What are the responsibilities and job description for the Site Safety & Health Officer - Grand Forks, ND position at Prairie Band Health Services?
The Site Safety & Health Officer (SSHO) is responsible for the development and/or review of the Accident Prevention Plan, activity hazard analysis’s, amendments to the accident prevention plan, on site safety education, toolbox safety meetings, all around safety compliance of the project, and a proactive innovative attitude towards solving difficult site-specific safety issues. The SSHO is responsible for managing, implementing, and enforcing the project Accident Prevention Plan.
The SSHO shall provide full-time on-site safety and occupational health management, surveillance, inspections, training, and safety enforcement. In this position, you will play a key role in ensuring the project complies with local, state, and federal health and safety guidelines and procedures. You will ensure the safety of all employees, make sure all projects are up to code, and provide advice and recommendations for safety improvements.
This position is located in Grand Forks, ND on the Grand Forks AFB. This is a full onsite position for approximately 1 1/2- 2 years. We are ideally seeking a local candidate and US Citizenship is required for this opportunity.
Responsibilities:
- Comply, create and implement site specific Accident Prevention Plan with all occupational health and safety (OHS) guidelines and EM 385 1-1
- Create and review Activity Hazard Analysis (AHA) and Work Plans based upon the project schedule and definable features of work.
- Ensure all safety submittals required are created, submitted and approved by the GDA well in advance of scheduled preparatory meetings.
- Provide project safety orientations and briefs
- Document Weekly Safety Meetings, Weekly Inspections, Deficiencies and Corrective Actions, Man Hours Worked and any Incident
- Lead and document Near Miss and Incident Investigations performing Root Cause Analysis working with the local COR.
- Develop and implement OHS training programs
- Serve as Environmental Officer when required
- Oversee disposal of substances according to environmental guidelines
- Serve as the Drug testing POC when required to do so
- Bachelor’s degree in related field or equivalent experience and education.
- A minimum of 10 years of construction industry safety experience; federal government construction projects preferred.
- EM 385 1-1 certification
- 30-hour OSHA Certification
- Fall Protection, HAZWOPR 40, Lead awareness, blood-borne pathogens, first aid/CPR, confined space management, attendant, and rescue, general competent person, trenching and shoring competent person, control of hazardous energies, forklift, man-lift, and fire watch training certified
Preferred:
- Construction Health and Safety Technician (CHST) certification
- Experience with Federal Construction/Renovation Projects
Additional Duties
Additional duties and responsibilities may be added to this job description at any time. The job description does not state or imply that these are the only activities to be performed by the employee holding this position. Employees are required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform any other job-related responsibilities as requested by their supervisor.
Indian Preference Exercised
Prairie Band, LLC is subject to Title 22: Employment Code of the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation. In accordance with Title 22, this position is designated as a TIER 2 position. Preference will be given to individuals to the extent required pursuant to Section 22-2-4(B).