Field EHS Specialist | Safety Coach & Audits

Position Summary

The EHS Specialist provides field and project safety support for assigned divisions and projects. This role works closely with Tri-State Rebar, Tri-State Drilling and EHST leadership to help ensure work is performed safely. The EHS Specialist spends significant time in the field assisting with hazard identification, project planning, supporting training initiatives, conducting observations and inspections, and helping project teams remove barriers to safely completing work.

This is a home office and field based position open to candidates across the US, with travel estimated at 50%.

Position Summary

The EHS Specialist provides field and project safety support for assigned divisions and projects. This role works closely with Tri-State Rebar, Tri-State Drilling and EHST leadership to help ensure work is performed safely. The EHS Specialist spends significant time in the field assisting with hazard identification, project planning, supporting training initiatives, conducting observations and inspections, and helping project teams remove barriers to safely completing work.

This is a home office and field based position open to candidates across the US, with travel estimated at 50%.

This position reports to the Lead Regional Safety Manager.

Essential

Job Duties And Responsibilities

This list of duties and responsibilities is not all-inclusive and may be expanded to include other responsibilities as necessary.

Operational Integration

• Align safety coverage with project risk, schedule, and crew size; work with Operations and EHST leadership to adjust staffing as needed.
• Support operations for assigned projects to review upcoming work, critical lifts, tie-ins, site constraints; confirm safety planning is in place and understood.
• Collaborate with Operations on non-safety tasks when it helps the project succeed (e.g., logistics, planning support, client communication), while maintaining an independent safety voice.

• Spend substantial time on job sites to understand work phases, changing conditions, and crew dynamics; while completing documented safety observations when on site.
• Focus on Significant Injuries and Fatality (SIF) hazards (line of fire, crane and rig operations, heavy equipment, lifting, fall protection, confined space, energy isolation, etc.).
• Conduct formalized site safety audits throughout the year and capturing audit findings, corrective actions, and due dates; follow up to verify timely close-out.
• Look for system drivers, not just worker errors —identify patterns in planning, supervision, training, tools, or procedures that drive risk.

• Conduct weekly reach-outs with Foremen / Front-line leaders for each active projects covering AHA’s, observations, lessons learned, audit results, etc.
• Conduct Safety Check-Ins with non-supervisory employees on a regular basis to gather feedback, identify unreported hazards, near misses, or improvement ideas.

• Partner with Operations leadership to schedule and deliver on-site training, including orientation refreshers, observation quality and AHA use.
• Task-specific training for high-risk operations (e.g., rig set-up, crane work, excavation, fall protection, LOTO, confined space).
• Provide coaching to Superintendents and Foremen on effective Toolbox Talks, safety briefings, writing and reviewing AHAs; and meaningful safety observations and good catch reports.

• Ensure assigned projects maintain compliance with company policy and applicable OSHA, DOT, environmental, and client requirements.
• Assist teams with regulatory inspections and client audits; help gather documents, escort inspectors/auditors, and support…