Arcadis
Health and Safety Lead
Arcadis, Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60290
Arcadis is seeking a
Health and Safety Manager
to support our Places Infrastructure team in the Chicago, IL area. This position is located on client site.
Arcadis is the world's leading company delivering sustainable design, engineering, and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets.
We are more than 36,000 people, in over 70 countries, dedicated to improving quality of life. Everyone has an important role to play. With the power of many curious minds, together we can solve the world’s most complex challenges and deliver more impact together.
Role description:
As the H&S Lead you will survey active construction sites of capital projects for compliance or non-compliance with safety standards, review contractor submitted safety documentation, and report audit findings for corrective actions and metric reporting. You will also review, revise, and update documents; issue new forms, SOPs, or guidance docs when required. Develop and maintain strong working relationships with contractor safety representatives.
Role accountabilities:
Evaluate contractor safety records/programs and maintain a list of approved contractors
Perform pre-qualifications; maintain records for contractors
Review, revise, and update evaluation methods to bring them in compliance with Environmental, Health, & Safety (“EHS”)
Monitor the contractor’s field activities to verify the work is being performed in compliance with approved safety plan, client policies, and industry best practices.
Maintain EHS program document library (SOPs, guidance documents, policies, forms, etc.).
Report all serious on-site conditions, near misses, or incidents to the EHS and Project Managers and Delivery Lead.
Exercise stop work authority if serious conditions or behaviors are identified.
Prepare action plans for reported safety deficiencies and train PMs and Associate Project Managers (“APMs”) to use the EHS program tools (SRAs, PTWs, HHPTWs, JSAs, SSOs).
Maintain 100% training rate among PMs and APMs.
Organize and lead Safety Risk Assessment (“SRA”) meetings prior to start of construction and also hold SRA meetings for 100% of construction projects.
Evaluate and track permits-to-work (“PTWs”) issued by PMs and APMs.
Issue High-Hazard Permits-to-Work (“HHPTWs”) at contractor work sites.
Perform site inspections (“SSOs”) at contractor work sites.
Evaluate SSOs performed by PMs and APMs.
Maintain records of monthly safety statistics from contractors.
Recognize and reward safe crews.
Organize and lead quarterly contractor meetings.
Share tracked safety data from the previous quarter, 4 times a year.
Respond to incidents on site, organize and lead incident investigations.
Qualifications & Experience:
Bachelor’s or Associate's Degree in Occupational Safety & Health, Health Sciences, Construction Management, or related field.
8+ years of experience in safety management of capital construction projects.
Field safety experience including monitoring compliance and submitting incident reports.
Why Arcadis?
We can only achieve our goals when everyone is empowered to be their best. We believe everyone's contribution matters. It’s why we are pioneering a skills-based approach, where you can harness your unique experience and expertise to carve your career path and maximize the impact we can make together.
You’ll do meaningful work, and no matter what role, you’ll be helping to deliver sustainable solutions for a more prosperous planet. Make your mark, on your career, your colleagues, your clients, your life, and the world around you.
Together, we can create a lasting legacy.
Join Arcadis. Create a Legacy.
Our Commitment to Equality, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging:
We want you to be able to bring your best self to work every day which is why we take equality and inclusion seriously and hold ourselves to account for our actions. Our ambition is to be an employer of choice and provide a great place to work for all our people. We are an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. Women, minorities, people with disabilities, and veterans are strongly encouraged to apply. We are dedicated to a policy of non-discrimination in employment on any basis including race, creed, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, citizenship status, disability, veteran status, or any other basis prohibited by law.
Arcadis offers benefits for full-time and part-time positions. These benefits include medical, dental, and vision, EAP, 401K, STD, LTD, AD&D, life insurance, paid parental leave, reward & recognition program, and optional benefits including wellbeing benefits, adoption assistance, and tuition reimbursement. We offer nine paid holidays and 15 days PTO that accrue per year. The salary range for this position is $88,000 - $132,000. Actual salaries will vary and are based on several factors, such as experience, education, budget, internal equity, project, and location.
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Health and Safety Manager
to support our Places Infrastructure team in the Chicago, IL area. This position is located on client site.
Arcadis is the world's leading company delivering sustainable design, engineering, and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets.
We are more than 36,000 people, in over 70 countries, dedicated to improving quality of life. Everyone has an important role to play. With the power of many curious minds, together we can solve the world’s most complex challenges and deliver more impact together.
Role description:
As the H&S Lead you will survey active construction sites of capital projects for compliance or non-compliance with safety standards, review contractor submitted safety documentation, and report audit findings for corrective actions and metric reporting. You will also review, revise, and update documents; issue new forms, SOPs, or guidance docs when required. Develop and maintain strong working relationships with contractor safety representatives.
Role accountabilities:
Evaluate contractor safety records/programs and maintain a list of approved contractors
Perform pre-qualifications; maintain records for contractors
Review, revise, and update evaluation methods to bring them in compliance with Environmental, Health, & Safety (“EHS”)
Monitor the contractor’s field activities to verify the work is being performed in compliance with approved safety plan, client policies, and industry best practices.
Maintain EHS program document library (SOPs, guidance documents, policies, forms, etc.).
Report all serious on-site conditions, near misses, or incidents to the EHS and Project Managers and Delivery Lead.
Exercise stop work authority if serious conditions or behaviors are identified.
Prepare action plans for reported safety deficiencies and train PMs and Associate Project Managers (“APMs”) to use the EHS program tools (SRAs, PTWs, HHPTWs, JSAs, SSOs).
Maintain 100% training rate among PMs and APMs.
Organize and lead Safety Risk Assessment (“SRA”) meetings prior to start of construction and also hold SRA meetings for 100% of construction projects.
Evaluate and track permits-to-work (“PTWs”) issued by PMs and APMs.
Issue High-Hazard Permits-to-Work (“HHPTWs”) at contractor work sites.
Perform site inspections (“SSOs”) at contractor work sites.
Evaluate SSOs performed by PMs and APMs.
Maintain records of monthly safety statistics from contractors.
Recognize and reward safe crews.
Organize and lead quarterly contractor meetings.
Share tracked safety data from the previous quarter, 4 times a year.
Respond to incidents on site, organize and lead incident investigations.
Qualifications & Experience:
Bachelor’s or Associate's Degree in Occupational Safety & Health, Health Sciences, Construction Management, or related field.
8+ years of experience in safety management of capital construction projects.
Field safety experience including monitoring compliance and submitting incident reports.
Why Arcadis?
We can only achieve our goals when everyone is empowered to be their best. We believe everyone's contribution matters. It’s why we are pioneering a skills-based approach, where you can harness your unique experience and expertise to carve your career path and maximize the impact we can make together.
You’ll do meaningful work, and no matter what role, you’ll be helping to deliver sustainable solutions for a more prosperous planet. Make your mark, on your career, your colleagues, your clients, your life, and the world around you.
Together, we can create a lasting legacy.
Join Arcadis. Create a Legacy.
Our Commitment to Equality, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging:
We want you to be able to bring your best self to work every day which is why we take equality and inclusion seriously and hold ourselves to account for our actions. Our ambition is to be an employer of choice and provide a great place to work for all our people. We are an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. Women, minorities, people with disabilities, and veterans are strongly encouraged to apply. We are dedicated to a policy of non-discrimination in employment on any basis including race, creed, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, citizenship status, disability, veteran status, or any other basis prohibited by law.
Arcadis offers benefits for full-time and part-time positions. These benefits include medical, dental, and vision, EAP, 401K, STD, LTD, AD&D, life insurance, paid parental leave, reward & recognition program, and optional benefits including wellbeing benefits, adoption assistance, and tuition reimbursement. We offer nine paid holidays and 15 days PTO that accrue per year. The salary range for this position is $88,000 - $132,000. Actual salaries will vary and are based on several factors, such as experience, education, budget, internal equity, project, and location.
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