Safety Health Specialist

Here at The Tri-M Group, LLC we are an employee owned company placing our employees first, knowing that highly trained, skilled, and compensated workforce can better serve our customers, our families and our communities.  We’ve built a reputation for delivering quality and professional commercial electrical services with safety as a top priority.  In addition, we place a strong emphasis on our employees, and it starts with hiring the best and brightest talent in the industry!

Check out Tri-M’s comprehensive benefit list below the job description!

Summary Description

Under the supervision of the Safety Director, assists with the development and implementation of Company safety, health, and training programs.  Conducts incident investigations, consults with field teams, and helps resolves hazardous or potentially hazardous situations.  Conducts safety orientations and training as needed.

Duties and Responsibilities

Essential:

• Complies and ensures compliance with all Tri-M safety, substance abuse prevention, and employment policies and procedures.
• Complies and ensures compliance with all Tri-M’s standards of conduct and appearance to reflect positively on the Company.
• Ensures compliance with company safety policies and procedures by conducting job site safety inspection as needed and addressing violations as they occur.
• Identifies documents and recommends resolution of hazardous/potentially hazardous conditions.  Follows through to ensure conditions have been corrected.
• Coordinates and delivers safety orientation and onboarding for new employees.
• Develops, coordinates, and implements Company fire prevention and protection program including training in the use of fire extinguishers and evacuation drills.
• Coordinates and implements Company “Toolbox Talks” safety program.
• Coordinates and implements safety training to ensure regulatory compliance.
• Conducts accident investigations and analyzes incidents to determine root causes and recommend preventive corrections, communicates information to the Tri-M Team as needed.
• Coordinates workers compensation program including filing claims, establishing provider protocols, maintaining provider lists, conducting case management, and serving as liaison to insurance carrier.
• Compiles data and completes reports for applicable safety and training programs including corporate safety reports, OSHA logs and contractor safety data reports. Ensures completion of S.T.E.P. application.

• Maintains compliance documentation and health records 

• Recommends, establishes, and implements annual safety program goals based on monitoring of Company safety statistics, incidents, and near misses. 
• Recommends revisions to corporate safety policies and procedures as needed to ensure regulatory compliance and reinforce proactive approach to safety.
• Coordinates Company substance abuse prevention program and ensures employee compliance.
• Develops required information and presentation materials for the monthly Safety Committee Meeting.

• Coordinates company confined space entry program including monitoring use of entry permits, recommending applicable changes, and ensuring air monitoring equipment is functional and in compliance.
• Coordinates and implements the inspection of electrical protective equipment and electrical instruments.
• Participates in the annual review of Company safety program and recommends changes.
• Reviews safety related journals, catalogues, etc., to keep abreast of changes and special issues in the field of safety.
• Serves as resource to employees for safety related questions.
• Performs special projects assigned by the Safety Director
• Represents Tri-M at owner and general contractor safety meetings.

Job Requirements

Skills/Education:

• Four-year occupational safety/health degree or equivalent combination of training and certifications.
• Three to Five years’ experience in construction safety with knowledge of general industry safety practices.
• Awareness and understanding of applicable federal, state, and local regulations for the construction industry.
• Ability to recognize hazards and recommend corrective action
• Good interpersonal skills
• Strong verbal and written communications skills especially ability to speak in front of groups and conduct training.
• Mastery of Microsoft Office products.
• Excellent computer literacy.
• Valid passenger driver’s license and clear driving record.

Physical Requirements:

• Working a minimum of 40 hours/week
• Sitting 6 to 8 hours/day
• Lifting weights of 0 to 30 lbs. from floor to above shoulders
• Repetitive use of hands for writing, typing, data entry, and filing
• Vision adequate for daily and consistent computer use and reading
• Hearing adequate for phone use
• Standing, climbing, kneeling, reaching, bending, twisting, and walking as needed to perform site surveys to collect data for project design
• Balance adequate for climbing ladders, scaffolds, and lifts
• Environmental factors include working in temperature extremes of 0 F to 100 F up to 8 hours inside or outside; atmospheric exposure to dust, gases, fumes, odors; and poor ventilation in confined spaces
• Special hazards include exposure to mechanical, electrical, chemical, and explosive hazards
• Personal protective equipment includes use of hard hat, safety glasses, steel-toed shoes, gloves, and hearing protection
• Ability to visit construction jobsites including walking on uneven terrain, climbing, stooping, squatting and exposure to temperature extremes and the “elements”.

Job Requirements
Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States without the need for current or future employer-sponsored work authorization.

Here at The Tri-M Group, LLC we offer:

• Fair and competitive pay
• Comprehensive Medical, Prescription, Vision and Dental Insurance
• HRA Spending Account
• Employer-paid Life and AD&D Insurance
• Seven Paid Holidays
• Vacation/Sick/ Personal Leave
• 401k Retirement Program with Company Match
• Employee Assistance Program
• And much more!

Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or protected veteran status.

Notice to third parties: Please note that The Tri-M Group does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters or employment agencies. In the absence of a signed Recruitment Fee Agreement, The Tri-M Group, LLC will not consider or agree to payment of any referral compensation or recruiter fee. In the event a recruiter or agency submits a resume or candidate without a previously signed agreement, The Tri-M Group, LLC explicitly reserves the right to pursue and hire those candidate(s) without any financial obligation to the recruiter or agency. Any unsolicited resumes, including those submitted to hiring managers, are deemed to be the property of The Tri-M Group, LLC.