Job Title: Safety Specialist
Job Description

Since 1913, our company has grown to become a well-respected electric power and mechanical contractor. With headquarters in Wisconsin and regional offices in Colorado, Florida, and Ohio, we provide a wide range of services to support commercial and residential clients.Assists in planning, implementing, and supervising all field projects related to safety programs and policies. Qualified candidates will display exceptional leadership and communication skills to procure the highest level of cultural safety awareness throughout the organization. Overhead Distribution, Transmission, or Substation experience required.Principal Accountabilities:Provide unwavering leadership for safety in the organization; work to control and eliminate hazards of the working environment; support field crews in all aspects of safety, employee engagement in safety; and support the safety goals and objectives of the Company.Trains field personnel in OSHA and company policies and procedures.Conducts all aspects of new employee orientation and training programs for field employees.Participates with project management and field crews in pre-planning job site safety activities.Enforces safety policies to include advising on and facilitating employee disciplinary actions as warranted.Conducts and documents site safety inspections to ensure compliance with safety and health programs; identifies unsafe working conditions; initiates corrective actions; completes detailed safety audit reports and distributes them to appropriate parties.Conducts timely incident investigations and RCA (root cause accident) investigations as needed; files all appropriate reports and communicates with management as needed.Maintains a working knowledge of the latest developments in construction industry safety field; develops safety training/education programs and implements those programs in a comprehensive and professional manner; documents training and education programs per corporate system requirements.As required, acts as OSHA liaison to outside parties, insurance representatives, etc. Coordinates and facilitates regulator (OSHA) inspections to include preparation of written appeals in response to citations.Performs other duties/special projects as assigned.On-site every day. Begins the day with a review of the work to take place. Pre-job briefing with field crews, conducting audits, and meeting the specific safety needs of the personnel in the field.Scope - Overhead Transmission / Distribution and Substation - building or modifying 7 substations and connecting them all together, building 700 miles of T-lines. They have half of that completed, with 350 miles remaining. All new transmission lines. No reconductor. It's mostly green with some hot crossings.Need field safety folks with experience in OH, substation, distribution work as a lineman, superintendent, or safety professional, and office personnel that have a Bachelor's in Safety and some type of heavy construction experience.Top Skills:- Electrical power- Safety- Utility

Hard SkillsOverhead Distribution, Transmission, or Substation experienceOSHA policies and proceduresIncident investigations and RCASafety training and education program developmentSafety audits and inspectionsSoft SkillsLeadershipCommunicationEmployee engagementHazard controlPre-planning job site activitiesJob Type

This is a Contract-to-Hire position with a duration of 12 Month(s).

Work Site

This is a fully on-site position in MADISON, Wisconsin.

Work Environment

Location: Expect that people live close enough to the central hub that if things are within a couple of hours of that hub, they go home at night. If they were to go as far south, those places would not make sense to drive to, and they would be put up in a hotel.Take trucks home with them. Would not need to be there most days. Have brought guys in, and they want to see those crews close to them regularly.Description of physical working environment: 80% field construction site work and 20% office environment; performs safety-related tasks in all weather conditions. When in the office, regularly works from a sitting position with a computer. Repetitive typing and computer use required. Regular bending, twisting, and light lifting is common. Ability to climb up and down ladders and steps, work on uneven ground, muddy/slippery and icy conditions. Drive short, medium, and long distances. Travel with some overnight stays required throughout the state. Extended or non-standard hours as required.Example of substation project size: multiple projects at once of smaller scale and crew sizes (total of 10-80 person operation on substation side of things).Scope Data: Manages safety function; coordinates safety budget per corporate guidelines; supervises field safety staff.Requires relocation to Madison, WI area.

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