Safety Representative

Through our six business units, we provide electrical construction and maintenance solutions from a team of highly trained professionals. Our companies build, monitor, maintain, and optimize a range of electrical, energy, and information infrastructure systems using the latest technologies/

Job Title:                     Safety Representative

Location:                     Dayton, OH

Reports to:                  Safety Director and Senior Project Manager

FLSA Status:               Non-Exempt

Prepared Date:           October 2024

 

COMPANY OVERVIEW

Chapel Electric Co., LLC (“Chapel”), an EMCOR Company, is a leading electrical services company providing preconstruction, construction, and energy solutions in a variety of markets, including automotive, commercial, healthcare, education, industrial, and mission critical.  

Chapel is one of six Ohio-based business units under parent company Quebe Holdings, Inc.

 

SUMMARY

The Safety Representative position has a critical role for the company.  The ideal candidate will review, evaluate, and analyze work environments and design programs and procedures to control, eliminate, and prevent disease or injury caused by chemical, physical, and biological agents or ergonomic factors. He or she may conduct inspections and enforce adherence to laws and regulations governing the health and safety of individuals.

 

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

• Recommend measures to help protect workers from potentially hazardous work methods, processes, or materials.
• Order suspension of activities that pose threats to workers' health or safety.
• Investigate accidents to identify causes or to determine how such accidents might be prevented in the future.
• Inspect or evaluate workplace environments, equipment, or practices to ensure compliance with safety standards and government regulations.
• Collaborate with engineers or physicians to institute control or remedial measures for hazardous or potentially hazardous conditions or equipment.
• Consistently update Health and Safety Plans (HASP), Job Hazard Analysis (JHA) other safety documentation, and compliance objectives as needed.
• Provide safety training, toolbox talks, and ensure all applicable employees have all appropriate training certifications and experience for their respective roles (field and office).
• Conduct scheduled and unscheduled safety audits at all job sites; must have the ability to enforce safety program and report any safety violations.
• Assist with daily safety checklists for tools, equipment, and other materials and fleet as needed.
• Collaborate with the Project Manager and staff (field and office) to reduce the project’s risk exposure to the greatest degree possible; ensure contract activities meet all health and safety performance criteria.
• Handle incident reports and investigations and train staff on how to mitigate future occurrences; hazard recognition and mitigation across the board.
• Promote a zero-accident environment for all company activities.
• Assist with coordination of drug and alcohol testing as needed.
• Ensure compliance with the Safety Program, OSHA, company operating policies and procedures, and provide for safe working environments for employees.
• Monitor operational compliance with contracts, and Company established policies.
• Escalate critical and/or sensitive issues to the executives with recommendation for resolution.
• Perform additional assignments as required by the operating needs of the company or as directed by executives.

 

PREFERRED EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE 

• 5 years experience in preparing and enforcing safety programs, unless a Certified Safety Professional (CSP), then 3 years experience.
• Experience writing Health and Safety Plans (HASP’s) and Job Hazard Analysis (JHA’s).
• OSHA 30-hour construction safety class or equivalent and maintain competency through 24 hours of formal safety and health related coursework every four years.
• In-depth knowledge of the construction industry, OSHA, federal, state, and city environmental and safety regulations and practices.
• Ability to do public speaking, for safety training purposes.
• Four-year college degree (or equivalent electrical construction-related work experience) preferred.
• CHST, STS, OSHA 500 all are a plus. CSP preferred. Bachelor’s degree in safety is a +
• Must have a valid driver’s license, in good standing.

 

 COMPUTER SKILLS 

• Must demonstrate proficiency in Microsoft Office applications, (i.e. Outlook, Word and Excel).

  

REQUIRED ATTRIBUTES

The requirements listed below are representative of characteristics and demonstrated capabilities sought to perform this job successfully.

• Must demonstrate integrity, honesty, professionalism, and appropriate concern regarding dissemination of sensitive and confidential information.
• Must have the ability to make quick yet sound decisions.
• Must prioritize and organize work in a fast paced multi-tasking environment.
• Must monitor and analyze data and solve problems on a tactical and strategic level.
• Must build positive working relationships with multiple levels of employees, management, suppliers, and customers.
• Must demonstrate commitment to company values.

 

LANGUAGE SKILLS

Must have the demonstrated ability to effectively communicate in English, cooperate, and collaborate with multiple levels of customer, employees, unions, government agencies, vendors and suppliers, and other contractor organizations.

 

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, see, talk, and hear. The employee is regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls. The employee is regularly required to walk, reach with hands and arms, climb or balance and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee may occasionally lift and/or move up to twenty-five (25) pounds. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to commute to field locations. The employee must have the ability to navigate around job site locations.

  

WORK ENVIRONMENT

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee may be regularly required to work outdoors, be exposed to wet and/or humid conditions; moving mechanical and electrical parts; high, precarious places; dust, fumes or airborne particles; toxic or caustic chemicals; outside weather conditions, extended exposure to sunlight; cold and heat; risk of electrical shock and vibration. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate to loud.

We offer our employees a competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package and are always looking for individuals with the talent and skills required to contribute to our continued growth and success.  Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled

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As a leading provider of mechanical and electrical construction, facilities services, and energy infrastructure, we offer employees a competitive salary and benefits package and we are always looking for individuals with the talent and skills required to contribute to our continued growth and success. Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled

Notice to prospective employees: There have been fraudulent postings and emails regarding job openings. EMCOR Group and its companies list open positions here. Please check our available positions to confirm that a post or email is genuine.

EMCOR Group and its companies do not reach out to individuals to help with marketing or other similar services. If an individual is contacted for services outside of EMCOR’s normal application process – it is probably fraudulent.