Safety, Health & Environment Specialist III - Chicago

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AECOM has an exciting opportunity for an experienced scientist/engineer to join our Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) Compliance team in Dallas, TX, Chicago, IL, Phoenix, AZ, Atlanta, GA, Austin, TX or Herndon, VA locations. You will work at one of our key client’s locations and with a diverse team of technical leaders across a broad range of practice areas delivering compliance and corporate conformance tasks and encouraging a proactive health and safety culture.

The appropriately qualified applicant will be able to demonstrate an established career in the health and safety and/or environmental field. This position requires excellent written and spoken communication skills, organizational and time management skills, flexibility to work on diverse projects, a positive attitude, and a willingness to learn new skills. The successful candidate will have the ability to communicate effectively with members of various cross-functional teams, client stakeholders, site personnel and office management, and can work both independently and as a part of a project team.

The Responsibilities of this position may include, but are not limited to:

• Under limited supervision, responsible for moderately complex technical work in a wide range of environmental, safety and health disciplines to achieve compliance with ES&H standards along with federal and state regulatory requirements.
• Identify and evaluate operational environment, health & safety (EHS) risks.
• Conduct assessments of client’s existing EHS programs to ensure alignment with the regional strategy.
• Execute EHS training needs based on identified operational risks and ensure that workforce training activities are provided to meet client’s business and legislative requirements.
• Ensure the implementation and conformance of the client’s EHS requirements as appropriate.
• Monitor and advise on the client’s EHS requirements and applicable EHS references to ensure regulatory requirements are implemented and followed onsite.
• Work with and advise contractors in identification and implementation of corrective actions for identified deficiencies or issues.
• Attend and participate in essential meetings not limited to All Hands, Stand Downs, Orientations, Safety Committees, EHS Leads, Activity Briefings, Coordination Meeting, etc.
• Create, validate and communicate lessons learned from safety incidents and near misses with the client’s EHS team(s) and trade partners.
• Investigate and analyze incident reports involving work‐related injuries and illnesses and recommend measures to prevent recurrence.
• Conduct investigation and immediately report all incidents, near misses, and occupational illness, and recommend means of preventing recurrence.
• Perform floor walks and observe work activities; document observations and provide coaching/feedback to personnel to ensure proper safe work behaviors and practices.
• Maintain current knowledge of specific government agency requirements.
• Independently determine and develop approaches to solutions.
• Collect and evaluate project data in both field and office settings.
• Perform environmental fieldwork primarily in relation to industrial hygiene, environmental compliance, and EHS auditing.
• Prepare and implement work plans, data compilation/analysis, and report preparation (text, tables, figures, and calculations).
• Serve as a mentor to junior and mid-level staff.
• Review permits and plans to facilitate compliance with environmental regulations.
• Provide regulatory interpretation and technical advice.
• Act as a lead role for a team of ES&H specialists and/or support personnel.
• Administer an ES&H program on a small or medium-sized project.
• Proactively encourage a culture of producing high-quality work and the importance of Health & Safety within the team.
• Provide technical support to client stakeholders and support inter-disciplinary business activities.
• Collaborate with other AECOM offices, practices, and business lines.
• Perform independent hands-on fieldwork, oversee construction contractors and other field personnel, and interact with various client stakeholders.
• Comfortably work with technology, apps and databases.
• Undertake technical work in accordance with the contracted scope of work, budget, schedule and legislative standards.
• Proactively identify opportunities to increase project efficiencies, improve technical methodologies and add value to client service offerings.

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Health and Safety, Environmental Science, Environmental Engineering, or related field and 4 years of relevant experience or demonstrated equivalency of experience and/or education
• Valid US Driver’s License, and as a condition of employment, pass AECOM's motor vehicle records review
• As a condition of employment, candidates must pass a drug screening

Preferred Qualifications:

• 10 years of experience or demonstrated equivalency of experience and/or education
• Experience working in or with Data Centers
• Exhibits knowledge and applies the fundamental concepts and practices based on environmental specialty
• EHS auditing experience
• High degree of self-motivation and the ability to work independently with limited supervision, as well as in a collaborative team environment
• Organizational management skills and ability to perform detail-oriented work
• Self-motivated, driven, and hard working
• Excellent communication skills, including both oral and written (writing sample required)
• Excellent and relevant references
• Construction safety experience
• Certified Safety Professional or similar certification
• NFPA 70E Certification
• HAZWOPER 40-hour certification
• CIH, CPEA, or similar certification
• OSHA 30 Construction Safety Training

• Relocation assistance is not available for this role
• Sponsorship for US Employment Authorization is not available now or in the future for this position.
   

About AECOM 

AECOM is proud to offer comprehensive benefits to meet the diverse needs of our employees. Depending on your employment status, AECOM benefits may include medical, dental, vision, life, AD&D, disability benefits, paid time off, leaves of absences, voluntary benefits, perks, flexible work options, well-being resources, employee assistance program, business travel insurance, service recognition awards, retirement savings plan, and employee stock purchase plan. 

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