Safety Technician

Location: Inwood, West Virginia

Bilfinger Industrial Services Inc. is part of the Bilfinger group, a leading engineering industrial construction and maintenance company. Whether the need is for e.g. a plant upgrade or for customized maintenance support or construction solutions to meet challenging site demands, Bilfinger Industrial Services Inc. provides tailor-made solutions to meet quality, cost, and schedules requirements. The company focusses on expanding, modifying, and maintaining existing plants. Bilfinger is a five billion dollar company with thousands of highly professional employees in the USA and worldwide.

Safety Technician

Bilfinger Industrial Services Inc., known as a leading one-stop shop provider for complex industrial services is seeking a Safety Technician at our Inwood, WV location. This position reports to the Site Safety Leader and requires a self-motivated individual to assist with the site’s Environmental, Health and Safety Plan.

Job Responsibilities

• Advise, coach and lead employees and other contractors to provide an excellent safety culture
• Conduct safety orientations, educate, and train employees on safe practices, company policies, procedures, and regulations pertaining to employee safety and other HS&E topics
• Prepare and provide various safety training on a regular basis
• Interface with staff, craft, subcontractors, client contractors, CM’s, client and safety professionals
• Review existing policies and procedures, and develop improvements as needed
• Implement innovative HS&E programs and strategies in the areas of behavior-based safety, auditing for compliance, safety management systems, process safety and risk management, high-impact training, and compliance support
• Provide coaching and support to all site construction field operations
• Conduct risk assessment & safety inspections of work areas and enforce policies
• Track, analyze and report safety audit and leading indicators data in tabular and graphical formats and recommend focus areas based on the analysis
• Lead and participate in incident investigations identifying root causes and corrective actions
• Review and input on construction work plans with management, supervision and contractors
• Maintain KPI’s and a PDCA developing 90 day and 1 year plans with improvement actions
• Promote site recognition and rewards programs
• Represent the Bilfinger Construction Management Organization at site contractor/visitor meetings

Requirements

• 
  5 years of experience as a Safety Technician or similar role
• Ideal candidate possesses a bachelor’s degree in Occupational Safety and Health related field.
• Experience in excavation, lifting and rigging, crane operations, demolition, confined space, working at height, steel erection, scaffolding and other construction processes
• Work permitting experience (elevated work, crane lifts, confined space, excavation, LOTO, etc)
• Experience with writing policies and procedures for health and safety
• Conduct data analysis and reporting of statistics with 2-3 years of experience in producing reports
• Proficient in MS Office (Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint Microsoft Forms and Power BI)
• Outstanding organizational and time management skills
• Critical thinker and problem-solving skills
• Excellent team leader and facilitator, with great interpersonal and communication skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with ability to speak comfortably to large group
• OSHA 30 certification or better safety and health training
• Current OSHA 500/510/CHST are a plus
• Qualified to train on Powered Industrial Truck, Aerial & Scissor Lift a plus: Classroom/Functional
• Requires the ability to walk extensively, climb stairs, and ladders or scaffolds throughout diverse work environments as required by business demands

Bilfinger Industrial Services, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer and offers competitive pay and benefits including 401(k). A background check in compliance with the Fair Credit Reporting Act and a drug screening is required. Please visit our website for additional company information at https://northamerica.bilfinger.com/.

Please reach out to Velma Arismendez (velma.arismendez@bilfinger.com) in case of any questions related to this position.

Bilfinger Industrial Services Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer – M/F/Veterans/Disabled. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, protected veteran status or other legally protected characteristics.

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