What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Safety Engineer position at Juneau Construction Company LLC?
Juneau is looking to expand our Atlanta-based Safety team with a Senior Safety Engineer. This critical role will work onsite at any of the jobs in our footprint, which includes Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Alabama, Tennessee, and Florida.
The Senior Safety Engineer is responsible for the management, coordination, and successful completion of safety requirements on their assigned project. They assume a leadership role for all staff members on site as well as subcontractor trade partners in leading these teams to safely construct their project. They should communicate and reinforce Juneau’s core purpose and values.
Position Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in a Safety related discipline
- 3 years of experience managing the safety efforts on a large construction project ($30M ); or equivalent combination of education and experience
- CHST preferred
- Current OSHA 500 preferred
- Bilingual in Spanish preferred
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Implement Juneau safety culture initiatives
- Assists, plans, and implements safety policies and procedures in compliance with local, state, and federal rules and regulations including OSHA and DOT
- Works directly with project team, to develop and implement jobsite specific safety program
- Coordinate emergency procedures
- Provide general safety oversight
- Prior to trade partner mobilization review premobilization documents related to safety
- Conduct site safety inspections, coordinating corrections with all trade partners and internal teams
- Communicate frequently with the Safety Director to report the status of the jobsite
- Track and report safety related metrics to internal and external team members
- Conduct incident investigations to determine causal factors and remedial actions
- Develops and delivers safety related training including but not limited to new hire orientation, weekly toolbox talks, and general safety awareness training
- Carry out other tasks as assigned by supervisor
Job Expectations/Physical Demands:
- Position will work on-site with exposure to various weather conditions and may require regional travel between applicable Juneau Construction Company locations and jobsites.
- Must be able to stand, sit, feel, twist, walk, talk, hear, see, bend, crouch, squeeze grasp, crawl, kneel, squat, push, pull, apply pressure, reach overhead.
- Ability to lift and carry 50 lbs. regularly if required.
- Must be able to safely operate all required machinery as needed.