Safety Advisor

Valard Construction LLC is Canada's premier powerline contractor, serving clients in both public & private sectors. We offer construction services in overhead and underground transmission and distribution systems, substations, fibre optics, as well as substation and transmission foundations.

Valard Construction LLC is looking to hire a Health and Safety Advisor responsible for providing leadership and coordination of the day-to-day safety requirements of the assigned project. As a Health and Safety advisor, you play an important role in ensuring that Valard's safety culture has been established and adhered to in the field. You will be required to familiarize yourself with related work procedures in order to monitor, audit and report your findings and corrective actions to your supervisor, as well as providing support, advice and administrative assistance with matters relating to safety, mentoring and coaching to the supervisors, Foreman and workers in the field will all matters relating to Health and Safety.

This position will be located in either Charlotte, NC or Spartanburg, SC. Occasional travel to other job sites may be required based on project needs.

Requirements

Duties and Responsibilities

• Be a visible presence and resource in the field.
• Good understanding of Valard's Health Safety and Environmental Manual, and assist in the coaching, mentoring and implementation of the programs in the field.
• Regularly review and be familiar with all applicable legislation, and applicable standards.
• Provide a safe work environment for all Valard employees, contractors, and visitors as per the Site Safety Management Plan (SMP).
• Provide safety support and coaching to all site managers, supervisors, and foreman.
• Inform the Project Manager and supervision of any legislative changes within the projects time schedule.
• Incidents are reported immediately and notification to the Supervisor and Safety Manager Immediately - within 4 hours of the incident.
• Participate and assist the supervisors and foreman in the investigation of incidents to determine root cause, and corrective actions.
• Develop an accurate incident report, and forward to the project supervisor for review. All final incident reports are required to be in the head office within 72 Hours.
• Corrective actions are followed up on and completed.
• Injured workers are offered modified duties and documentation has been completed. Monitor and follow up on modified workers in the field.
• Maintain an up-to-date journal daily.
• Pull training records and assist in identifying gaps and work with operations to identify corporate approved training course and arrange training.
• Safety obligations are carried out as per client agreement and communicated to the Project Manager and Supervisors.
• Coach and advise management and supervision on the implementation of Valard's progressive discipline policy.
• Develop and maintain good relations with client and client representatives and staff, inside and outside the company while ensuring Valard's best interest.
• In conjunction with project management team, ensure new hires are orientated to the company and project, and all required documentation is complete.
• Protect company property and report any loss or vandalism immediately.
• Review and providing coaching on daily tailboards/hazard assessments to ensure that hazards are addressed, and a mitigation process is in place to provide capacity for failure; provide feedback to workers to assist them for compliance.
• Review all other documentation required to meet regulatory requirements, such as, fall protection plans, blasters logbooks, confined space entry plans, lock out tag out plans to ensure compliance.
• Maintain a safety board with current postings including but not limited to: Health and Safety Policy, inspections, audit results, project hazard assessments, location of first aid, OSHA Logs, etc. is accessible to the all staff.
• As a minimum make available the following material on site: Valard's HS&E Manual, the applicable State/Federal legislation and regulations, site safety inspection forms, observation forms, tailboards, logbooks, fall protection plans, etc.
• Perform observations, inspections, emergency preparedness drills, as per the current HS&E Manual and review and communicate the findings via safety meetings and postings.
• Prepare for, and participate in, audits such as ISO 45001, COR and/or Owner audits.
• Review field findings on a regular basis and report trends and consider appropriate corrective action plans.
• Maintain a corrective action log.
• Communicate and document any significant issues or concerns with the project manager, supervisor, and foreman for development and implementation of corrective action path.
• Communicate, coach and assist field staff to ensure that all safety expectations are met.
• Facilitate weekly safety meetings, capture minutes and action items. Follow up on action items to completion. Post and forward to head office in a timely fashion.
• Prepare weekly and monthly safety reports.
• Liaise client expectations and negotiating toward successful results when issues arise.
• Provide advice and support to ensure compliance with Valard's policies and procedures; as well as those outlined by legislation or our clients.
• Provide support to the supervisors and foreman to ensure that JSAs are developed and reviewed with the crews and available at the work site.
• Participate in a regular meeting with project safety team to review issues, trends and upcoming conditions or events.
• Participate in and contribute by providing agenda items for the regular meetings with the Health & Safety Manager.

Knowledge/ Skills:

• Occupational Health and Safety Degree, Diploma or Certificate
• CSP, ASP, CHST, and/or CUSP designations an asset
• Must possess valid Drivers License
• Minimum 3 years health and safety experience
• Experience in Microsoft office applications
• Ability to maintain a high level of accuracy and confidentiality
• Demonstrate high level of professionalism
• The ability to demonstrate the application of risk assessment to company operations and activities.
• Good physical condition
• Ability to travel

• Excellent Incident Investigation skills
• Effective communication skills
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Ability to perform under stressful conditions
• Analytical skills
• Probability and decision making skills
• Attention to detail and high level of accuracy
• Effective organizational skills
• Stress management skills

Benefits

• Pay range of $36-$40/hr USD

• 401K matching

• A robust Health, Vision, and Dental plan
• Paid time off for vacation and holidays
• Room for growth, learning and collaboration
• Long term and exciting career opportunity

Valard Construction is an equal opportunity employer, committed to a diverse workforce. We offer a completive salary and a complete range of employee benefits.

We thank all applicants for their interest. All applications will be reviewed to determine which candidates' education and experience best meets the needs of the position. Only individuals selected for interviews will be contacted.

Valard Construction will not sponsor work visas for this position.

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by the incumbent(s) of this job. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities and activities required for the position.

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