Health, Safety & Environmental (HSE) Specialist
- Compensation
- $85K–$110K
- Location
- San Diego, California, United States
- Work setup
- Not specified
- Seniority
- Not specified
- Employment
- Contract
- Experience
- 3+ years
- Category
- Occupational safety
- Posted
Skills
Must have
- 3+ years of progressive experience in HSE in a construction environment
- A Degree/Diploma in Occupational Health and Safety, Environmental Science, Safety Engineering, or Industrial Hygiene, or the equivalent in education and directly related construction safety experience
- Experience reviewing and interpreting Cal/OSHA and Federal OSHA construction legislation
- Demonstratable knowledge of construction industry best practices to ensure worker health and safety when performing their duties.
Nice to have
- Experience in a HSE role within multi-employer construction work sites, preferably on behalf of a general contractor.
- Experience developing construction project HSE documentation, performing risk assessments, and building exposure control plans for hazardous materials (lead, asbestos, silica etc.) and confined spaces
- A certified auditor, or be willing to complete the necessary training courses to certify.
- Candidates who have achieved or are actively working towards professional HSE designations (CSP, SMS, ASP, CHST, REM etc.).
- Experience using contractor compliance portals such as ISNetworld, ComplyWorks, Avetta etc.
- Basic understanding of ISO 14001 and/or ISO 45001 standards
- Experience working with learning management systems and performing training gap analysis
Full description
We are looking for a Health, Safety & Environmental (HSE) Specialist. This position will be based out of either our San Diego or Irvine office and have oversight responsibilities across all of Bosch Building Technologies (BBT) activities in the Southwest region.
Reporting into our Director, HSE, the HSE Specialist has the overall goal of supporting HSE initiatives, policy, and program deployment and monitoring within the Southwest region.
This position will promote a risk-forward culture of safety by working closely with regional management and associates to motivate and encourage a safe working environment. Key components of the role will be providing technical guidance and coaching to regional stakeholders, support HSE document development for project activities, performing project site inspections, maintaining and utilizing regional HSE statistics, coordinating HSE investigations and safety committee activities, plus implementing corporate HSE initiatives to effectively support our associates.
BBT believes in continuous and ongoing learning at every level of our organization. The HSE Specialist will also be responsible for providing ongoing support, training and education to local management and associates on HSE topics.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Oversee the deployment and monitoring of corporate HSE policies, programs, and initiatives in the Southwest region
- Work closely with corporate and regional HSE team members to support the development of corporate HSE policies and programs
- Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to develop and implement project HSE plans, risk assessments, and regional communications that support the safe delivery of work on client/general contractor project sites.
- Attend project sites to validate the correct implementation of HSE processes according to legislative, corporate, and site-specific requirements, and provide guidance and coaching to local operational teams where required.
- Facilitate and, where required, lead incident investigations in the Southwest, ensuring that root causes are identified, and action plans are developed and completed in a timely manner.
- Actively work to identify system, program and training opportunities, and ensure strategies are implemented and aligned with corporate HSE requirements.
- Support the corporate HSE team to monitor and assess worker’s compensation claims for legitimacy, possible challenge, trends analysis and cost control.
- Support management to facilitate the early and safe return to work for employees who are injured or become ill at work.
- Provide lagging statistical information and support the development of leading key performance indicators in a meaningful format for local leaders and management teams to support effective decision-making.