Field Safety Representative

Provides safety inspection support, technical guidance, and oversight to ensure and validate construction compliance with plans, specifications, contract documents, and codified requirements. Responsibilities involve performing and overseeing field safety inspections on various multi-site/phase construction projects of moderate to larger scale, scope. Generates and substantiates reports and documentation regarding equipment, construction, materials, integration, and operation specifications. Ensures that responsibilities are delivered and adhered to with a level of quality that meets or exceeds acceptable industry standards for design, safety, functionality, and sustainability.

The Field Safety Representative is responsible for creating, implementing, and enforcing day-to-day safety policies on WSP projects. This individual is responsible for leading safety efforts, coordination, reporting requirements, and day-to-day occupational safety for WSP Engineers. This individual participates in the development, management, oversight as well as recording, tracking, and reporting of safety associated with WSP field activities. The successful candidate should demonstrate:

Full knowledge about safety methods, construction equipment and materials.

Updated knowledge about safety methods and standards.

Mindset to approach safety duties with balanced respect for compliance and business needs.

Understanding, proficiency, and passion for occupational safety.

Ability to gain the trust of staff & management.

Collaborative, responsive & consensus building work style.

Remain current in latest inspection and construction knowledge, techniques, and practices.

Exercise responsible and ethical decision-making regarding company funds, resources and conduct, and adhere to WSP’s Code of Conduct and related policies and procedures.

Perform additional responsibilities as required by business needs.

This role reports to the Division Field Safety Manager, has oversight responsibility of project safety, and may work in the field 100% of the time. The successful candidate will work with the Division Field Safety Manager, the Corporate Safety Team as well as Field Services leadership to implement, promote, enforce, and ensure safety programs that align with corporate requirements and client requirements.

Field Services Division

Communicating known job site hazards to WSP employees, contractors, and site client/owner/operator.

Reporting safety discrepancies/deficiencies through periodic/random observations, safety evaluations, inspections, and audits of field staff & activities.

Generate and review Job Hazard Analyses, Tailboard Reports.

Reviewing contract requirements related to safety and health with the construction contractor and their subcontractors' designated representatives; including, but not limited to, rules and procedures, PPE, allowable working hours, and special work permits or specialized work procedures.

Informing the subcontractors designated representatives of the emergency response plan requirements respective to the job site.

Maintaining records to demonstrate program compliance.

Verifying new WSP employees and all others receive a site orientation prior to working.

Providing technical input into accident, injury, and property damage/loss investigations and providing details to the client and WSP management.

Approve, order, review, maintain, and distribute PPE where needed.

Assist with client safety questionnaires, audits, and surveys.

Corporate Safety Department

Receive and carry out safety directives from corporate safety management.

Attend regular meetings between corporate and division safety leadership.

Lead and coordinate accident/incident investigations with corporate safety management.

Maintain safety certifications.

Respond to field safety questions, concerns, and directives.

Submit periodic safety audits, reports, metrics, evaluations, and inspections for corporate safety review.