Health and Safety Manager - Austin, United States - Flintco

Description

** Health and Safety Manager**

**Job Category****:** Safety **Requisition Number****:** HSEMA002376 Showing 1 location **Job Details**

**Description**

Founded in 1908, Flintco now employs more than 800 people in 8 cities serving clients in healthcare, education, hospitality,

sports and industrial. Flintco also self-performs concrete, steel erection and excavation. Nothing matters more to us than the

quality and growth of our people. Our teams are smart, humble and disciplined. Flintco is recognized for its commitment to

safety and quality, using Lean principles as a guide to continuous improvement. The five guiding principles of our Ethos are:

Safety, Integrity, Quality, Accountability and Honesty. We live it every day.

**Job Summary**

**Essential Duties and Responsibilities**

**The HSE Manager's** duties and responsibilities include the following, however, other duties may be assigned. To perform in this position successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Assists in the design of site-specific safety programs.

Conducts random safety audits and reviews results using statistical evaluation, audit reports and feedback.

Interfaces with on-site subcontractors and suppliers.

Establishes relationships with clients' safety staff.

Conducts site safety orientations.

Coordinates site specific substance abuse testing, if applicable.

Routinely audits on-site safety compliance.

Ensures the safe, effective and efficient operation of the department/work unit.

Provides total commitment to continuous process improvement.

Models and reinforces safety as a top priority of the organization. Always wears a hard hat and other appropriate

personal protective equipment in the field.

Meets schedules and deadlines, adheres to policies and procedures and maintains a good attendance/tardiness

record.

Ensures client satisfaction, both internally and externally, through efficient handling of issues.

Exercises good interpersonal skills by gladly assisting others to accomplish work of the organization, even it is

outside the scope of regular duties.

Performs other duties as assigned by the supervisor.

**Knowledge/Skills/Ability**

Ability to represent to all persons the Flintco Ethos that encourages the highest level of performance, integrity and morale.

Reads, analyzes and interprets general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures or governmental

regulations. Writes reports, business correspondence. Effectively presents information and responds to questions from

groups of managers, clients, clients and the general public. Works with mathematical concepts such as probability and

statistical inference. Applies concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios and proportions to practical situations. Solves

practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.

Interprets a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram or schedule form. Organizes and manages time, duties

and activities efficiently.

**Education**

Bachelors or Associates Degree in Health & Safety, Engineering, Construction Management or related field or an equivalent

combination of education and experience.

**Experience**

At least 5 years of experience in Health and Safety within the construction industry or 10 to 15 years of construction

experience. High-rise experience is a plus.

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations

CHST, ASP or CHSO required. First Aid/CPR/AED Certifications required. 30-hour OSHA required.

Physical Requirements

Physical demands are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential

functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to

perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this position, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; use hands to finger,

handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; and talk or hear.

The employee is occasionally required to sit and smell.

The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.

Specific vision abilities required by this position include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision,

depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

Occasionally, especially when managing multiple projects and during problematic opening and/or closing phases of

projects, mental stress can be taxing.

May be required to work long hours for extended periods of time.

**Special Job Dimensions**

The office provides a safe and healthy work environment, is adequately heated and cooled, is free from exposure and extreme

conditions, has appropriate lighting and office furnishings, and is smoke-free and drug-free. While performing the duties of

this position in the fabrication shop, warehouse, maintenance shop or at a project site, the employee could be regularly

exposed to any number of the following, including, but not limited to: moving mechanical parts; moving machinery; high,

precarious places (including, but not limited to, being raised several hundred feet in a bucket); close tight quarters; rough and

sloped terrain; fumes or airborne particles; drilling and blasting activities; welding activities; toxic or caustic chemicals; the

potential of falling rock; and outside weather conditions. The employee may be occasionally exposed to risk of electrical

shock and vibration. The noise level in the work environment is generally loud.

*** NOTE** Where allowed, employees who work in positions classified as safety-sensitive can be disciplined if they test

positive for marijuana or its metabolites, even if they have a valid state medical marijuana license. In addition, Flintco may also

refuse to hire applicants for safety-sensitive jobs who test positive for marijuana as part of a pre-employment drug test, even if

those applicants can produce a valid medical marijuana patient license

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Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractors legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR c)