# Safety, Health & Environment Specialist IV

**Company**: AECOM
**Location**: Austin, TX
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Operations
**Industry**: Consulting

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## Description

At AECOM, we're delivering a better world through infrastructure projects that improve people's lives and communities. As a Safety, Health & Environment Specialist IV, you will work on a large data center campus construction site as the client's representative, focusing on safety programs, environmental compliance, and promoting a culture of safety.

Responsibilities:

- Monitor and advise on client's EHS culture and support implementation of EHS procedures and regulatory requirements at the site.

- Develop, implement, and maintain safety and health programs, systems, and procedures to reduce risk and exposures.

- Supervise personnel engaged in EHS functions within the company or on the same project.

- Minimize potential hazards and diseases in the work area.

- Collaborate with contractors on corrective actions for identified deficiencies or issues.

- Review and advise on Contractor Environmental Health and Safety Plans (CEHSP) for conformance with owner requirements and local regulations.

- Serve as a liaison with various agencies engaged in promoting EHS activities.

- Interface with the construction management team, providing data on Contractor EHS performance, trends, incident management, and environmental monitoring.

- Participate in essential meetings, including general contractor's all-hands, Stand Downs, Orientations, Safety Committee, and EHS Leads.

- Draft reports to Federal, State, and local agencies, as well as client stakeholders.

- Stay informed of changes in occupational health and safety regulations and assist in EHS training.

- Communicate incidents and programs to enhance employee awareness of prevention and compliance.

- Administer an EHS program on a large, specialized, complex project or multiple projects.

- Support compliance with construction environmental programs, including waste management, stormwater management, and air permitting requirements.

- Determine and develop approaches to solutions independently.

- Conduct site safety walks with the Contractor management representative.

- Evaluate the completeness and effectiveness of the Contractor's hazard assessments.

- Create, validate, and communicate lessons learned via Significant Events (SE) and Significant Potential Events (SPE).

- Advise the client, GC, and Trade Partners on applicable client's EHS requirements and Contractual Exhibits.

- Recommend improvements in processes, design, procedures, and operating equipment to minimize hazards.

- Establish a collaborative relationship with the client's operation team.

- Attend and facilitate client-specific training, campaigns, and initiatives.

- Prepare and provide site-specific construction health and safety training.

- Act as a lead role for a team of EHS specialists and/or support personnel.

- Support global construction EHS team in developing, reviewing, and executing global programs and initiatives.

- Assist with localization of global programs.

- Conduct topic-specific focused field audits, document verification, and personal interviews.

- Provide technical leadership and functional guidance to ensure regulatory standards are enforced.

- Ensure quality control procedures are executed.

- Investigate accidents, injuries, and complaints concerning hazards in the workplace.

- Spend a minimum of 60% of working hours in the field.

Qualifications:

- BS/BA + 6 years of experience or demonstrated equivalency.

- Experience in construction safety or related field.

- Experience in environmental compliance and industry standards.

- Valid Driver's License.

- US citizenship required.

Preferred Qualifications:

- 8+ years of experience in Construction Safety.

- Data center construction or operation experience.

- Experience overseeing a variety of construction trades.

- NFPA 70E Certification.

- OSHA 30 Construction Safety Training.

- OSHA Authorized Trainer.

- Certified Safety Professional or similar certifications.

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## Skills

### Required
- construction safety
- environmental compliance
- EHS procedures
- regulatory requirements
- safety programs
- health programs

### Nice to have
- NFPA 70E Certification
- OSHA 30 Construction Safety Training
- OSHA Authorized Trainer
- Certified Safety Professional

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