HSE Officer

Job Title

HSE Officer

Job Description

POSTION SUMMARY

The HSE Officer is responsible for working with management, employees, and subcontractors to ensure a safe and healthy working environment. The HSE Officer will work directly with the site to ensure that the safety and environmental programs are compliant with all applicable regulatory laws and best practices, implemented in an organized and efficient manner, and protective of the employees’ health and safety. The HSE Officer will be the primary trainer of HSE topics and will manage all aspects of training compliance for the site. The role will also be responsible for all inspections of workplace safety, administration of all environmental programs, and will play a role in managing facility maintenance. Additionally, the HSE Officer will take an active role in a rigorous back-to-work program and will work closely with the Workers Compensation administrator and North America Customer Center HSE Team.

Essential Functions (Job Duties And Responsibilities)

• Conduct organized and professional administration of HSE at the Airport location.
• Act as an administrator in the HSE Velocity system and perform activities of an administrator such as correction of entries and review of incident investigations.
• Master VelocityEHS safety software and become very familiar with obtaining records and reports from the system.
• Use analytical skills to examine trends and develop processes that are proactive in nature to solve negative trends and issues.
• Perform periodic and regular site safety audits and inspections. Monitor inspection reports and monitor corrective actions for follow up and completion.
• Manage all aspects of site training, including the tracking of training and ensuring all are sufficiently trained.
• Manage all aspects of incident investigation, corrective actions, and work with Site supervision to ensure all incidents are fully investigated and documented.
• Analyze accident/incident trends and develop/implement recommendations to improve safety behaviors and safety record.
• Manage all aspects of environmental management for the site.
• Actively support the return-to-work process and the site management to optimize return-to-work timeliness and opportunities to return-to-work with light duty restrictions.
• Establish and maintain good working relationships with the peers, management, and site personnel.
• Assures that toolbox talks are executed, signed by workers and filed.
• Manage preventive and corrective maintenance task and work order process for facility maintenance.
• Reviews paperwork from subcontractors.
  
  

Required Education And Experience

• OSHA 500.
• Demonstrated abilities for conducting training.
• Experience with construction environments and facility maintenance.
• Experience with online systems for data entry and reporting preferred.
• Experience with normal business-related software such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and SharePoint.
• Experience managing a process or procedure requiring a strong sense of ownership and attention to detail.
• First Aid/CPR certified
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

• OSHA 500 certification preferred.
  
  

Knowledge-Skills-Abilities (Competencies)

• Demonstrates a positive attitude and passion for health and safety and employee well-being.
• Organize and manage tasks and priorities with precision and a sense of urgency
• Ability to communicate well and to train all people at the site and manage training completion.
• Ability to accurately perceive issues and provide expertise to solve issues that arise.
• Understand and demonstrate issue identification, resolution, tracking, and reporting.
• Good written and oral communication skills.
  
  

Position Type/Expected Hours of Work

This is a full-time position. Schedule is subject to change based on business needs.

Travel

This position does not require regular travel.

Supervisory Responsibility

This position has no supervisory responsibilities.

Work Environment and Physical Demands

The work environment/physical requirements described here are representative of those an employee may encounter while performing the essential functions of this job.

Employee will be subject to warehouse environment, cold temperatures of 40 degrees , and will be required to wear jacket. Noise levels of 90 decibels can be reached at certain times. Can be exposed to fumes or airborne particles while in manufacturing environment.

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear. This position is very active and requires standing, walking, bending, kneeling, stooping, crouching, crawling, and climbing all day.

Other Duties

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Vanderlande is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. Qualified applicants will be considered without regards to race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.