Site Safety & Health Officer (SSHO)
Aleut Federal
- Oak Ridge, TN
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Minimum of five years of continuous construction industry safety experience supervising general construction or five years of continuous general industry safety experience managing safety programs or five years of experience and a Third-Party, nationally accredited SOH-related certification.
- Experience at the Oak Ridge facilities; primarily Y-12 and ORNL, and within secure areas, a plus.
- Broad knowledge of applicable government health and safety regulations and standards, including EM 385-1-1 (November 2014).
- Demonstrated experience with event investigations, issues management/action tracking for safety and IH subject areas.
- Ability to develop and implement corrective action plans as a result of identified issues.
- Demonstrated knowledge of industrial hygiene (IH) and other health and safety requirements.
- Demonstrated ability to monitor work activities, evaluate health and safety conditions, and facilitate corrective actions.
- Ability to prepare safety-specific documents independently, including project-specific safety plans and Activity/Job Hazard Analysis. Ability to identify and monitor for industrial hygiene issues.
- Ability to review, evaluate, and develop appropriate health & safety and IH policies and procedures.
- Ability to communicate effectively (written and oral) with craft personnel, project management, and client representatives is essential.
- Ability to manage injuries and illnesses as well as accident prevention.
- Current DOE badge and ORR training a plus.
- Q-clearance, or the ability to receive a Q-clearance is preferred
- Valid state driver’s license.
- Ability to pass a pre-employment background check.
- Ability to pass pre-employment and random drug screens.
- Must be available for standby assignments and work scheduled off-hours and emergency overtime as required.
- Must occasionally be available for extra work hours.
- Must be able to travel as required.
- Manage and support the functional area of construction and general industry for field projects.
- Establish and maintain contact with Corporate ES&H Manager, Project Manager, and regulatory agencies, as required to fulfill health and safety commitments on assigned projects.
- Monitor, in an assigned area, daily work practices utilized by employees and/or contractor/subcontractor personnel.
- Confer with departmental supervisors on safety and health matters, to ensure that work plan procedures are in conformance with customer and governmental requirements.
- Recommend to supervision that Notices of Non-Compliance be issued and follow-up to ensure corrective actions, as stipulated and approved by supervision, are implemented.
- Conduct accident investigations, OSHA/MSHA compliance audits, project health surveys and insurance audits. Take photographs and prepare reports as required.
- Communicate potential IH issues to the General Manager/ES&H Manager.
- Anticipate and provide technical direction to project personnel on potential IH and occupational safety problem areas and evaluate, recommend and implement solutions or corrective actions.
- Research and provide training material and assist in conducting safety, health and fire orientation and other OSHA training.
- Provide supervision, as required, to craft and/or administrative personnel as it relates to health and safety.
- Enforce stop work when safety concerns/issues arise.
- Taking required sampling for Lead, Beryllium & other as required for general and specific areas. Properly label, send, track and follow procedure steps for accountability processes and consolidate lab results within consolidated company report. (Something along these lines).
- Must spend majority of workday in the field with project personnel.
- Ability to sit and/or stand for extended periods of time.
- Ability to walk, reach with hands and arms, talk, and hear.
- Ability to perform repetitive movements of the fingers, hands, wrists, and arms.
- Ability to participate in physically demanding work while wearing personnel protective equipment including respiratory protection.
- Medically qualified to wear a respirator, able to lift 30 lbs., and able to climb ladders.
- Reports to and receives technical and operational guidance from the Corporate ES&H Manager as well as General Manager(s) for assigned projects.
- Supervision of project support personnel (craft, administrative, supervisors, etc.) as related to project ES&H.
- Maintain contact with Corporate ES&H Manager, General Manager, client site operations management, safety advocates and Industrial Hygienists.
- Direct implementation and administration of occupational safety and health policies and Integrated Safety Management Systems (ISMS).
- Review and provide comments and recommendations to Corporate ES&H Manager and Project Manager, relative to ES&H policies and procedures, reports, and performance changes affecting workplace safety, so that objectives and goal of zero accident performance can be met.
- Maintain working level relationships with other participating entities responsible for ES&H in connection with the Program.