Safety Specialist Civil/Substation (NC/VA)

Job Duties and Responsibilities
Required: ET&D or Civil Safety: 5-10 years
Key Duties:
• Advise on provisions to minimize safety risks
• Conduct safety inspections, observations, investigations and regulatory compliance for OSHA and DOT
• Communicates, coaches and trains crews on the current HSE work practices and rules, policies and procedures.
• Prepares reports for management team reviews on observations pertaining to work activities, investigations, employee injuries/property/utility damage incidents.
• Enforce OSH (occ. safety & health) policies (e.g. accident reporting process)
• Coordinate drug screening (Randoms (DOT & NON), post-accident, reasonable suspicion)
• Direct accident investigation procedures
• Keep detailed records of safety-related incidents and propose corrective actions
• Keep Safety databases up to date with current information as clients require. [Snet, Veriforce, and Avatta to name a few]
• Complete any safety pre-qualifications required by potential clients
• Communicate daily with Gridtech Senior Personnel, Superintendents on safety needs/requirements
• Collaborate with managers to monitor compliance and identify safety issues
• Intervene in unsafe activities or operations
• Liaise with and report to PGS Safety Director on OSH matters
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills:
• Proven experience as safety specialist in the power construction industry
• In-depth knowledge of OSH guidelines and practices
• Experience in reporting and developing policies
• OSHA 30 Training
• CUSP certification, or must be able to attain within 6 months of hire date
• Experience in implementing OSH training programs
• Proficient in MS Office
• Excellent communication and advisory skills
• Diligent with an analytical mind
• BSc/Ba in business administration, Safety or relevant field
• MVR qualifies individual to be an approved company driver
• Pass pre-employment drug screen


Working Conditions
• Office/Field 50% travel may be required



Note: This job description is not intended to be all-inclusive. Employees may perform other related duties as requested to meet the ongoing needs of the organization.
PowerGrid Services LLC is an equal opportunity employer.