Construction Safety and Health Manager

Keystone Safety Services is hiring!

Job Introduction:

Keystone Safety Services, in Rensselaer, NY, is looking to hire an experienced Construction Safety and Health Manager. The role is full-time and permanent, based out of Rensselaer, with temporary placements to customer construction projects throughout New York State and New England. Project assignments can last from just days or weeks (fill-in work for colleagues on vacation) to many months or years (where you would be managing the safety and health-related efforts at your very own project). Most projects last less than a year, with reassignment to a new project when each project ends. As project locations do change over time, candidates must understand that commuting times to and from work will also change over time.

Job Responsibilities:

• Represent Keystone Safety Services by managing all daily EHS-related concerns at customer construction projects.

• Observe the work practices of all trades, as well as individual construction team members, on the project to identify unsafe behaviors and work practices not in compliance with OSHA standards.

• Perform daily site safety inspections, to identify that all required safety protections are in place and that unsafe tools, equipment, or other unsafe conditions, are not present.

• Notify the customer to bring unsafe behaviors and unsafe conditions to their attention, while working with the customer or sub-contractor (and individual construction team members) on how best to perform the work in a safe manner and in compliance with OSHA standards.

• Perform hazard assessments for scheduled work activities, and write, or review, Pre-Task Plans that proactively mitigate safety hazards and reduce EHS-related risk.

• Issue required work permits for any higher-risk work activities (i.e., elevated work, hot work, confined space entry work, excavation work, etc.) that require special work permits per the project-specific Health and Safety Plan (HASP).

• Confirm that construction team members have the appropriate training credentials before they perform any work activity for which training certification is required.

• Inspect, and help maintain, all safety and health-related equipment at the project (i.e., fire extinguishers, first aid supplies, safety signs, ladders and scaffolds, confined space monitoring equipment, etc.) as well as Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) used on the project (i.e., personal fall arrest systems, respirators, arc-flash suits, etc.).

• Conduct a daily “toolbox talk” (to highlight a safety and health topic), or pre-work safety briefing (to discuss the day’s scheduled work activities, likely hazards, and mitigation steps) to help keep safety on everyone’s mind and task.

• Perform testing of confined space atmospheres before confined space entries occur, as well as conduct industrial hygiene sampling (i.e., for noise, particulates, solvents, etc.).

• Conduct incident investigations for any EHS-related incidents (i.e., injuries, near-hits, fires, spills, damage, etc.).

• Maintain all EHS-related project paperwork (i.e., pre-task planning documentation, permits issued, toolbox talks completed, inspection records, sampling data, training records, incident investigation documentation, etc.).

Job Prerequisites:

• At least 15 years of documented experience managing the Safety and Health Management System at construction projects. Candidates with a Bachelor’s degree in Construction Safety; Environmental, Health, and Safety (EHS); Environmental Science (with a concentration on occupational safety and health); Construction Management (with a concentration on construction safety), or a related degree, will receive additional consideration, but effective construction safety management experience is the necessary skill set.

• Knowledge and understanding of EHS-related laws and standards, particularly OSHA’s construction safety and health standards (29 CFR 1926).

• General familiarity with recommended or consensus safety and health standards (i.e., standards published by ISO, NFPA, ANSI, NIOSH, etc.).

• Ability to reliably be at assigned work locations. Most construction projects work from 7 am to 3:30 pm, Monday through Friday. Some projects occasionally require staying late or weekend work. Overtime pay (at 1.5 times your regular hourly rate) is offered for any weekly hours worked in excess of 40.

• Willingness to perform all assigned EHS functions to the best of one’s ability and to professionally represent Keystone Safety Services to the company’s customers and prospective customers.

• Ability to physically access all portions of the assigned construction project, with or without reasonable accommodation. Access to construction projects normally includes walking, using staircases, ascending or descending ramps and vertical ladders, accessing scaffolds and personnel lifts, climbing through hatch openings, and maneuvering over shallow trenches and changes in surface elevations.

• Capability, and willingness, to use all project and task-based required Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), with or without reasonable accommodation. PPE potentially needed includes hardhat or helmet, safety glasses or goggles, face shield, hearing protection, respiratory protection, protective gloves of various types, high-visibility vest or jacket, personal fall arrest system (fall protection harness and use of lanyard), safety shoes or boots, and thermal, chemical or electrical protective clothing.

• Willingness to participate in EHS-related, and other types of, training as Keystone Safety Services requires or believes necessary for personal development.

• As the role is primarily field-based at customer construction project sites, some of which may be fully outdoors, there must be a willingness to work in varied weather conditions and temperatures, as well as a willingness to travel to and from different customer worksites as they change over time.

About the Company:

Keystone Safety Services is a small, but growing, company that offers EHS-related consulting services, including EHS Program Development, EHS Training, and EHS Auditing and Testing services, for both general and construction industries. The company also offers, and specializes in, providing EHS Management services, including temporary placement of EHS professionals at customer sites (i.e., to fill in for the customer’s EHS professional when on vacation or long-term leave, for plant-wide annual maintenance shut-downs, and particularly for managing EHS concerns on short-term and long-term construction projects, etc.).

Keystone Safety Services offers the following employee benefits:

• Competitive Annual Salary or Hourly Rate

• Potential for Overtime Pay (at 1.5 times your regular hourly rate)

• Vacation Time (commensurate with experience)

• Paid Holidays (or equivalent PTO days)

• Discounted Medical, Vision, and Dental Insurance Plans

• Availability of 401(k) Retirement Plan

• Family Leave (for new parents, for loss of a loved one, etc.)

• Mileage Reimbursement (for job sites more than 50 miles from home)

• Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States, without restriction. Keystone Safety Services will not, now or in the future, provide sponsorship for anyone not authorized to work in the United States without restriction.

• Keystone Safety Services is proud to be an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer and considers qualified applicants without regard to race, color, creed, religion, ancestry, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, veteran status or any other protected factor under federal, state or local law.

To Apply:

Please send your resume’, and salary expectations, to Allan Jenney, Director of EHS Management, using the email address: allan@keystonesafetyservices.com.