At HGL, we value our employees as individuals and as important members of our team. We offer a work environment that is flexible, inclusive, and dedicated to creating a sustainable future. We provide opportunities for a dynamic work environment surrounded by industry leaders working to solve today’s environmental, infrastructure, and natural resources challenges. HGL offers career advancement through internal and external training, skill advancement, and education. Projects at HGL span the United States and its territories all while solving problems associated with emerging contaminants (PFAS, radiological, and unexploded ordnance) along with traditional chemical contamination across all media. With over 500 employees, HGL is large enough to execute high profile projects, but small enough that personal working environments are possible with senior management and HGL's talented team members. By joining HGL, you will be working toward restoring the environment and protecting our future.
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Description
POSITION DESCRIPTION
Are you ready to take on a new job that provides a perfect platform to grow yourself and your career? HydroGeoLogic, Inc. (HGL) has a position open for a Senior Site Safety and Health Officer to support HGL’s ongoing projects across the United States. As a Senior Site Safety and Health Officer IV, you will work with our high performing HGL Team and be responsible for being onsite during field activities and will require responsibility for overall project safety performance. HGL is flexible regarding the actual physical location of a candidate. Projects may include in situ thermal treatment, remediation, demolition, waste cleanup, landfill cap construction, contaminated sediment removals, and groundwater treatment (both in-situ and pump-n-treat) and stabilization projects.
Responsibilities/Duties
WHAT YOU'LL BE DOING
The Safety And Health Officer IV Responsibilities Include
Developing and reviewing project planning documents pertaining to health and safety (APPs, AHAs, HASPs, etc.) to ensure safe project execution by the field team.
Serving as the primary health and safety compliance point of contact with field teams consisting of HGL staff, subcontractors, and client personnel.
Providing on-site daily safety and health briefings to HGL and subcontractor personnel.
Generating and maintaining accurate and detailed health and safety documentation, including daily health and safety reports, inspection logs, non-conformance/deficiency logs, and required corrective actions.
Updating AHAs as work progresses and communicating those updates with the project team.
Communicating with HGL’s construction and health and safety management teams to ensure compliance with project-specific and corporate procedures.
Implementing and enforcing on-site emergency response procedures.
Maintaining all required on-site health and safety documentation, including personnel certifications, sign-in/orientation sheets, required OSHA signage, planning documents, and safety data sheets.
Leading internal and client-facing meetings pertaining to planned and completed health and safety activities.
Required Skills
The ideal candidate will need the following as a foundation for success in this role:
The ability to travel at least 70% of the time to support projects ranging in duration from approximately 1 month to 1 year.
Minimum of 6 years’ experience serving as health and safety officer at construction projects, with 3 years’ experience on projects involving environmental contamination.
Proficient knowledge of USACE Safety and Health Requirements Manual EM 385-1-1.
Experience with health and safety procedures related to: air quality, hazardous waste, universal waste, investigation derived waste, wastewater, stormwater, spill prevention, decontamination, and health and safety inspections.
Experience working on environmental construction/remediation projects involving demolition, excavation, grading, and environmental sampling.
Working knowledge of Federal (OSHA) and state occupational and health and safety regulations.
Experience performing project safety audits.
Excellent communication, writing, and organization skills.
Ability to work in a fast-paced group setting with corporate, project, and technical management staff.
Proficiency in the Microsoft Office suite of software, specifically in Excel and Word.
40-hour OSHA HAZWOPER and current 8-hour OSHA HAZWOPER refresher certifications.
OSHA 30-hour Construction Safety certification.
Current CPR/First Aid training certificate.
What You Need To Stand Out
8- hour OSHA HAZWOPER Supervisor Training
Excavation Competent person certification
Fall Protection Competent Person certification
Confined Space Supervisor certification
Rigging training certification
Experience working with USACE and EPA clients
Details
MORE ABOUT HGL AND THE OPPORTUNITY
We are all unique in our experiences and diversity of backgrounds, yet we share a drive and vision in our belief that we can make a difference in improving the world we live in through collaboration, teamwork, and a positive work environment. This unites and empowers us to strive for excellence in all our endeavors.
A pre-hire drug test is required.
We are an Equal Employment/Affirmative Action employer. We do not discriminate in hiring on the basis of sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religious creed, national origin, physical or mental disability, protected Veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.
If you need reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please contact us by phone at 703-478-5186 and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information. Requests for accommodation will be considered on a case-by-case basis. Please note that only inquiries concerning a request for reasonable accommodation will be responded to from this e-mail address.
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Seniority level
Mid-Senior level
Employment type
Full-time
Job function
Health Care Provider
Industries
Environmental Services
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