Safety Engineer

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Safety Engineer

The Wesson Group, LLC is growing and seeking a motivated individual to join our close-knit team. With over four decades of experience, our team delivers heavy civil and renewable energy design-build excellence. We specialize in sustainable solutions for wind, solar, marine, infrastructure, heavy civil, and transportation. Headquartered in Johnstown, NY, our work ranges throughout Western, Central, and Northern NY. Our unwavering commitment to safety, excellence, transparency, and stakeholder collaboration positions people at the heart of everything we do.

At The Wesson Group, you’re more than just a number - you’re part of a team that puts safety and family first. We take pride in our work and support each other with respect and professionalism. In the field, you work with colleagues who take pride in the project. You will work in a respectful environment with top-tier experienced professionals dedicated to superior quality.

Across the board - whether you are a veteran, a mid-career professional or just starting out, the Wesson Group offers a place to grow and excel.

The Safety Engineer is responsible for supporting the implementation, administration, and continuous improvement of The Wesson Group's safety programs across heavy civil, renewable energy, and infrastructure projects. This position serves as a field-focused safety professional, spending approximately 80% of time in the field supporting project teams, monitoring work activities, conducting inspections, coordinating safety initiatives, and assisting with incident response. The Safety Engineer works closely with Superintendents, Forepersons, Project Managers, Operations, Human Resources, ESQ&C leadership, subcontractors, and employees to promote safe work practices and ensure compliance with company, customer, and regulatory requirements.

This position reports to the Safety Manager or Site Safety Manager.

• Conduct employee safety orientations and onboarding sessions, including regularly scheduled orientation programs for new hires and project personnel.
• Monitor and coordinate pre-employment, post-accident, random, and reasonable suspicion drug testing activities and follow-up requirements.
• Support safety oversight for self-performed civil construction activities and actively participate in field safety monitoring.
• Spend approximately 80% of work time in the field supporting project teams, observing work activities, conducting inspections, and coaching employees on safe work practices.
• Identify, monitor, and evaluate congested, complex, or high-hazard work activities and coordinate additional support resources when needed.
• Conduct routine jobsite inspections and safety audits to verify compliance with company policies, customer requirements, and applicable regulations.
• Assist field personnel in identifying hazards and implementing corrective actions before incidents occur.
• Prepare and maintain safety documentation, inspection records, training records, incident reports, safety observations, and corrective action tracking logs.
• Investigate incidents, near misses, property damage events, and injuries and assist in identifying root causes and corrective actions.
• Prepare incident reports and communicate findings and recommendations to leadership and project teams.
• Facilitate communication and follow-up activities with occupational health providers and employee health programs, including coordination of required follow-up actions.
• Support the reasonable accommodation process by coordinating information, documentation, and communication with Human Resources and operations leadership.
• Monitor and maintain PPE inventory, coordinate replenishment needs, and ensure projects have access to…