Job Description
Job Description
Location: South Florida (local travel required)
Join a safety culture that leads from the field.
We’re actively seeking a Safety Specialist to support field operations in South Florida — someone passionate about protecting people, enforcing compliance, and fostering a proactive safety culture. This is a boots-on-the-ground position with a mix of inspections, training, audits, coaching, and supporting teams across infrastructure and transportation projects.
Key Responsibilities:
- Conducts regular site inspections, recording safe and unsafe conditions using Safety software.
- Performs administrative tasks related to project-specific safety and document storage systems.
- Coordinates, schedules, and facilitates subcontractor’s Pre-Construction Safety Planning Meetings.
- Acts as a resource for field operations for Federal (OSHA), state, and local safety and health regulations including NFPA.
- Reviews Subcontractors’ Site Specific Safety Programs and Job Hazard Analysis prior to subcontractor mobilization.
- Periodically attends and monitors Tool Box Talks conducted by subcontractors to assure documentation and quality.
- Reviews Subcontractors’ Site Specific Safety Programs and Job Hazard Analysis prior to subcontractor mobilization.
- Periodically attends and monitors Tool Box Talks conducted by subcontractors to assure documentation and quality.
- Performs accident investigations in the event of a job site accident – including collection of SICE Safety and Health standard incident reporting forms and documentation.
- Coordinates with Safety Director for identification of claims trends and proactive risk management planning.
- Reviews documentation from subcontractors for the proper training of their employees as related to the scope of work.
Qualifications
- 3-5 years of related work experience in the field of Construction Health and Safety. Working knowledge of Federal and State safety and health regulations.
- Bachelor’s degree in Construction or Safety preferred but not required.
- Willingness to achieve CHST designation within two years.
- Demonstrated expertise with construction and safety technologies and practices.
- Willingness to provide best-in-class customer service.
- Completed required internal training with Learning and Development team.
- Excellent oral and written communication and interpersonal skills.
- Strong planning, problem solving, and troubleshooting skills.
- Individual must be collaborative and positive in directing people.
- Capacity to coordinate efforts with field staff and external partners.
- Meticulous attention to detail.
- Ability to make decisions promptly and with confidence.
- Sound business judgment.
- Highly organized, able to prioritize and multi-task.
- The ability to manage and embrace change. Respond and adapt to new processes and new ways of looking at old problems.
- Candidate must possess SICE’s Core Values: Passion, Integrity, Hard Work, Professionalism, and Caring.
Working Conditions
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit for long periods of time; talk or hear; perform fine motor, hand, and finger skills in the use of a keyboard, telephone, or writing. The employee is frequently required to stand; walk; and reach with arms and/or hands. Specific vision abilities include close vision, distance vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus. The employee will spend their time in an office environment with a quiet to moderate noise level. Job site walking.
EEO Statement
SICE provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy or maternity, national origin, citizenship, genetic information, disability, protected veteran, gender identity, age, or any other status protected by law. This policy applies to recruiting, hiring, transfers, promotions, terminations, compensation, benefits, and all other terms and conditions of employment.
SICE will not tolerate any unlawful discrimination toward, or harassment of, applicants or employees by anyone at SICE, or anyone working on behalf of SICE.