Job Description

Sargent Electric Company ( www.sargentelectric.com) is a nationally recognized electrical contractor with deep Pittsburgh roots. Founded in 1907, we’ve grown into one of the region’s largest electrical contracting firms and have been consistently named one of the Fastest Growing Companies by the Pittsburgh Business Times.

Position: Site Safety Manager
Location: Altoona, Kansas

Sargent Electric Company is seeking a Site Safety Manager to support our Sunflower Sky Solar project. The position is a temporary (six months) or temporary-to-full-time opportunity for a candidate willing to travel to multiple jobsites.

This role is responsible for leading and managing all aspects of the project-specific health and safety program. The Site Safety Manager will deliver site safety training to all employees, provide technical safety guidance to project leadership, and ensure compliance with all safety standards and regulations.

The ideal candidate will have the ability to develop, implement, and enforce a high-quality safety program while fostering a culture focused on achieving an injury-free work environment.

Essential Job Functions under general and/or remote supervision:

• Provide general safety training to all personnel at the site and maintain training records that ensures compliance with OSHA and Department of Labor & Industry as well as all local and customer requirements.
• Sound knowledge of OSHA 1926 as well as applicable consensus standards such as NFPA 70E and ASTM.
• Support site leadership after incidents by using proven investigative skills to gather all the facts in a logical and sequential manner.
• Assist leadership in developing all causal factors for all Near Miss and other incidents.
• Develop corrective actions for each causal factor utilizing the Hierarchy of Controls.
• Be the voice for safety during all project planning meetings and provide the site leadership the safety support to make the safe decision.
• Assist in the development of Job Hazard Analyses and mitigation strategy that will prevent the opportunity for injury.
• Evaluate effectiveness of safety programs through daily field walks and compliance auditing.
• Provide coaching and mentoring to the site leadership that enables them to correct employees exhibiting unsafe behaviors and provide recognition for employees exhibiting safe behaviors.
• Provide regular feedback to project leadership and the Regional Safety Manager in a constructive manner on need areas for safety improvement and recognition.
• Meet regularly with the field personnel and assist them in the development of project-specific corrective action plans to address safety issues.
• Collaborate with other safety professionals on the overall jobsite to discuss incident and near miss incidents and prevention measures throughout the site.
• Routinely meet with the Regional Safety Manager to discuss employee behaviors and factors for a safe working environment.
• Perform weekly toolbox talks with employees.
• Onboard all new employees and conduct the new hire orientation and training as required.

Minimum Job Requirements:

• Must pass all pre-employment testing, including but not limited to background, clean automobile drivers record, BAC, drug, site security, and others that may be required at the time of employment.
• Extensive experience in the construction field.
• Electrical experience preferred but not required.
• 2+ years of experience in field safety experience or similar role.
• Ability to work independently, strong communication skills with ability to influence behaviors in both leadership and field personnel.
• Safety certification, such as CHST and OSHA 30 is desired.
• Must have a reliable means of transportation, clean drivers record and carry adequate automobile insurance.

General work environment

• The Site Safety Manager will report directly to the Great Lakes Regional Safety Manager.
• Standing, walking, sitting, climbing, typing, carrying, pushing, bending. Work is conducted in both indoor office settings, and outdoor constructions jobsite settings. Environmental conditions will vary.
• Occasional lifting of up to 40 pounds.
• Other duties as assigned

Sargent Electric Company and all its affiliate companies are committed to providing equal employment opportunities in all aspects of employment to qualified individuals without regard to the following criteria: race, color, national origin, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, mental or physical disability, age, familial or marital status, ancestry, military status, veteran status or genetic information as well as any other prohibited criteria under any local, state or federal law applicable to Sargent Electric Company.