responsible for overseeing and implementing safety protocols, ensuring compliance with regulations, and promoting a culture of safety within the organization.

SAFETY SPECIALIST, SENIOR

Specific Responsibilities

• Advises and assists the project manager, program manager, and/or other project personnel in conforming to Parsons’ Environmental, Safety, Health, and Risk Program (ESHARP) management system and Parsons’ policies and procedures.

• Audits the project or program and its worksites against corporate standards.

• Inspects worksites to detect hazards and provides expertise to project or program personnel to eliminate/control the SH&E risks associated with exposure to the hazards.

• Creates and submits written audit and inspection reports.

• Implements Parsons’ occupational injury and incident reporting and management processes.

• Initiates and conducts thorough incident investigations and root cause analyses using defensible protocols.

• Works collaboratively with the project or program manager, craft workers, and other project or program personnel to identify effective corrective actions.

• Creates and submits comprehensive investigation reports and lessons learned.

• Performs trends analyses on audit findings, inspection findings, and incident reports; creates and submits regular analysis reports.

• Represents Parsons during external regulatory or loss control inspections of project worksites.

• Represents the SH&E manager or director on project or program worksites.

• Seeks active and personal participation from the project or program manager, craft workers, and other project or program personnel to identify SH&E improvements and to implement the improvements.

• Assists with risk assessments for upcoming work and provides SH&E subject matter expertise to work planning processes.

• Assists the project or program manager with new hire orientation.

• Performs regulatory and best practice SH&E training.

• Creates and maintains SH&E training records.

• Participates in routine safe work briefings.

• Performs other responsibilities associated with this position as may be appropriate.

Skills and Competencies

• Advanced knowledge of Federal and State health and safety regulations and reporting procedures

• Advanced knowledge of safety-related national consensus standards (e.g., ANSI, NFPA)

• Exceptional interpersonal, oral, and written communication skills

Education and Typical Experience

• Bachelor's Degree in Occupational Safety and Health or related field (or equivalent experience)

• 5+ years of related work experience in the field of Health and Safety

Licenses and Certifications

• Associate Safety Professional (ASP) or Graduate Safety Practitioner (GSP) or Occupational Hygiene and Safety Technician (OHST) or Construction Health and Safety Technician preferred