What are the responsibilities and job description for the Safety Manager position at First Finish | A Shawmut Company?
At Shawmut Design and Construction, we take pride in the culture we've built as a 100% employee-owned company—one that's been recognized with more than 85 Best Place to Work awards. We've been honored as a National Fortune Best Workplace, a Fortune Best Workplace for Women, Millennials, and Parents, and one of America's Best Employers by Forbes—along with numerous regional recognitions across our 11 offices nationwide.
Here's a Glimpse Into What We Offer
Here's a Glimpse Into What We Offer
- Health, Dental, and Vision Insurance.
- Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) **–** Be an employee-owner!
- 401(K) with Company Match – Receive a company match up to 4% of your eligible pay.
- Generous Paid Time Off – vacation and sick time, 12 holidays, summer Fridays, and a yearly volunteer day.
- The Extras – Cell phone, laptop, tuition reimbursement, pet insurance, financial planning services, and more.
- Minimum 5 years of construction safety experience
- OSHA 30-Hour Construction Safety certification
- Demonstrated competency in:
- Fall Protection
- Confined Space
- Excavation and Trenching
- Accident Investigation
- Hazard Analysis
- Broad understanding of federal, state, and local regulatory requirements
- Current CPR and Basic First Aid certification
- Board of Certified Safety Professionals (BCSP) certification (CHST, ASP, CSP, etc.)
- OSHA 500 Authorized Trainer
- Set expectations and provide structure around site safety with superintendent and subcontractors
- Identify strengths and weaknesses of superintendent around knowledge, create site specific programs when necessary and train accordingly
- Ensure the safety, training and development of Shawmut staff and subcontractors to understand identify and reduce risks in a fast paced construction environment from pre-construction through close-out
- Raise awareness of potential hazards that exist on a jobsite with owner by reviewing what can be done to minimize risk
- Conduct regular safety audits throughout the duration of a project assessing all safety related issues and follow up with the project team
- Communicate directly with subcontractors to discuss concerns and Shawmut's expectations
- Identify poor performing subs by reviewing past performance and work with project executives and project managers to establish a plan to improve
- Maintain the information technology and systems that are essential to capture and analyze key data, present reporting and communicate effectively
- Develop and maintaining strong relationships with every member of the project team, subcontractors and clients
- Raise awareness of potential hazards that exist in the new building with Owner by reviewing with him/her what the hazards are and what can be done to minimize/prevent them
- Conduct new hire safety orientations for incoming construction operations staff
- Train Shawmut staff and subcontractors on topics such as OSHA certification (10 & 30 hour), First Aid, construction specific requirements and new standards review