Onsite Safety Leader: OSHA-Driven Compliance

Job Description

The Site Safety & Health Officer (SSHO) is responsible for ensuring all around safety compliance of the project site as well as the health and safety of all personnel. Responsible for the development of all safety plans and activity hazard analyses. Provide onsite safety education and training and conduct all safety meetings. Provide a proactive innovative attitude towards solving difficult site-specific safety issues that complies with all federal, state, and local safety regulations.

This position will be under the direct supervision of the Project Manager & Site Superintendent/QC Manager. The SSHO shall provide full-time on-site safety and occupational health surveillance, inspections, training, and safety enforcement. The SSHO is required to be 100% on site during scheduled working hours.

Site Safety & Health Officer (SSHO)



Job Description

The Site Safety & Health Officer (SSHO) is responsible for ensuring all around safety compliance of the project site as well as the health and safety of all personnel. Responsible for the development of all safety plans and activity hazard analyses. Provide onsite safety education and training and conduct all safety meetings. Provide a proactive innovative attitude towards solving difficult site-specific safety issues that complies with all federal, state, and local safety regulations.

This position will be under the direct supervision of the Project Manager & Site Superintendent/QC Manager. The SSHO shall provide full-time on-site safety and occupational health surveillance, inspections, training, and safety enforcement. The SSHO is required to be 100% on site during scheduled working hours.

Responsibilities

• Ensuring that all on-site activities comply with all applicable regulations, requirements, and standards (e.g., OSHA, EM 385-1-1, company policy, and insurance requirements).
• Conducting regular site inspections, recording violations, and remediating non-compliance. Coordination of safety issues with the Site Superintendent/Quality Control Manager. Ensure project site cleanliness and infection control.
• Provide management and oversight of site-specific safety activities. Examples - Changing of cutter heads, lockout/tag out activities, etc.
• Coordinating emergency responses and interfacing with medical personnel.
• Investigating incidents involving personal injury, property damage, safety violations, or unsafe working conditions. Completing all reports, documentation, and paperwork related to the above.
• Must be present on-site anytime work is being done.
• Prior to definable feature of work (DFOW) create an activity hazard analysis (AHA) and conduct a site wide safety meeting relating to that activity.
• Creating site-specific documents including AHAs and an Accident Prevention Program (APP) for each DFOW. Provide continuous monitoring to ensure all personnel onsite adhere to these requirements.
• Developing new safety policies and modifying the site safety and health plan as needed.
• Documenting daily site inspections, daily safety checklists, daily sign-in sheets, weekly safety deficiency tracking logs, first aid logs, and equipment inspections including fire extinguisher, etc.
• Maintain applicable safety reference materials on the job site. Maintain current SDS (MSDS) list of hazardous chemicals on site.
• Maintain project team's certifications, ensuring they are up to date and request additional training required for project team including subcontractors and sub tier personnel.
• Ensure all required job site posters/signages are in place. Ensure OSHA 300 & 300A are posted from February 1 to April 30th every year.
• Requesting required permits for work such as infection control permits (ICRA), above ceiling permits, interim life safety measures (ILSM), and hot work permits.
• Coordinate shutdowns. Prepare paperwork as needed for the shutdown. Coordinate with subcontractors and project owners. Conduct safety briefing prior to all shut down work and document.
• Organizing safety training for all personnel (e.g., new employee orientation, laborer orientation, subcontractor orientation, refresher training, and equipment training).
• Continuously updates certifications and…