Safety Specialist

Brief Description

Due to growth, Satterfield & Pontikes is looking to add a Safety Specialist to our team! In this role you will visit our job sites and provide experienced-level support in the development, implementation, and oversight of safety programs across multiple job sites. Conducts thorough site audits, facilitates training, leads incident investigations, and ensures compliance with regulatory and company safety standards. Serves as a resource to project teams, mentoring field personnel on hazard identification, corrective actions, and best practices.

Essential Job Functions

• Audit the company’s safety policies and programs.
• Review compliance with policies and procedures at job sites.
• Conduct walkthrough inspections at project sites with project personnel.
• Assist in the Coordination of insurance and employee medical treatment. Manage workers’ compensation programs and coordinate insurance claims.
• Communicate lessons learned from near misses, accidents, and incidents.
• Conduct safety training for employees.
• Provide technical guidance and support to project managers and superintendents.
• Recommend modifications to policies and procedures as needed to reduce the occurrence of these events.
• Conduct reviews of sites to ensure compliance with OSHA and other regulatory agency standards and company policies.
• Monitor subcontractor’s safety performance.
• Assist in the presentations to employees and subcontractors for safety-related meetings and presentations.
• Assist in the tracking and trend of near misses, first aid injuries, incidents, accidents, and recordable injuries.
• Foster a culture of safety by supporting best practices and regulatory requirements at the state, federal, and local levels, as well as contractual obligations in collaboration with S&P operational leadership.
• Perform other duties as assigned.
  
  

Physical Activities And Requirements

• Must be able to travel up to 50%.
• Occasional heavy lifting (20 lbs./13.6 kg) can be expected, though exertion of up to 10lbs of force is more common.
• Strong manual dexterity for the use of common office equipment (e.g., computers, mobile devices, copiers, etc.).
• The job is performed indoors in a construction office and at job sites (indoors and outside). Protective safety gear (e.g., hard hat, glasses, etc.) is required while on-site; activities include extended periods of sitting, movement, and extensive work at a computer and phone.
• Must be able to traverse and inspect all areas of the jobsite in all types of weather, if needed; this may include walking, climbing, reaching, bending, crawling, or stretching.
• Bilingual preferred
  
  

Required Skills And Qualifications

• OSHA 30 certification is strongly preferred.
• CHST certification
• Incident investigation
• 1926 knowledge
  
  

Satterfield and Pontikes Construction, Inc., is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Satterfield and Pontikes Construction, Inc., encourages qualified females, minorities, veterans, disabled persons to apply.