetings with client company
  • Perform regular jobsite inspections of all client companies in order to identity any unsafe work practices/conditions
  • Document findings and forward findings to management
  • Ensure all activity is entered in client database weekly
  • Enforcement of all safety rules/procedures at all times
  • Works with management and other departments to apply adequate disciplinary procedures for those who violate safety rules
• Develop and implement actions to minimize occupational injury/illnesses
• Advising on a range of specialty areas, (e.g. hazardous substances, noise protection, safeguarding machinery, and occupational injury/illness)
• Responsible in keeping abreast of emerging worksite area safety issues
• Advises management of potentially hazardous conditions
• Thoroughly inspects machinery, equipment, worksite, and working conditions in industrial, construction or other setting to ensure compliance with occupational safety and health regulations
• Inspects machines and equipment for accident prevention devices.
• Observes workers to determine use of personal protective equipment, such as safety glasses, helmets, goggles, respirators, and clothing.
• Inspects specified areas for fire-prevention equipment and other safety and first-aid supplies.
• Inspect worksite areas for potential hazards: falls, struck by, slips, falls, electrical, etc. Prepares report of findings with recommendations for corrective action.
• Investigates accidents to ascertain causes for use in recommending preventive safety measures and developing safety program.
• Demonstrates proper use of safety equipment.
• Company Vehicle Policy:
  • Operate company-owned vehicles safely and professionally at all times
• Maintain the company vehicle as if it were your own personal auto
• Understands that personal use of company vehicle is prohibited
• Driving conduct is to be courteous and professional at all times

Other duties may be assigned to meet business needs

Non
- Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Support with Character First!
• Support with New/Existing Client Compliance
• Support with Terminations
• Support with Warnings
• Support with Drug Screens

Qualification/Requirement:

• Knowledge of Safety and Client Services
• Familiarity with OSHA Standards
• OSHA 10/30 hour training
• Computer Proficient
• Bilingual English/Spanish

Education/Training/

Experience:

• The successful candidate should have a high school diploma or a GED
• 3+yrs experience in a Safety position
• OSHA 500 Outreach Construction Trainer Course preferred