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United States Bakery Safety Coordinator - Construction in Bellingham, Washington
Safety Coordinator - ConstructionDate Posted: 06/12/2024 Location: Bellingham, WA Pay Range: $70,000.00 - $85,000.00Application Instructions
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Position Description
Our $200 million company, Dawson Construction LLC, has an immediate opening for a Safety Coordinator in construction. This position is based in Bellingham, WA, which has been recognized as a top ten community in the nation. As people are our greatest asset, we are committed to being a great place to work and providing a culture of personal growth and development. We are actively looking for the right individual to round out our Safety team who is interested in building their career with Dawson.
Position Summary
Dawson Construction offers an exciting opportunity to develop and expand your career by supporting commercial construction projects in the states of Alaska and Washington. If you want to have a voice, influence our culture, and work collaboratively as a team to find innovative solutions to prevent injuries, we want to get to know you.
The Safety Coordinator is an exempt position that is part of the Operations Team and reports to the Corporate Safety Manager. As the Safety Coordinator, your focus will be to ensure the implementation of the Dawson safety programs, provide training, identify risks and provide solutions to ensure the successful and safe execution of various construction projects in the commercial, education, healthcare, industrial, and infrastructure markets. The position is based in Bellingham, Washington office and will require 60% of the time to be spent on the jobsites with occasional overnight travel required.
The ideal candidate will have a background in construction safety, be well-versed in safety regulations, is motivated, solution orientated, and wants to be part of an organization that values safety. This role provides an excellent opportunity for career advancement in the field of construction safety within Dawson Construction.
Duties/Responsibilities
Assists in the overall implementation of the company's HSE program. Leads and influences day-to-day programs, including new employee orientations, training, and regulatory record keeping and reporting.
Participates in pre-construction and pre-installation meetings. Identify project/task safety needs and risks.
Coordinate with project teams to create site-specific safety plans; actively participate in safety meetings, review project work plans, identify risk, provide recommendations/solutions to mitigate risk of injury.
Audit field operations for compliance with regulatory standards, corporate safety policy and identify any potential safety hazards and provides a solution to the Superintendent, General Superintendent and Safety Manager.
Applies knowledge of OSHA/WISHA, MSHA, EPA/RRP, DOT, ANSI, ASME, and NFPA requirements as related to Dawson project work. This includes ensuring appropriate written programs/procedures, best practices, trainings are provided and programs implementation at the project level.
Assists the Safety Manager with monitoring new legislation that would affect safety policies and procedures and proposes necessary changes. Assists with the development and implementation of new processes, best practices, and training.
Provides regulatory and policy review and interpretation and technical advice to project managers and superintendents.
Respond to incident and injuries during work hours and emergencies after work hours. Conduct injury/incident investigations, create written reports, and lead incident review meetings with the project team with the focus on developing less