EHS Specialist

Arcadis is the worlds leading company delivering sustainable design engineering and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets.

We are more than 36000 people in over 70 countries dedicated toimproving quality of life. Everyone has an important role to play. With the power of many curious minds together we can solve the worlds most complex challenges and deliver more impact together.

Role description:

Survey active construction sites of capital projects for compliance or non-compliance with safety standards assist with the review of contractor submitted safety documentation to include job safety analysis and reporting of audit findings for corrective actions and metric reporting.

Role accountabilities:

• Monitor the contractors field activities to verify the work is being performed in compliance with approved safety plans client policies and industry best practices.
• Develop / maintain strong working relationships with contractor safety representatives
• Report all serious on-site conditions near misses or incidents to the EHS and Project Managers and Delivery Lead.
• Exercise stop work authority if serious conditions or behaviours are identified.
• Assist with near misses/incident investigations and prepare or obtain accident and incident reports for submission to client.
• Complete and file project safety inspections (including hot work permits lock out tag out crane certifications etc.).
• Recognize best safety practices and report to Arcadis Project Managers and EHS Manager
• Engage with service providers to confirm Lock Out Tag Out procedures are current as applicable to project scope.
• Review contractor safety performance to confirm contractor safety programs meet minimum client requirements for work on site.
• Present site orientation to contractors working on site. Conduct an annual review of orientation materials and recommend necessary changes as appropriate.
• Monitor compliance with clients Safety Systems of Work confirm contractor safety plans and initiate general and supplemental permits.
• Train contractors on supplemental permit requirements.
• Review contractor job safety analysis and construction safety plans for completion and accuracy.
• Monitor project housekeeping conditions and collaborate with the Project Manager to ensure housekeeping expectations are maintained.
• Collaborate with the project managers and general contractors to review and complete the pre-construction safety checklist
• Attend project meetings to convey safety requirements and support health & safety planning for upcoming project phases or scopes.
• Conduct safety tailgates and standdowns with contractors.
• Recognize contractors for positive behaviour and safety performance.

Qualifications & Experience:

• Bachelors Degree in Occupational Safety & Health Health Sciences Construction Management or related field
• 2 years of experience provide safety management of capital construction projects
• Field safety experience including monitoring compliance and submitting incident reports

Why Arcadis

We can only achieve our goals when everyone is empowered to be their best. We believe everyones contribution matters. Its why we are pioneering a skills-based approach where you can harness your unique experience and expertise to carve your career path and maximize the impact we can make together.

Youll do meaningful work and no matter what role youll be helping to deliver sustainable solutions for a more prosperous planet. Make your mark on your career your colleagues your clients your life and the world around you.

Together we can create a lasting legacy.

Join Arcadis. Create a Legacy.

Our Commitment to Equality Diversity Inclusion & Belonging

We want you to be able to bring your best self to work every day which is why we take equality and inclusion seriously and hold ourselves to account for our actions. Our ambition is to be an employer of choice and provide a great place to work for all our people. We are an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. Women minorities people with disabilities and veterans are strongly encouraged to apply. We are dedicated to a policy of non-discrimination in employment on any basis including race creed color religion national origin sex age disability marital status sexual orientation gender identity citizenship status disability veteran status or any other basis prohibited by law.

Arcadis offers benefits for full time and part time positions. These benefits include medical dental and vision EAP 401K STD LTD AD&D life insurance paid parental leave reward & recognition program and optional benefits including wellbeing benefits adoption assistance and tuition reimbursement. We offer nine paid holidays and 15 days PTO that accrue per salary range for this position is $65790 - $92280. Actual salaries will vary and are based on several factors such as experience education budget internal equity project and location.

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