Safety Specialist (Loudon, TN) - Austin Industrial

Austin Industrial delivers premier maintenance, construction, and soft craft services to leading industrial companies across the U.S.

An industry leader for more than 60 years, we offer single-source solutions to our customers in the oil, gas, chemical, food, agriculture, power, and manufacturing industries.

Our team of employee-owners, equipped with innovative technology and optimized procedures, helps owners optimize safety, productivity, profit margins, and cost-efficiency.

This is a fulltime maintenance job working 40 hours a week.  There is no per diem and no relocation funding.

Safety Technician

Responsibilities include executing the site safety program on an assigned project.

Educates and trains Austin project staff in safety requirements, best practices in incident prevention.

Ensures compliance with company and customer safety policies.

Other duties may be assigned.

Specific Duties and Responsibilities 


* Facilitate site safety inspections and correct any deficiencies, trains new employees in Austin and OSHA safety policies, and assist in setting up and maintaining the SWPPP for the job. 


* Provide mandatory Austin safety training to Austin personnel (Safety Management, OSHA 10-Hour, OSHA Refresher, Competent Person Training, etc.).


* Interact with project managers and superintendents to help identify possible hazards.  Assist in the administration of the safety and DBO2 programs for the jobsite and illustrate the changes in regulations and procedures. 


* May accompany an OSHA or Division of Workers Comp (DWC) safety representative during a jobsite inspection. 


* Assist in conducting seminars, project interviews, committee meetings, project start-up meetings, accident investigations, and audits 


* Assist with administering the Corporate/Client safety, health, and environmental programs at the site level.


* Advise site management in the safety, health, and environmental areas.


* Conduct surveys, audits, investigations, and gather information and data as may be required.


* Implement, evaluate, and administer the safety program to address inadequacies within a program to include the creation and presentation of training programs for management, supervision, or employees.


* Maintain current knowledge of applicable rules and regulations.


* Evaluate and administer company policies and procedures concerning safety, health, and environmental matters.


* Initiate and maintain safety awareness programs and foster such programs to improve awareness.


* Administer or create special safety, accident prevention, housekeeping, environmental and other safety related programs for site locations as needed.


* Provide guidance to management through interpretation of the company/client safety requirements.


* Inspect, monitor, and evaluate project safety programs for value and effectiveness.


* Develop programs that will address inadequacies in the safety and healt...