Senior Safety Specialist

Job Summary

In this role, you will lead a high-performance team to develop and manage complex Environmental, Safety, and Health (ES&H) project programs. You will assist functional leads to ensure requirements are properly integrated and be responsible for overall project ES&H execution. Your leadership will help achieve ES&H performance expectations, compliance, and continuous improvement.

• Supervises an Environmental, Safety, and Health (ESH) program on a project inclusive of technical and administrative aspects; compliance activities; and processes and plans associated with all three ESH disciplines (including medical).
• Supervises EHS personnel and facilitates their development through assignments, coaching, and mentoring.
• Assures that ESH requirements are properly interpreted and integrated in planning documents, design criteria, construction and operational plans, schedules, training programs, and subcontract documents.
• Applies Bechtel’s ESH Management System and standards to achieve, maintain, and continually improve EHS program execution.
• Assures support within ESH teams and to Engineering, Construction, Commissioning, Operations, Legal, Contracts, Procurement, Management, and other functions regarding ESH requirements.
• Manages budgets, schedules, and resources for interpreting and implementing ESH requirements, evaluating risks, and developing suitable plans and methods for a robust ESH program.
• Helps write and oversee implementation of Environmental Management Plans, Safety and Health Management Plans, and other ESH plans in compliance with Bechtel’s ESH Management System, standards, and contract and regulatory requirements.
• Establishes ESH emergency preparedness planning and confirms the investigation and resolution of ESH incidents.
• Conducts assessments and inspections, and participates in audits, to confirm ESH compliance with contractual commitments, laws and regulations, environmental permit requirements, and Bechtel standards.
• Confirms that environmental permitting, specialized studies, assessments, reports, and regulatory submittals are completed as required.

Requires a Bachelor’s degree (or international equivalent) related to environmental, safety, health or science-related discipline and 10-13 years of relevant experience or 14-17 years of relevant work experience.

• Knowledge of national safety laws/regulations and regulatory agencies’ regulatory requirements and responsibilities, industry standards/current practices for ES&H, and best management practices for minimizing potential ES&H risks during project execution.
• Knowledge of engineering and construction systems, methods, and work processes. Experience in managing and/or providing technical oversight of ES&H subcontractors or consultants.
• Experience in ES&H assessments/inspection during construction. Knowledge of hazardous materials and physical risks and the mechanisms to mitigate them.
• Provides assistance to project and construction management in implementing and complying with project safety requirements and in addressing ES&H issues as they arise during project execution. Coordinates with and provides technical assistance to other project-assigned functional leads (e.g., engineering, subcontracts, procurement, project controls) with regards to compliance with project-specific ES&H requirements.
• Participates in meetings to advise of safety requirements that may affect project schedule.
• Provides technical support and assistance directly to construction supervision and subcontractors in planning and executing field activities in accordance with the project safety requirements.
• Conducts ES&H assessments/inspections of project construction activities to monitor compliance with ES&H requirements including contractual commitments, laws and regulations, and the project’s ES&H plan.
• Reporting of observed opportunities for improvement through construction supervision (i.e., Foreman/General Foreman/Superintendents) and validating that appropriate action is taken to mitigate the identified opportunities for improvement, e.g., mitigating the observed dropped object potential.
• Lead and participate as required in incident investigations, preparing Initial Incident Notifications, conducting investigations, and completing Incident Investigation Reports, meeting quality and timeframe expectations.

Bechtel is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age,national origin, disability, citizenship status (except as authorized by law),protected veteran status, genetic information, and any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. Applicants with a disability, who require a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process, may e-mail their request to