What are the responsibilities and job description for the Safety Co-Op - Fall 2026 position at Beaver Excavating Company?
The Safety Co-Op is to assist with the overall management of safety and health for numerous jobsites. This opportunity is available for the Fall 2026 semester.
Specific Tasks / Core Competencies
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit; use hands to handle or feel; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; and stoop, kneel. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
Equal Opportunity
The Beaver Companies provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibit discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.
This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.
Specific Tasks / Core Competencies
- Assist with reading and tagging Observations and Near Misses (weekly)
- Submit trainings and other documentation on Compliance Websites (as needed)
- Pull Focus 4 trends off HCSS Safety (weekly)
- Update Safety Team Page with safety related stats/information (monthly)
- Assist with Safety Talk ideas and editing them (weekly)
- Put together SDS binders (as needed)
- Print and laminate training cards (as needed)
- Pull expiring and expired training reports (monthly)
- Maintain (sort and file) job site safety paperwork (hot work permits, excavation inspections, crane inspections, etc.) [weekly]
- Inspect and sign all fire extinguishers located in main building (monthly)
- Assist in calibrating air monitors (as needed)
- Attend safety meetings (weekly)
- Stock and organize all safety equipment orders (weekly)
- Assist on any miscellaneous safety/office administration tasks (weekly)
- Shadow Safety Supervisors when visiting job sites (weekly)
- Additional tasks as assigned
- Exceptional communication and organizational skills, ability to speak in group setting
- Familiar with applicable health and safety requirements of all governing legislation
- Demonstrates initiative and professionalism
- Ability to travel with overnight stays
- Familiar with Word and Excel
- High school diploma or equivalent
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit; use hands to handle or feel; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; and stoop, kneel. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
Equal Opportunity
The Beaver Companies provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibit discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.
This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.