Safety Professionnal

Location: Boise, ID

Job Description

We are seeking a Field Safety Professional. This individual will be an integral member of the on-site Safety Department, ensuring compliance throughout the lifecycle of a hyper-scaled data center construction project. Reporting to the Project Safety Manager, the role will work closely with site leadership and cross-functional teams to support day-to-day site activities, construction models and related content for use by the project Safety Team and other stakeholders. The Field Safety Professional plays a critical role, ensure compliance with all regulatory requirements, owner requirements and company policies/procedures are adhered by in a complex mission-critical environment. Responsibilities will include but may not be limited to the following:

• Dedicate a minimum of 80% of their time observing/correcting field safety conditions, conducting safety audits, and coaching craft personnel in best safety practices.
• Actively and professionally interact with all employees to promote safe acts and workplace conditions.
• Actively create and cultivate an injury and accident-free work environment.
• Anticipate, identify, evaluate, and correct hazardous conditions and practices.
• Train craft personnel on new employee orientation and other construction safety training programs; document formal training on appropriate forms.
• Conduct and document safety inspections.
• Bring any safety violation and/or hazardous condition observed to the attention of the Supervisor in charge for immediate correction.
• Ensure that subcontractor's employees wear appropriate clothing, safety equipment and other PPE.
• Ensure compliance with all regularity requirements, owner requirements and company policies/procedures.
• Immediately visit the site of any injury, incident, or near-miss involving employees and/or equipment. Identify and protect evidence in place, note conditions, conduct interviews, take appropriate follow-up actions, and assist with the analysis.
• Conduct Industrial Hygiene monitoring and maintain records as necessary.
• Provide clear communication, verbally, written, and electronically.

Qualifications

We are looking for a flexible, detail-oriented team player with the ability to manage multiple tasks, produce quality work, and consistently meet deadlines. The successful candidate will possess:

Professional Experience and Education

• Minimum of five (5) years of construction safety-related experience.
• High School diploma or GED required.
• OSHA 500 certification for construction is preferred.
• Construction Health and Safety Technician (CHST) or Certified Safety Professional (CSP) certification is preferred.
• Bachelor's degree in safety, occupational health, or a related field is preferred.

Position Related Skills

• Demonstrates strong technical knowledge of construction safety practices.
• Proficient in conducting field observations, safety interactions, and behavioral interventions.
• Experienced in safety training, including providing new contractor orientation.
• Familiar with hazard communication programs and the Globally Harmonized System (GHS).
• Skilled in hazard recognition specific to construction environments.
• First Aid/CPR/AED certified.
• Requires excellent communication skills (verbal, written, and electronic), interpersonal skills, and organizational skills; must be articulate and able to communicate effectively across diverse groups.
• Demonstrates excellent customer service and interpersonal communication skills in both individual and group settings.
• Must be able to work effectively both indoors and outdoors in all weather conditions.
• Must be a dedicated team player, self-starter, flexible and able to work well with a variety of personalities and minimal instruction. Ability to remain calm in high-pressure situations is required.
• Strong organizational skills and possess excellent collaboration with team members.
• Must be able to exercise good judgement, show initiative, be proactive, and take ownership of issues to ensure tasks are completed to a high standard of quality and accuracy.
• Demonstrate assertiveness, self-starter with the skills to research and complete tasks with limited supervision in a fast-paced environment.
• Proficient with Windows and Microsoft Office applications (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Teams), and general understanding of working within a computer network environment.

Physical and Mental Requirements:

• Standing/Walking/Sitting: Workday is a combination of being stationary and moving about the work location.
• Must be able to work outdoors in varying weather conditions and on active construction sites.
• Must be able to climb stairs, to ascend and descend ladders, scaffold, inspect confined or underground spaces.
• Hands/Arms: Constantly operates a computer and other office productivity machinery. Frequently operates machinery and will use hand/fingers and legs to operate, activate, use, prepare, inspect, place, detect, and position materials.
• Sight: Specific vision abilities required include close vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus in an outdoor environment. Must be able to safely operate a vehicle with a valid driver's license. The work is required to have close visual acuity to perform an activity such as preparing and analyzing data and figures, transcribing, viewing a computer terminal, reading print and digital documents.
• Hearing: Must be able to work in proximity to loud equipment mor than 75% of the time. Mst be able to wear hearing protection, as necessary. Often required to communicate with customers and co-workers in an office setting and on the job site.
• Speech: Ability to communicate laws, ordinances, plans, regulations, protocols, directives, and standard operating procedures related to project scope in English.
• Lift/Carry: Must have the ability to lift or manipulate fifty pounds to a height of three feet and carry or push it 50-100 feet.
• Bending/Twisting: Frequent.
• Kneeling/Crouching/Crawling: Must be able to regularly position self in a kneeling, crouching or crawling position for purpose of examining project work.
• Must be able to physically access all areas and levels of construction site for work progress review.
• Work schedule must be flexible to allow for extended hours or off-shift work to accommodate changing construction schedule and sequences.
• Must use independent judgment, organizational and critical thinking skills to determine best method to accomplish desired results.