[Hiring] Site Safety and Health Officer @Doyon Limited, Doyon Drilling

Role Description

The construction Site Safety & Health Officer (SSHO) is responsible for:

• Developing and reviewing the Accident Prevention Plan
• Conducting activity hazard analyses
• Updating the plan as needed
• Providing on-site safety education
• Organizing toolbox safety meetings
• Ensuring overall safety compliance
• Adopting a proactive, innovative approach to resolving site-specific safety challenges
• Managing, implementing, and enforcing the Accident Prevention Plan
• Providing full-time on-site safety and occupational health management, including surveillance, inspections, training, and enforcement

Essential Functions:

• Conduct daily site inspections and prepare daily safety reports to ensure compliance
• Develop and review the Accident Prevention Plan, Activity Hazard Analyses (AHAs), and crane and rigging plans
• Provide on-site safety education for subcontractors
• Coordinate with the Quality Control Manager and Site Superintendent on safety issues related to new definable features of work
• Oversee site-specific safety activities, including permit-required confined spaces, abatement, and lockout/tagout procedures
• Prioritize daily tasks to ensure safety compliance and adherence to the project schedule
• Demonstrate in-depth knowledge of EM-385-1.1, OSHA 29 CFR 1910, and 1926
• Conduct mishap investigations and complete accident reports as required
• Ensure subcontractor compliance with safety and health requirements
• Conduct first-day site safety orientations for all new employees
• Maintain the OSHA 300 log
• Keep applicable safety reference materials available on the job site
• Track safety and health deficiencies until they are resolved
• Maintain an up-to-date list of hazardous chemicals (SDS/MSDS) on site
• Prepare and review the monthly contractor safety self-evaluation checklist
• Other duties as assigned

Qualifications

• Minimum of 10 years of construction experience
• Minimum of 3 years of experience as a federal construction SSHO
• Must have recent experience working on federal construction projects with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) and/or the Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC)
• 30-hour OSHA construction safety class

Requirements

• Construction Health and Safety Technician (CHST) certification (preferred)
• Certification in the following areas:
  • Fall Protection
  • HAZWOPER 40
  • Lead Awareness
  • Blood-Borne Pathogens
  • First Aid/CPR
  • Confined Space Management (Attendant and Rescue)
  • General Competent Person
  • Trenching and Shoring Competent Person
  • Control of Hazardous Energies
  • Forklift
  • Man-Lift
  • Fire Watch Training
• Average of at least 24 hours of formal safety training each year for the past 4 years, including training for Competent Person status in at least the following areas:
  • Excavation
  • Scaffolding
  • Fall Protection
  • Hazardous Energy
  • Confined Space
  • Health Hazard Recognition, Evaluation, and Control of Chemical, Physical, and Biological Agents

Benefits

• Salary range: $100,000-$140,000 per year
• Eligible for medical, vision, dental, flexible spending, employee assistance program, group and voluntary life and disability insurance, and 401(k) retirement plan
• Paid Time Off
• 10 paid holidays
• 5 bereavement leave
• 10 jury duty paid leave

Working Environment

Most of the work is performed in both indoor and outdoor settings, involving a diverse range of people with varying functions, personalities, and abilities.

Physical Demands

The role requires performing a variety of physical tasks, including:

• Climbing
• Balancing
• Stooping
• Kneeling
• Standing
• Walking
• Pushing
• Pulling
• Lifting
• Fingering
• Grasping
• Feeling
• Talking
• Hearing
• Engaging in repetitive motions

It involves light work, exerting up to 40 pounds of force occasionally, up to 15 pounds frequently, and up to 10 pounds constantly to move objects. Close visual acuity is essential for tasks such as preparing and analyzing data and figures, viewing a computer terminal, reading, inspecting small defects or parts, operating machines (including inspection), using measurement devices, and assembling or fabricating parts at close distances. The position also requires occasional to frequent travel.