Associate EHS Consultant - Construction
BSISan joseUpdate time: January 31,2020
Job Description

Great that you're thinking about a career with BSI!

Are you looking to join a dynamic global industry leader that can boast nearly 120 years of excellence, growth, and continuing innovation? Do you hold yourself to the highest of standards? If yes, then we would love to hear from you.

This Safety Rep/Consultant will be instrumental in supporting our construction work throughout the Bay Area. This is not a project based role, we are looking for Safety leaders who want to join the BSI family.   This exciting position has technical consulting responsibilities, so we are looking for a unique individual who has technical EHS expertise in Safety construction. The ideal candidate should have a proven track record with 3-5 yrs of construction safety experience.   

Essential Responsibilities:

  • Support the construction team (owner’s team) in EHS activities, including monitoring the EHS performance of General Contractors’ (GC) and their subs.
  • Participate in the selection of GC’s, with procurement and construction supervision and management, with the objective of ensuring that regulatory and the client's requirements are in place prior to start of work
  • Routinely monitor the GC’s EHS performance to ensure that the GC is in compliance with their stated practices and procedures, regulatory requirements and any additional owner deliverable that may have been identified in the contract of work
  • Interface and support the construction management team at site by delivering current data on GC EHS performance, including: trending, incident management, EHS metrics and other key information that enable DC construction management to make informed timely decisions
  • Participate in communication methods, such as safety meetings and notices to ensure relevant EHS information is communicated across the site by GC’s and that management is included
  • Ensure a daily walkabout/safety tour is conducted with the GC management, representative and the owner’s representative (PM or delegate), as practicable.
  • PM management (not delegate) should still target a weekly walkabout/inspection at a minimum
  • Participate in a daily site tour with the GC safety rep Act as a coach and advisor to the safety committee
  • Support the business in the conduct of risk and hazard assessments
  • Participate in Significant Incident investigations and Significant Potential Event (SPE)
  • When a non compliance by a GC or their subs is observed, immediately bring the issue to the attention of the GC, while also ensuring the owner’s management rep is informed
  • Participate in progress and schedule meetings where EHS is impacted Assist in design reviews throughout the Life Cycleplanning, design, permitting, construction, cx, handover
  • Support the development of the DCCEHSP (Data Center Construction EHS Plan)

The ideal candidate will possess the following characteristics:

  • Results driven and highly energetic
  • Initiative for business development and client service
  • Strong interpersonal skills
  • Highly effective verbal and written communication plus senior level presentation and negotiation skills
  • Self-sufficient in current office applications (e.g. MS Office)

Education & Experience:

  • Undergraduate degree in EHS or related field
  • CSP is required
  • 3-5 + years of related experience, preferably in a consulting firm Highly organized and self-motivated Critical thinking ability

Our ambition is to be recognized and valued globally as a best-in-class company; a client-driven, efficiently-run, growing business.  BSI has come a long way since being founded in 1901. Today, we're a global business services organization, respected world over for the development of standards; assessment of management systems; testing and certification of products and services; providing software solutions; and the delivery of training courses. We offer diverse career paths from auditing to sales, product development to finance, and from IT to marketing.

With around 4,000 employees working with over 80,000 clients in 172 countries it means that career opportunities are vast. BSI challenges mediocrity and complacency to help embed excellence into the way people and products work. That means showing businesses how to improve performance, reduce risk and achieve sustainable growth.

  

What we offer:

BSI offers a competitive salary, group-sponsored health and dental, short-term and long-term disability, a company-matched 401k plan, company paid life insurance, 11 paid holidays and 4 weeks paid time off.

Our Excellence Behaviours: Customer Focus, Accountability, Respect, Communication, Achievement & Leading and Managing others.

BSI is an Equal Opportunity Employer and we are committed to diversity

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