Area Environmental, Safety and Health Supervisor

Requisition ID: 278512 

•  Relocation Authorized: National - Single 
• Telework Type: Full-Time Office/Project 
• Work Location: Thacker Pass,NV 

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Project Overview:

Thacker Pass is the largest known lithium resource in the United States. Once complete, the mine and processing facilities will produce more lithium carbonate than any other facility in the United States by far – enough to power 1 million electric vehicles per year.

As the EPCM contractor for Lithium Americas, Bechtel is responsible for managing and integrating the efforts of a team contractors engineering and building the facility. We are also managing procurement of about $1 Billion in goods and services.

Earth work began in 2023 and design and procurement of long-lead equipment is underway.

The project is located in the high desert and wide-open spaces of north-central Nevada about 25 miles from the Oregon border, 1 hour northwest of Winnemucca, Nevada and 3 hours northeast of Reno.

Planned with sustainability and the environment in mind, the facility will use its excess process heat to generate electricity and will recycle process water up to seven times. Once the second phase of the project is complete, Thacker Pass will produce more than 16 times the current U.S. output of lithium.

Bechtel is proud to play a critical role in the U.S. transition to cleaner energy and offers the following opportunity on the Thacker Pass Project.

Job Summary:

In this role, you will lead a high-performance team to develop and manage complex Environmental, Safety, and Health (ES&H) project programs. You will assist functional leads to ensure requirements are properly integrated and be responsible for overall project ES&H execution. Your leadership will help achieve ES&H performance expectations, compliance, and continuous improvement. #LI-NP1

Major Responsibilities:

• Conducts safety inspections/assessments of project construction activities to monitor compliance with applicable safety and health requirements including contractual commitments, permits, and the project’s ES&H plan. Provides onsite safety technical support and assistance to engineering, construction, and contractors/subcontractors onsite ES&H representatives during construction.
• Participates in meetings with customers, project team members, and contractors/subcontractors to advise them of safety requirements that may affect project design, schedule, and cost.
• Drafts comprehensive ES&H plans, project specific risk reduction plans, safety awareness training programs, and technical reports.
• Provides recommendations and input for revising safety procedures, work processes, and other quality improvement measures.
•  Supervises an Environmental, Safety, and Health (ESH) program on a project inclusive of technical and administrative aspects; compliance activities; and processes and plans associated with all three ESH disciplines (including medical). 
• Supervises EHS personnel and facilitates their development through assignments, coaching, and mentoring. 
• Assures that ESH requirements are properly interpreted and integrated in planning documents, design criteria, construction and operational plans, schedules, training programs, and subcontract documents. 
• Applies Bechtel’s ESH Management System and standards to achieve, maintain, and continually improve EHS program execution. 
• Assures support within ESH teams and to Engineering, Construction, Commissioning, Operations, Legal, Contracts, Procurement, Management, and other functions regarding ESH requirements. 
• Manages budgets, schedules, and resources for interpreting and implementing ESH requirements, evaluating risks, and developing suitable plans and methods for a robust ESH program. 
• Helps write and oversees implementation of Environmental Management Plans, Safety and Health Management Plans, and other ESH plans in compliance with Bechtel’s ESH Management System, standards, and contract and regulatory requirements. 
• Establishes ESH emergency preparedness planning and confirms the investigation and resolution of ESH incidents. 
• Conducts assessments and inspections, and participates in audits, to confirm ESH compliance with contractual commitments, laws and regulations, environmental permit requirements, and Bechtel standards. 
• Confirms that environmental permitting, specialized studies, assessments, reports, and regulatory submittals are completed as required. 

Education and Experience Requirements:

• Requires a Bachelor’s degree (or international equivalent) related to environmental, safety, health or science-related discipline and 10-13 years of relevant experience or 14-17 years of relevant work experience

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Knowledge of safety procedures, engineering systems, principles, and methodologies. Experience in safety inspections/assessments during construction.
• Knowledge of national and international safety laws/regulations and regulatory agencies’ processes and responsibilities, industry standards/practices for safety and health compliance, and best management practices for minimizing potential safety risks during project execution.

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