Area Environmental, Safety & Health Supervisor

Job Summary

In this role, you will lead a team to develop and manage a safety and health program for a complex project, ensuring safety and health requirements are integrated in planning, design, construction, and operations.

You will provide technical guidance to project leads, evaluate trends, and conduct assessments and inspections. Your team will help achieve continuous improvement in project safety. #LI-VB1

Major Responsibilities :

• Supervises a component of a safety program, inclusive of technical and administrative aspects.
• Supervises assigned safety personnel and provides guidance on their work activities.
• Provides technical support within ESH teams and to Engineering, Construction, Commissioning and Startup, Operations, Legal, Contracts, Procurement, Management, and other functions regarding ESH program execution.
• Confirms that safety and health requirements are integrated in planning documents, design criteria, construction and commissioning plans, schedules, and subcontract documents.
• Prepares, or helps prepare, Safety and Health Management Plans and awareness and training programs in compliance with Bechtel standards, the ESH Management System, and contract and regulatory requirements.
• Emphasizes and uses risk assessment, data analysis, and Bechtel's ESH Management System to help track and achieve continual improvement.
• Prepares technical and regulatory reports, researches issues to support ESH program execution, evaluates data, and reports performance trends.
• Participates in ESH emergency response planning and confirms investigation and resolution of safety and health incidents.
• Builds and maintains working relationships with stakeholders and addresses their issues.
• Participates in and leads meetings with customers, team members, and contractors / subcontractors to advise them of safety and health requirements.

Education and Experience Requirements :

Requires a Bachelor’s degree (or international equivalent) related to occupational safety or health and 8-10 years of relevant experience or 12-14 years of relevant work experience

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities :

• Bachelor of Science Degree in a specialized scientific field (e.g., safety, industrial engineering, public health) or process / mechanical engineering plus 8 years of experience or 12 years of equivalent industry experience in-lieu of a degree.
• Advanced knowledge in a field of science, safety / industrial engineering, or related discipline.
• Knowledge of national safety laws / regulations and regulatory agencies’ regulatory requirements and responsibilities, industry standards / current practices for ES&H, and best management practices for minimizing potential ES&H risks during project execution.
• Knowledge of engineering and construction systems, methods, and work processes
• Experience in managing and / or providing technical oversight of ES&H subcontractors or consultants.
• Experience in ES&H assessments / inspection during construction.
• Knowledge of hazardous materials and physical risks and the mechanisms to mitigate them.
• Provides assistance to project and construction management in implementing and complying with project safety requirements and in addressing ES&H issues as they arise during project execution.
• Coordinates with and provides technical assistance to other project-assigned functional leads (e.g., engineering, subcontracts, procurement, project controls) with regards to compliance with project-specific ES&H requirements.
• Participates in meetings to advise of safety requirements that may affect project schedule.
• Provides technical support and assistance directly to construction supervision and subcontractors in planning and executing field activities in accordance with the project safety requirements.
• Conducts ES&H assessments / inspections of project construction activities to monitor compliance with ES&H requirements including contractual commitments, laws and regulations, and the project’s ES&H plan.
• Reporting of observed opportunities for improvement through construction supervision (i.e., Foreman / General Foreman / Superintendents) and validating that appropriate action is taken to mitigate the identified opportunities for improvement, e.

g., mitigating the observed dropped object potential.

Lead and participate as required in incident investigations, preparing Initial Incident Notifications, conducting investigations, and completing Incident Investigation Reports, meeting quality and timeframe expectations.

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