Environmental Safety & Health Manager

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Differentiated by the quality of our people and our relentless drive to deliver the most successful outcomes, we align our capabilities to our customers' objectives to create a lasting positive impact.

We serve the Infrastructure; Nuclear, Security & Environmental; Energy, and Mining & Metals markets. Our services span from initial planning and investment, through start-up and operations. Core to Bechtel are our values - ethics, safety, quality, people, culture, relationships, innovation and sustainability, and our covenants - integrity, respect, collaboration, trust, and delivery. They are what we believe, what customers can expect, and how we deliver.

• About the Role

As an ES&H Manager you will be responsible for developing, integrating and implementing all aspects of project-related Environmental, Safety, and Health (ES&H) (including medical and industrial hygiene), processes, plans, procedures, systems, methods and policies critical to the success of ES&H.

upervision from the global business unit (GBU) ES&H Manager. Receives supervision and work assignments from the Project Manager or Construction Manager.

• Key Responsibilities
• Implements bid decisions, proposals, and estimates (scope, constraints, schedules, budgets) with respect to integration and compliance with ES&H requirements.
• Provides technical support to feasibility studies, site assessment studies, and project risk assessments.
• Comprehensive understanding of contemporary WHS legislation and standards
• Informs project teams of ES&H requirements and ensures they are incorporated into processes and procedures by subcontracts, engineering, and construction personnel.
• Develops and supervises the implementation of the ES&H plan for a specific project or facility in accordance with established polices, systems, processes, procedures and methods, client and / or host country requirements and regulations.
• Supervises and / or performs daily monitoring of work practices of Bechtel and other contractors / subcontractors.
• Participates in meetings with customers, project team members, and contractors / subcontractors to advise of project-specific mitigation plans, ES&H training program, and technical reports.
• Stops work in dangerous situations or conditions having imminent adverse ES&H impact. Stipulates acceptable work practices that are to be implemented before the work can be resumed.
• Coordinates with the GBU ES&H Manager on personnel activities, such as recruitment, policy administration, compensation administration, and employee development.
• Supervises and conducts project accident investigations; documents factors contributing to an incident and prepares required reports.
• Participates, as directed by the GBU ES&H Manager and Legal and Risk Management, at hearings or litigations involving recent or past injuries, accidents or work-related illnesses that occurred on projects / facilities.
• Coordinates inspection tours of regulatory compliance officers who are auditing the project / facility for compliance with government ES&H requirements. Accompanies the compliance officer(s) during the audit; ensures that all inspection reports are prepared and retained for legal defense should litigation result.
• Develops cross-training for personnel in professional or discipline-specific skills, techniques, and procedures.
• Supervises the operation of the medical / first aid treatment facilities.
• Supervises implementation of project ES&H orientation and training of project manual / non-manual personnel.
• Ensures environmental compliance inspections of project construction activities are conducted to monitor compliance with environmental requirements including contractual commitments, permits, and the Construction Environmental Control Plan (CECP).
• Consults with occupational medical consultant in developing procedures which include sanitation and health inspections of facilities required to support the project for activities such as immunizations, rescue, emergency transportation, and evacuation.
• Interprets applicable ES&H standards and supervises their integration into projects and facilities processes and procedures.
• Integrates host country, client and Bechtel standards into a single document.
• Executes other ES&H duties as assigned by GBU ES&H management.
• Essential Experience
• Advanced knowledge of a field of environmental and / or safety engineering, process safety, health or related discipline.
• Knowledge of ES&H sciences / engineering systems, principles, and methodologies.