Construction Safety Professional

Are you highly motivated, hard-working, and seeking to join a growth-focused consulting & engineering firm? Are you looking for a company that will invest in your development and grow your professional skills? If so, consider a career with Apex!

Powered by record sales, extraordinary client retention, strategic acquisitions, and an entrepreneurial spirit, Apex Companies is one of the fastest growing engineering and environmental consulting firms in the US. We were recently recognized by the Zweig Group as one of the fastest growing firms in the AEC industry. We take pride in providing our clients with exceptional service and have earned numerous awards for project excellence.

We continue to grow, and we want you to grow with us.

Apex is hiring a Construction Safety Professional. Travel up to 75% and preferred base within the Northeast (United States).

This role will assist an Apex client with occupational safety & health. The incumbent will be involved in preventing workplace injury and risk by completing checklist-based health and safety audits of building plans, buildings under construction, and retrofitted buildings. The audits are to ensure that buildings have been constructed in accordance with the building codes as well as safety design standards set forth by the client’s internal engineering team.

The role will routinely involve a blend of on-site health and safety auditing and remote desktop work. Site visits require a great deal of walking at multi-acre construction sites with uneven ground. The incumbent will interface with client stakeholders, construction teams, developers, engineers, and building occupants to ensure the client gets a safe operational facility. The incumbent should be an energetic self-starter with the ability to work independently and produce results within budget and timeframe.

• Providing health and safety compliance auditing to the client
  • Learn the client’s audit criteria, requirements, methods and culture.
  • Complete desktop work to include reviewing site plans, completing client-designed checklists, attending team meetings as requested, and completing detailed timesheets and expense reports.
  • Conduct site observations focused on identifying and assessing compliance with client-developed design requirements.
  • Demonstrate professional behaviors in service to the client and their stakeholders.
• In collaboration with Apex project managers, coordinate and execute safety projects within set organizational procedures and standards.
• In close routine collaboration with the customer, design, implement and execute an agreed-to service plan. Work with numerous internal and external stakeholders to achieve desired overall project velocity.
• Provide input to project managers, client relationship managers, or business development staff on status of the project.

• Bachelor’s degree preferred – ideally, in a safety or engineering field.
• Minimum 3 years of experience required in a safety or engineering related field.
• Experience in warehouse business settings a plus.
• Possess a solid knowledge of occupational safety technical subject matter and how to apply it in real-life settings. Highly familiar with standard concepts, practices, and procedures within the occupational safety field. Strong technical knowledge in the following areas:
  • Construction safety
  • Job Safety Analysis
  • Machine Guarding
  • Slip/Trip/Fall Prevention
  • Personal Protective Equipment
  • Broad spectrum OSHA Regulations understanding
• Strong interpersonal communication skills.
• Great self-starter initiative is required. This position entails routine ongoing work and negotiation with numerous customer stakeholders – all of whom need to be satisfied with respect to project purpose, scope, and tactics.
• Rely on experience and judgment paired with the overall work statement provided by the customer to plan and accomplish goals.
• Ensure compliance with all EHS regulations and keep abreast of any changes to laws and regulations that impact the organization.
• Strong technical writing skills, ability to successfully multi-task, safety awareness, and a good record…