Safety Specialist

JOURNEY GROUP: OUR STORY

Journey Group is a full-service construction group with headquarters in Sioux Falls, S.D., and six divisions offering commercial, manufacturing, industrial, civil, residential and asphalt construction services in the upper Midwest and nationwide. Our company has a long-standing reputation of building lasting relationships with contractors throughout the region. Our experience in past projects working in and around the local construction market coupled with our solid reputation of being a fair, honest, and team-oriented company will bring a strong contractor interest to any project. With Journey Group, you're getting engineers and construction professionals with a wealth of education and experience-but you're also getting allies on your project site. Our team is trustworthy, communicative, fiscally responsible and never lacking in follow-through.

OUR OPENING

The Safety Specialist monitors the day-to-day aspects of project safety and coordinates the company's safety initiatives and safety loss/risk control programs to ensure regulatory compliance and construction safety standards. This position must exhibit an unwavering commitment to safety and to Journey Group's Core Values and embody qualities necessary to fulfill our corporate commitment to send our employees home safely every day.

What Would You Do as a Construction Quality Specialist?

Safety Leadership

• Promote and foster a proactive relational based safety culture by empowering employees.
• Facilitate awareness/branding campaigns and techniques to create and maintain a safety culture.
• Monitor safety processes, systems, tools, and metrics to drive continuous safety improvement and optimize safety performance. (High risk activities, Safety SOP's, etc.).

Regulatory

• Stay up to date with applicable regulatory changes and update Safety SOPs as needed.

Crisis Management

• Possess a deep understanding to effectively communicate and lead the company through the Crisis Management Plan in the event of a crisis, including post-accident incident/accident management and emergency preparedness.
• Maintain the Crisis Management Plan handbook to ensure emergency preparedness.
• Serve as a backup safety leader in the absence of the Safety Director or the Safety Manager.

Project/Job Site Safety

• Conduct regular job site visits and perform safety audits. Analyze and review findings with field leaders and employees to reduce risk and improve workplace safety.
• Ensure work activities are performed safely and in compliance with applicable policies and regulations.
• Utilize influence, trusted relationships, and technical expertise to impact field employees to make good decisions and promote safe work habits.
• Facilitate incident investigation, root cause analysis, site remediation, and closure of corrective actions.
• Manage safety inventory including but not limited to all PPE and Fall Protection equipment.
• Ensure all employees have reliable and appropriate safety equipment.
• Identify employees who need additional safety training; communicate their findings to Safety Director.
• Analyze incident Data and Metrics to identify trends and provide recommendations to address these areas.
• Promote and support the near miss/good catch program to help identify leading indicators.

Worker's Compensation

• Report all work-related accidents and incidents to the Safety Director.
• Assist with workplace accident and injuries investigations and identify possible causes.
• Complete First Report of Injury for all reported injuries.

Training/Education

• Facilitate safety training programs to ensure employees have the applicable training to safety perform tasks in compliance with all safety regulations, company policies and customer requirements.
• Implement and facilitate onboarding education to prepare new employees to safely enter the workplace.
• Promote safety awareness through identification, selection, and proper use of personal protective equipment (PPE).

EXPERINCE AND EDUCATION NEEDED

• Bachelor's degree in Health and Safety, Construction Management, or related field of study
• Three (3) to five (5) years of experience in safety leadership or the construction industry, or an equivalent combination of education and experience sufficient to successfully perform the essential job duties and responsibilities.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES NEEDED

• Able to embrace Journey Group core values.
• Able to prioritize multiple tasks and meet stringent deadlines.
• Able to think independently and problem solve.
• Able to maintain a high degree of professionalism.
• Knowledge of federal, state and local construction-related safety regulations and standards (i.e. OSHA 30, DOT, EPA, GHS).
• Competent to recognize hazardous situations and implement corrective actions.
• Effectively communicate; generate professional written material and deliver valuable verbal presentations.
• Strong people focus with clear ability to build trusted relationships, establish credibility, and influence others.
• Competent to work independently, take initiative, set priorities, and see projects through to completion.
• Proficient in applicable computer programs including Microsoft Office and mobile technologies.
• Demonstrates positive attitude, integrity, and social/cultural awareness and sensitivity.
• Strong teamwork with collaboration and consensus-building skills.
• Effective problem solving, analytical, and decision-making skills.
• Possess a valid driver's license, safe driving record, and evidence of insurability is required /preferred.
• Must be 18 years of age or older to safely work in a construction environment.

WORK ENVIRONMENT / PHYSICAL DEMANDS

• Work performed either in the field on job sites 55% with some office time 45%.
• Some work takes place in an indoor office setting equipped with a computer, desk, phone, and other typical office equipment.
• Must be able to inspect details at close range, interact, communicate, and exchange accurate information consistently.
• Must be able to consistently move about on foot to accomplish tasks, particularly on job sites with unfinished and uneven surfaces.
• Some work takes place in outdoor weather conditions.
• Must be able to retain a stationary position for extended periods of time occasionally depending on the task.
• Must be able to transfer materials ranging from the ground to overhead occasionally.
• Must be able to move material up to 50 lbs. occasionally.
• Must be able to safely use hand and power tools or other safety equipment on occasion.
• Travel to other locations is required, mostly day trips.
• Must be available to be on call for crisis management and emergencies.

BENEFITS YOU WILL EXPERIENCE WITH JOURNEY GROUP

At Journey Group, we offer a variety of different perks and benefits. We offer competitive pay, annual review with pay increase opportunity, annual bonus, and Spanish/English bilingual premium pay. Our comprehensive benefits package includes medical, dental, vision, 401k with a company match, flex spending account, health savings account with a company match, short term disability, employer paid long term disability, along with a wellness program.

We want our employees to maintain a work life balance, so we offer paid time off, 8 paid holidays. and paid parental leave.

As a Safety Specialist, you will be eligible for a company provided cell phone, clothing allowance, company provided vehicle and the possibility of relocation assistance.

If you are ready to join our mission of positively impacting lives by building community, please submit a resume online or stop in and fill out an application at 4500 W 58th Street Sioux Falls, SD 57108

Journey Group is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE) and complies with all applicable federal, state, and local laws regarding hiring and employment. Qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to age, race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or veteran status.