Senior Safety Engineer

As a Top 25 builder, developer, and EPC, our expertise spans markets like sports, renewable energy, data centers, healthcare, and more. We are builders at heart, working to ensure the built environment has a lasting positive impact. | Let's Redefine Possible 

Are you detail-oriented and organized? Do you love collaborating and working with a team?

Mortenson is currently seeking a passionate Senior Safety Engineer to implement Mortenson's Zero Injury Safety program across multiple sites. You will ensure the program creates a safe work environment for team members, subcontractors, and visitors to the construction site. You should possess the ability to interact with staff at all levels in an ever-changing environment. Demonstrating the capability to be flexible, inventive, dedicated, and efficient with a high level of integrity and confidentiality will be vital for success.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Organization, flexibility, excellent customer focus, and strong communication are critical in performing duties, which include, but are not limited to:

Implement and administer a safety program at each worksite

• Assist project management team in developing site-specific safety programs and activities
• Formulate, coordinate, and conduct safety orientation and training programs
• Document and track all safety violations, unsafe conditions, etc.
• Conduct safety work area audits
• Conduct project's loss control data/document collection and trend analyses
• Assist with major incident analysis
• Record, monitor, and analyze Safety, Injury, and Hazard statistics
• Lead OSHA reporting and posting requirements
• Monitor and review subcontractor activities for safety concerns
• Review Safety Submittals and attend preconstruction and preparatory meetings with subcontractors
• Lead Return to Work and Modified duty assignments

Provide a resource of safety-related information

• Evaluate and offer solutions for industrial hygiene concerns
• Maintain operational knowledge of construction safety, OSHA, ANSI, and other applicable standards and procedures

Serve as a resource for safety issues or concerns for all project team members/management

• Attend and/or chair safety meetings
• Other duties as assigned
• Work with client safety personnel, union representatives, insurance risk engineers, etc.
• Accompany safety, health, insurance, and OSHA personnel on work-site tours
• Ensure maintenance and inspection of safety equipment and protective wear
• Minimum six years of relevant experience
• Show detail orientation sufficient to organize and manage multiple project tasks
• Display ability to work in Microsoft Office and pertinent safety-related software programs
• Demonstrate a positive professional attitude and strong customer service skills
• Ability to interpret and communicate Mortenson policies to team members and outside parties
• Strong teamwork orientation, initiative, communication, problem-solving, and leadership skills
• Effective public speaking and presentation skills
• Current driver's license

QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor's degree in safety, occupational health, or a related field
• If no Bachelor's degree, high school diploma, CHST Certification, OSHA 500 and minimum of ten years construction experience leading crews and planning work, including at least six years as a dedicated construction safety professional responsible for managing safety programs, conducting hazard analysis and developing controls, and planning work activities or equivalent experience in a relevant field.

BENEFITS

Mortenson provides a comprehensive benefits program to team members and their families to support their health, build long-term financial security and provide the opportunity for work and life balance.  

Benefits offered to non-craft, non-union, full-time team members include: 

• Medical and prescription drug plans - a choice between two affordable HSA-eligible medical plans that include vision coverage, an expert medical second opinion, a tobacco cessation program, and fertility benefits 
• Dental plan 
• 401k retirement plan with generous matching and profit-sharing contributions 
• Paid time off, holidays, bereavement, parental leave, and other paid leaves 
• Life, AD&D, business travel accident, and disability insurance 
• Employee assistance program and online mental health tool and concierge 
• Tuition reimbursement 
• Adoption Assistance 
• Gym Membership Discount Program 
• Identity Theft Protection 

Mortenson is an EOE/Affirmative Action/M/F/Veteran/Disabled employer.

Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

Mortenson reserves the right to hire any individual without legal or financial obligation on unwanted solicitations. No agency emails, calls, or solicitations are accepted without a valid agreement.

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