What are the responsibilities and job description for the Safety Training Program Facilitator position at Satterfield & Pontikes Construction?
Requirements
Satterfield & Pontikes Construction is seeking a Training Program Facilitator to serve as a strategic partner to the corporate safety team, field operations, and project leadership. This role is responsible for building and sustaining the company’s safety competency framework—managing the HSE training matrix, administering the LMS platform, overseeing the competent person program, and leveraging performance data to identify and close training gaps across the workforce. This is not a training coordination role; it requires a candidate with both operational construction experience and technical HSE expertise who can function as a workforce development leader within the safety organization.
Essential Job Functions
Satterfield & Pontikes Construction is seeking a Training Program Facilitator to serve as a strategic partner to the corporate safety team, field operations, and project leadership. This role is responsible for building and sustaining the company’s safety competency framework—managing the HSE training matrix, administering the LMS platform, overseeing the competent person program, and leveraging performance data to identify and close training gaps across the workforce. This is not a training coordination role; it requires a candidate with both operational construction experience and technical HSE expertise who can function as a workforce development leader within the safety organization.
Essential Job Functions
- Manage and maintain the corporate HSE training matrix across all operations and active projects.
- Perform systematic training gap analyses to identify deficiencies in workforce competency and regulatory compliance.
- Utilize leading and lagging safety indicators to detect trends and proactively address emerging training needs.
- Administer the company’s Learning Management System (LMS), including user management, course assignments, and platform configuration.
- Support bilingual training delivery and content development to engage English- and Spanish-speaking workforce populations.
- Administer the company’s competent person program across applicable high-risk construction activities.
- Track designations, certifications, and recertification schedules to ensure program integrity and regulatory compliance.
- Coordinate with field safety personnel and project teams to maintain current and accurate competent person records.
- Develop and maintain dashboards and reporting tools to provide safety leadership with actionable performance data.
- Support development of monthly and quarterly safety performance reports, incorporating training data and trend analysis.
- Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives by identifying training deficiencies tied to observations, incidents, audits, and causal factor trends.
- Coordinate with Operations, Human Resources, Project Teams, and Safety leadership to align training programs with workforce and operational needs.
- Support department-wide safety initiatives and program improvement efforts as directed by Safety leadership.
- Occasional heavy lifting (20 lbs.) may be required; sustained exertion of up to 10 lbs. of force is more common.
- Strong manual dexterity for use of common office and technology equipment (computers, mobile devices, etc.).
- Work is performed in a construction office environment and periodically at active project sites (indoors and outdoors). Appropriate PPE (hard hat, safety glasses, etc.) is required while on-site.
- Includes extended periods of computer-based work, phone communication, and occasional travel to project locations.
- Minimum of 2 years of hands-on construction field experience in a safety-related capacity.
- In-depth working knowledge of OSHA construction standards (29 CFR 1926) and general industry standards (29 CFR 1910).
- Demonstrated experience with LMS administration and safety training content development.
- Strong data analysis and reporting capabilities; ability to synthesize training metrics into actionable insights.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills; capable of producing clear, professional safety documentation.
- Highly organized with the ability to manage multiple programs, deadlines, and stakeholder relationships simultaneously.
- Bilingual English/Spanish preferred.
- Associate Safety Professional (ASP) or Graduate Safety Practitioner (GSP) preferred.
- Experience supporting competent person programs or safety workforce development initiatives preferred.