Construction Safety Coordinator

Description

Nycom is a 40-year-old company focused on “Excellence and Customer Allegiance”. With offices throughout the Southeast, our specialty is interior construction involving laboratory casework (furniture), millwork, and equipment for clients in the Educational, Industrial, Research and Healthcare markets.

Job Description:

A Safety Coordinator, or Safety Specialist, helps improve the overall safety of the workplace. Their duties include assessing safety, enforcing safety standards and educating employees.

Duties:

• Planning your health and safety program and protocols
• Teaching supervisors, managers, and other leaders in the company about health and safety standards
• Presenting safety training sessions to the company
• Preparing and maintaining job specific safety paperwork
• Ensuring compliance with OSHA, federal and state regulations
• Handling risk assessments to gather information on safety issues
• Verifying that employees consistently follow safety protocols
• Analyzing health and safety data
• Reviewing and recommending changes to regular activities

Requirements

Qualifications:

• Knowledgeable about the construction industry, processes, and terminology.
• Understanding of OSHA guidelines and other state and local safety regulations
• Familiarity with the tools, machines and equipment used in the workplace
• Critical thinking, analytical and problem-solving skills
• Ability to teach others the established safety standards
• Computer literacy skills and comfort with various types of technology used in the industry
• Ability to work well as a team and interact with different groups of people
• Strategic and efficient problem solving
• Well organized and detail oriented
• Self-motivated with the ability to work independently.
• Skilled at reading and interpreting construction drawings and shop drawings.
• Able to read and interpret construction schedules.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Able to pass Nycom’s Pre Employment Physical, background check, and Drug Testing.