Safety Specialist jobs in Des Moines, IA

Why you should join our team:
Do you want to be an employee-owner? Woodruff Construction is a 100% employee-owned and family-focused commercial construction general contractor with over 65 years of experience. Woodruff provides a dynamic environment where each individual is challenged to be his or her best, and we are continually searching for goal-driven candidates to join our team. We are committed to employing a diverse workforce and encourage those with a wide range of backgrounds to inquire about our job opportunities.

We serve the regions of Ames, Fort Dodge, Iowa City, Waterloo and Spencer, and are driven by our strong Core Values:

• FAMILY Comes First
• SERVICE to Others
• PURPOSE in everything we do
• DEPENDABILITY to do what's right
• ENJOYMENT of our work

Current Opening:

Woodruff Construction is looking for a Safety Specialist out of its Ames office.The Safety Specialist is responsible for ensuring employees have a safe place in which to work, examines ways to keep the work environment safe and secure, develops guidelines for a safer and more efficient way of working while complying with applicable OSHA standards and regulations. The successful employee will exhibit Woodruff's core values of Family, Service, Purposeful, Dependability and Enjoyment.

1. Safety Training
   • Maintains applicable OSHA training to perform their duties
   • Provide or coordinate necessary training to personnel to ensure tasks are completed safely
   • Perform New-Hire safety orientations and required trainings

1. Safety Preplanning
   • Ensure projects have safety plans including job specific plans using OSHA guidelines and Woodruff safety policies and procedures
   • Regular check-ins with field leaders, project managers, and field operations managers to assist with resolving safety issues that are in red on the regional project scorecard
   • Research OSHA guidelines and other industry best practices
   • Controls hazardous working conditions and unsafe employee practices through site visits, site specific safety plans and education of all personnel
   • Management of the SDS system
   • Review safety submittals

1. Safety Resource
   • Perform regular safety audits of projects
   • Complete action items as they relate to improvements identified in weekly safety audits and near miss observations
   • Complete root cause analysis and assists with implementation of identified solutions for incident investigations and near misses
   • Assist in documentation and implementation of required or desired changes in safety program
   • Assist in consistently cascading the company’s safety program
   • Review subcontractor safety submittals and other related items
   • Assist in managing inventory of PPE and other safety equipment
   • Follow and promote safe work practices and safe working conditions in accordance with all Federal, State and Local regulations and owner/contractual requirements in a manner that promotes cooperation and improved morale
   • Review and address project safety documentation (observations, near misses, incidents, etc.) and photos
   • Attend and document safety committee meetings
   • Record employee observation name tracking

 Benefits:

At Woodruff, We attribute our success to the investment and retention of our quality employees. Our firm values its employees and offers a comprehensive benefits package including:

• Competitive salary with project performance based bonuses
• Generous health insurance benefits
• Paid holidays
• Paid time off
• Bereavement leave
• Dental insurance
• Basic life insurance
• Flexible spending account
• 401K retirement plan
• Tuition reimbursement and continuing education
• Direct payroll deposit
• Employee assistance program
• Company cell phone and laptop