Safety Director

Powercomm Construction Inc, a growing underground utility infrastructure company located in Upper Marlboro, MD is searching for a Safety Director for all its projects and operations. APPLICANT MUST HAVE SAFETY EXPERIENCE WITH UNDERGROUND UTILITY INFRASTRUCTURE CONSTRUCTION FOR OR ELECTRICITY.

GENERAL SUMMARY/ESSENTIAL PURPOSE:
This position is responsible for planning, preparing, organizing, implementing, and executing all safety administrative and performance requirements for all projects in accordance with contract specifications, OSHA, while fully integrating with the project teams to support the safe production of quality work. This position is also responsible for Regulatory Compliance, including OSHA, EPA, DOT, DOL, Local Municipalities, etc. This position may provide oversight to daily activities for assigned direct reports.

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE:

Five or more years applied work experience (or equivalent) in commercial construction industry required, with five or more years' experience (or equivalent) in underground construction safety management at the jobsite level.

A combination of equivalent work experience, training in the field, and/or Occupational Safety and Health certificate programs through the OSHA Training Institutes or other national recognized safety training organization (whether certificates or degree programs), and professional certifications.

Competent personal training or experience in Fall Protection, Confined Space, Electrical, Trenching/Excavation, PPE.

Five or more consecutive years of documented safety training.

Computer literacy (Microsoft Office, Outlook, Internet, etc.) required.

Current CPR, First Aid, and OSHA 30-hour (within past 5 years) certifications required.

PRINCIPAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

Conducts routine inspections of project, observing, and documenting deficiencies as well as noteworthy safety practices that are consistent with required expectations.

Maintains regular attendance on the jobsites, per specifications described in Powercomm Construction Inc. contract(s) with the client(s) governing the project(s) to which employee is assigned.

Tracks deficiencies and leading indicator trends to identify repeated at-risk behavior and conditions and reports deficiencies to appropriate subcontract and project leadership and leads efforts to implement corrective action and processes through coaching and training and/or issuing appropriate safety violations.

Powercomm Construction, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. Powercomm Construction Inc. is fully committed to equal employment opportunity (EOE) and maintaining a workplace free of discrimination and harassment based on race, gender, religion, age, color, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, and other non-merit factors. All persons shall be afforded equal employment opportunity at Powercomm Construction Inc. Powercomm Construction Inc. prohibits discrimination in all aspects of its personnel policies, program practices and operations, and relationships with employees and applicants, including, but not limited to, recruitment, hiring and merit promotion. Powercomm Construction Inc. promotes programs of affirmative recruitment and employment at all levels of the company. The company subscribes to, and will implement to the full extent, all applicable laws that promote equality of opportunity. Powercomm Construction Inc. welcomes and encourages applications from persons with disabilities and will reasonably accommodate the needs of those persons. Powercomm Construction Inc. is committed to satisfying its affirmative obligations under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 to ensure that persons with disabilities have every opportunity to be hired and advanced based on merit within the company.

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