Henkels & McCoy, Inc., a MasTec company, is a full-service engineering and construction company providing utility infrastructure solutions to its government and commercial customers. Henkels & McCoy, Inc. (H&M) service offerings include Consulting & Planning, Engineering & Design, Construction Management, EPC/Design Build, Program Management, and extensive Field Construction Services. H&M is a utility construction firm providing critical infrastructure for the Power, Oil & Gas Pipeline, Gas Distribution, and communications markets throughout North America. H&M is also a founding member of the ET&D Partnership, a collaborative industry partnership working to reduce fatalities, injuries, and illnesses in the construction industry is currently recruiting for a Safety Specialist III to oversee projects in the Northwest Los Angeles, Ventura, Kern, Santa Barbara, and San Luis Obispo counties.

Overview

The Safety Professional at Henkels & McCoy (H&M) serves in a dual role; the initial objective is to operate in a consultative capacity, by providing expert support, guidance, and motivation to operations management and employees levels. In addition, along with management, the Safety Professional at H&M is expected to be a “hands-on” partner in delivering various safety initiatives and programs specifically to develop a safety culture supporting the goal and daily mission that “Nobody Gets Hurt” in the course of any work performed by H&M.

Responsibilities:

• To provide operations management with effective safety coaching, counseling, and advice, ensuring H&M operations management delivers a safe and efficient work environment for all employees, customers, and the public
• Provides specific safety training, education, and related programs for operations management to use and implement while completing work
• Acts as a “safety” motivator for management and employees alike, ensuring safety remains an active part of the work and the culture at H&M
• Provides “safety” subject matter expertise, ensuring the most relevant and effective safety practices are used and implemented while delivering work at H&M
• Travel (100%) to multiple projects throughout the upper Midwest, as assigned to provide support to Operations
• Implement the Safety Systems for new project start-ups
• Proactively assess the “safety climate’ via observations, audit trend analysis, investigation of key learnings, etc. Communicate and make appropriate recommendations to line management for needed work process improvements or corrective actions
• Ability to work effectively, professionally, and respectfully in a team-based environment as a team leader and team member and to promote respectful interaction with others with whom the position interacts
• Ability to lead organizational change to continuously improve OS&H work processes, systems, and programs and to attain organizational goals and objectives for OS&H performance and compliance

Qualifications:

• CUSP Preferred
• 5 Years’ experience in Safety and Occupational Health disciplines – professional certifications will be considered of substituting for experience requirements (Power Distribution / Transmission; Construction Industry preferred
• Effective oral presentation, report writing, and other written communication skills
• Microsoft Office
• Bachelor’s Degree in an Occupational Safety and Health discipline (e.g., OS&H Management, Industrial Hygiene, Ergonomics, Human Factors, or another applicable technical field – chemistry, biology, engineering, physiology) or equivalent and relevant professional safety experience
• Knowledge of applicable ANSI, EPA, DOT, and OSHA Standards (29 CFR 1910.268) and other applicable standards
• Ability to work effectively, professionally, and respectfully in a team-based environment as a team leader and team member and to promote respectful interaction with others with whom the position interacts
• Ability to lead task teams and interact effectively with diverse people from various functions, levels, and backgrounds

Our company is an Equal Opportunity employer of minorities, Females, Protected Veterans, and individuals with disabilities.