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Field Safety Specialist

Berkel & Company Contractors, Inc.
Kentucky, KY Full Time
POSTED ON 4/1/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 4/30/2025

Berkel & Company Contractors, Inc. is looking for a Field Safety Specialist to work within our Kentucky Region. This position works with the Superintendent and Project Manager to administer, direct, and implement compliance with Berkel corporate safety policy and to ensure the achievement of company standard operating practices and safety planning goals. Our Field Safety Specialists are responsible for overall safety procedures on multiple project sites within their regional sectors.



Responsibilities:

  • Create, communicate, enforce, and identify opportunities for improvements in Site Specific Safety Program
  • Maintain all administrative tasks related to project specific safety binders and filing systems
  • Coordinate, schedule, and facilitate all subcontractors pre-construction safety planning meetings, acting as a resource for field operations with compliance on federal (OSHA) and state as well as local safety and health regulations including NFPA and JCAHO standards
  • Review all Site-Specific Safety Programs and Job Hazard Analysis prior to mobilization
  • Conduct regularly scheduled site evaluations, follow up and tracking of corrections and deficiencies
  • Periodically attend and monitor Tool Box Talks conducted by employees to assure documentation and quality
  • Perform root cause and accident investigation techniques in the event of a job site accident – including collection of Berkel safety standard incident reporting forms and documentation working closely with our Risk Manager
  • Active coordination with Risk Manager for identification of Claims trends and proactive risk management planning
  • Enforce documentation from all staff on the proper training of their employees as related to their scope of work
  • Conduct training for OSHA 10 or 30 Hour, HAZWOPER, and other Safety related topics


Job Requirements:

  • 3 – 5 years of work experience in field of Construction Health and Safety Working knowledge of Federal and State safety and health regulations, as well as local building code issues for safety and health
  • OSHA Outreach Trainer for the Construction Industry
  • CHST preferred
  • Knowledge of drilling operations and/or sheeting and shoring work preferred
  • Demonstrated knowledge of construction best practices
  • Demonstrated experience in leading, motivating, and coaching a large employee base
  • Strong sense of urgency in completing documentation in a timely fashion
  • Must be able to demonstrate incident/injury management skills
  • Excellent oral and written communication and interpersonal skills
  • Strong planning, problem solving, and troubleshooting skills
  • Individual must be highly collaborative and demonstrate positive results in directing people
  • Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing to all levels of an organization
  • Capacity to coordinate efforts involving staff from different departments and external partners
  • Extensive travel. Travel demands may include, but are not limited to, traveling to various states for multiple projects (flights and driving), sitting in on a project as a full-time site safety supervisor, and traveling to other regions to assist other safety managers


EOE/Minorities/Females/Veterans/Disability (Compliant with the new VEVRAA and Section 503 rules)

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