What are the responsibilities and job description for the Safety Manager position at General Excavating Company?
Summary
General Excavating is an award-winning contractor serving public and private owners throughout Nebraska and South Dakota. General Excavating specializes in the construction of underground utilities, natural gas distribution, environmental remediation, excavation shoring, directional drilling, hydro-excavation, and heavy civil including bridge and concrete structures.
A Safety Manager is responsible for company safety compliance and must understand, practice, implement, and provide training and education on OSHA, federal, state, and local safety rules and regulations applicable to the company, its employees, and its independent contractors. An employee in this position will also help set compliant safety standards and procedures for the company's workforce, its job sites, and will assist with ensuring they are carried out on a daily basis. This position reports to and works directly with the Safety Director.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned:
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals to perform the essential functions of a job.
Education and/or Experience
Four (4) years minimum related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
Language Skills
Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos. Ability to write simple correspondence. Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to customers, clients, and other employees of the organization.
Mathematical Skills
Ability to add and subtract two digit numbers and to multiply and divide with 10's and 100's. Ability to perform these operations using units of American money and weight measurement, volume and distance.
Reasoning Ability
Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions. Ability to deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations.
Certificates, Licenses and Registrations
Valid driver's license. CDL preferred OR acquired within 90 days of employment.
Physical Demands
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential function of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands to finger, handle or feel, reach with hands and are, talk and hear. The employee is frequently required to stand walk and sit. The employee is occasionally required to climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl and smell. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to twenty-five (25) pounds without assistance. Occasionally lift and/or move up to fifty (50) pounds without assistance. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.
Work Environment
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally exposed to moving mechanical part, fumes, airborne particles, caustic chemicals, outside weather conditions and risk of electrical shock. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT
Candidate is required to meet the above qualifications and job duties, task frequency and PPE requirements. Approval of pre-employment reference & background checks, and post offer drug testing with fit for employment screening are required as conditions of employment.
AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY, AFFIRMATIVE ACTION, DRUG-FREE WORKPLACE EMPLOYER.
General Excavating is an award-winning contractor serving public and private owners throughout Nebraska and South Dakota. General Excavating specializes in the construction of underground utilities, natural gas distribution, environmental remediation, excavation shoring, directional drilling, hydro-excavation, and heavy civil including bridge and concrete structures.
A Safety Manager is responsible for company safety compliance and must understand, practice, implement, and provide training and education on OSHA, federal, state, and local safety rules and regulations applicable to the company, its employees, and its independent contractors. An employee in this position will also help set compliant safety standards and procedures for the company's workforce, its job sites, and will assist with ensuring they are carried out on a daily basis. This position reports to and works directly with the Safety Director.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned:
- Work with the Safety Director to establish and administer the company's Safety Program
- Conduct regular job site compliance inspections to ensure the company's standards and procedures, as well as all applicable state, federal and local safety regulations, are being followed; take corrective action on any unsafe acts or hazards
- Schedule and conduct employee training and maintain training logs
- Assist or review all accident investigations and assist with injury management
- Work in cooperation with Human Resources to develop and monitor claim reporting procedures
- Help conduct company-wide safety meetings
- Support in the management of the safety manual and implement or remove policies as needed; update forms as necessary
- Manage and lead process of OSHA job site visits, while assisting and leading General Excavating personnel; coordinate any follow-up documentation with appropriate OSHA personnel
- Attend seminars and classes to stay up to date and compliant with state and federal regulations
- Conduct annual equipment inspections
- Assist Project Management in the pre-planning of operations to ensure safety requirements are met, such as subcontractors safety program, job hazard analysis, training credentials
- Obtain and post necessary warning signs and safety posters
- Work with the appropriate departments to establish procedures for handling safety complaints from employees and the public
- Assist in managing company hazardous communication training and documentation
- Maintain regular and reliable attendance and physical presence at the assigned workplace
- Perform all other duties as assigned
- Ability to work productively alone or with others
- Problem-solving abilities
- Communicate effectively
- Work efficiently and effectively
- Be self-motivated
- Ability to make sound decisions
- Must be able to remain calm during stressful situations and work through any challenges or issues which may arise
- Must be able to know when to ask for help when a job task exceeds their skills or abilities
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals to perform the essential functions of a job.
Education and/or Experience
Four (4) years minimum related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
Language Skills
Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos. Ability to write simple correspondence. Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to customers, clients, and other employees of the organization.
Mathematical Skills
Ability to add and subtract two digit numbers and to multiply and divide with 10's and 100's. Ability to perform these operations using units of American money and weight measurement, volume and distance.
Reasoning Ability
Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions. Ability to deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations.
Certificates, Licenses and Registrations
Valid driver's license. CDL preferred OR acquired within 90 days of employment.
Physical Demands
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential function of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands to finger, handle or feel, reach with hands and are, talk and hear. The employee is frequently required to stand walk and sit. The employee is occasionally required to climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl and smell. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to twenty-five (25) pounds without assistance. Occasionally lift and/or move up to fifty (50) pounds without assistance. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.
Work Environment
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally exposed to moving mechanical part, fumes, airborne particles, caustic chemicals, outside weather conditions and risk of electrical shock. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT
Candidate is required to meet the above qualifications and job duties, task frequency and PPE requirements. Approval of pre-employment reference & background checks, and post offer drug testing with fit for employment screening are required as conditions of employment.
AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY, AFFIRMATIVE ACTION, DRUG-FREE WORKPLACE EMPLOYER.
