HSE Business Partner

Safety and Health Professional

Join a global professional services leader. We are committed to solving the worlds biggest challenges in the areas of water energy and urbanization.

GHDs Construction group has a great opportunity for a Safety and Health this role you will be responsible for ensuring the safety and well-being of all personnel involved in construction projects. This role includes developing implementing and monitoring safety policies conducting regular site inspections identifying hazards and ensuring compliance with local and federal safety regulations. The professional provides training on safety procedures investigates incidents and works closely with project managers and superintendents to promote a culture of safety on-site. Strong knowledge of construction safety standards risk management and emergency response protocols is essential.

Additional responsibilities will include:
Manage all HSE responsibilities on project sites.
Participate in client-facing safety groups.
Develop implement and evaluate HSE prevention programs procedures and occupational health and safety monitoring tools.
Enforce GHDs HSE Management System and regional legal requirements.
Direct HSE training programs including onboarding training for new employees coordination of internal and external training and the development of new training content as needed.
Collaborate on the HSE vendor prequalification process.
Lead job safety analyses audits and incident investigations
Identify existing and potential risks suggest abatement and mitigation strategies implement preventative and corrective measures and perform follow-up verification.
Manage incident reports remain available to respond quickly and prepare reports in a timely manner if needed.
Manage work related injury claims and develop return to work plans.
Coordinate the collection of HSE performance measurements identify gaps and prepare relevant reports.
Collaborate with employees and managers on risk identification and elimination while promoting preventative actions
Implement occupational health monitoring requirements.
Actively participate in regional and international team meetings.
Coordinate and conduct on-site inspections.
Support personal protective equipment inspection programs and inventories.
Review and approve project health & safety plans and job safety and environmental analyses.
Provide support and guidance to project teams and office employees with regards to GHDs safety programs and jurisdictional requirements.
Perform all other job-related tasks.

For success in this position you will possess the following skills and qualifications:
Degree or Diploma in Safety or other job-related field or relevant experience.
Minimum of 8-10 years of health and safety experience in heavy civil construction.
Knowledge/experience with HSE Management Systems.
Experience with risk and behaviour-based safety programs.
Experience in developing and implementing HSE programs.
Experience conducting health safety and environment risk analyses and development of health and safety plans or equivalent.
Experience in Emergency Response preferred but not required.
Ability to performing incident investigations using Root Cause Analysis type methods or equivalent.
Proven knowledge and understanding of safety laws regulations and standards relevant to the companies activities.
Well developed sense of initiative versatility and independence.
Analytical skills and the ability to exercise sound judgement and decisiveness with problem solving.
Must be detail oriented with strong organizational time management and writing skills.
Good teamwork and strong interpersonal communication skills.
Must be able to communicate in English both orally and written.
Computer skills namely Microsoft Office (Word Excel Power Point Outlook Teams).
Must have current valid drivers license with a clean driving record.
Ability to provide safety leadership.
Able & willing to travel throughout the United States

Why GHD
Being the best we can be is in our culture. We are a family of smart innovative and creative problem our employee-owned company everything feels like it matters more. Challenge us and help us come up with new solutions to ensure water energy and urbanization are made sustainable for generations to come.

Our commitment to you
Commitment is a powerful word that defines how we do business how we serve our clients and how we care for one another. We will support your needs by giving you the tools to do your best work and then recognize achievements. We will set your curiosity free to allow brilliant minds to do their best work. We will invest in new ideas removing barriers where we can. Finally we will encourage you to collaborate with thousands of diverse people across our global business.

Who we are
We are committed to solving the worlds biggest challenges in the areas of water energy and urbanization. GHD is a global professional services company that is a leader in engineering construction and architectural expertise. Established in 1928 we remain wholly owned by our people. We are 10000 diverse and skilled individuals yet we are proudly One GHD across more than 200 offices spanning five continents Asia Australia Europe North and South America and the Pacific region. Delivering extraordinary social and economic outcomes we are passionate about building lasting relationships with our partners and clients.

As a multicultural organization we encourage individual achievement and recognize the strength of a diverse workforce. GHD is an equal opportunity employer. We provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified employees and applicants without regard to race creed religion national origin citizenship color sex sexual orientation gender identity age disability marital status or veteran status.

This position does not provide visa sponsorship.