Safety Professional

**PRIMARY DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES**:
General - Functions as a Construction Safety and Health Officer (CSHO), providing OBO with professional expertise, advice, and guidance relating specifically to construction project site safety and health issues.
This includes all phases of building construction operations, including site development, excavation, foundation, superstructure, exterior walls, mechanical systems, electrical, and interior finish work.
CSHO ensures contractor and sub-contractor compliance with governing OBO construction safety regulations.
As CSHO, the incumbent is responsible for assuring contractor compliance with U.S. Department of State and local host country construction safety and health rules and regulations at the project site.
- Inspects, assesses, and reports on construction contractor safety programs at the project site to ensure OBO safety and health requirements are being properly implemented
- Provides advice and direction to OBO/Project Director
- Develops, implements, and manages Injury/Illness Prevention Program and directs and coordinates the participation of OBO, the General Contractor and Post within that program, and creates or modifies safety policies
- Conducts regular safety inspection of facilities, worksites, equipment, work practices, and safety devices to ensure compliance with required workplace safety standards and regulations; reports findings to management and recommends changes to establish safe work conditions
- May compel cessation of work in order to address potential imminent hazards
- Monitors changes and/or makes follow-up inspections.
- Oversees and monitors contractor compliance with safety and health provisions of the construction contract, through daily on-site inspections to evaluate the effectiveness of the contractor's safety program to comply with OBO requirements
- Ensures that qualified, competent persons have been designated at the project site to conduct scheduled sanitation and health inspections of food service, mess facilities, toilets, wash rooms, and change areas.
- Applies procedures and guidelines to eliminate or control hazardous conditions resulting from human error, equipment, and machine operations that may lead to injury of persons and/or damage to property
- Provides advice to avoid construction accidents.
- Ensures the effectiveness of emergency evacuation plans in case of fire or other emergencies
- Ensures that OBO/Rio de Janeiro and contractor plans are tested and evaluated to ensure effectiveness
- Prepares monthly, quarterly, and annual reports; maintains proper documentation to conform to OSHA record-keeping requirements
- Reviews contractor safety programs; periodically performs site inspections as needed to ensure safety of construction sites
- Investigates serious accidents and/or incidents of injury or property damage at worksites to ascertain cause and need for corrective action
- Develops and implements measures and strategies to prevent their recurrence
- Advises as to the keeping of records and coordinates the compilation of information necessary for Risk Management files and reports
- Serves as safety resource to OBO and assists in complying with safety standards
- Provides consultation, guidance, and technical assistance on matters related to workplace safety and security, including assisting in the development of OBO-specific safety manuals and forms and advising of proper recordkeeping requirements; establishes standards and developing controls or work processes specific in order to minimize or eliminate hazards and maintain consistency with safety policy
- Disseminates information as appropriate
**Requirements**:
**MINIMUM SKILLS & REQUIREMENTS**:
- Must have a Secret, Interim Top Secret (TS), or Final TS security clearance issued by Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency (DCSA) at the time of consideration
- At a minimum, must have an Associate Arts Degree or an Associate Technical degree along with a minimum of seven (7) years of on-site vertical construction experience (field activities on buildings)
- **Your resume must clearly demonstrate this required background**
**SRC IS A CONTRACTOR FOR THE U.S. GOVERNMENT, THIS POSITION WILL REQUIRE U.S. CITIZENSHIP AS WELL AS, A U.S. GOVERNMENT SECURITY CLEARANCE AT THE TOP SECRET LEVEL**
**WORK LOCATION: RIO DE JANIERO, BRAZIL (U.S. EMBASSY)**
**PROJECT DURATION: 48 MONTHS WITH EXPECTED FOLLOW-ON WORK WITHIN THE OBO PROGRAM**
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