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WSP USA Health and Safety Advisor in Washington, District Of Columbia
This Opportunity
WSP is currently initiating a search for a Health and Safety Advisor . The candidate may work out of any WSP US office.
Be a part of growing team of leaders, pioneers, and engineers with huge global support to accelerate your career to new heights. WSP is a happy and healthy work environment with a great attitude towards flexibility, support, inclusion, balance, and promoting leading innovation.
Your Impact
Participate and instill a culture of caring where leaders and team members consistently help each other thrive, which helps the organization care for its employees, clients and stakeholders.
Support both the Business Line’s VP of Health and Safety and the Business Line’s Leadership in all aspects of health and safety management.
Understand and communicate global and regional HSEQ requirements to leadership team and implement at all relevant levels of the business.
Project visits and audits at site locations within the Business Line
Deliver Health and Safety trainings per company and regulatory requirements.
Responsible for managing all aspects of Health and Safety initiatives within the designated business line.
Perform thorough incident investigations to identify and implement corrective actions necessary to prevent future incidents.
Perform thorough root cause analysis of incidents in order to identify appropriate organizational solutions/actions.
Manage and communicate a clear vision of the project’s health and safety objectives and motivates the project team to achieve the desired outcomes.
Effectively plan and coordinate activities according to project safety planning.
Analyze risks, establish project contingency plans and identify trigger events and responsibility for initiating mitigation actions.
Track, analyze and report on actual performance against the plan
Work collaboratively with HSEQ team across the business, Operations and relevant shared services to improve the HSEQ programs.
Provide coaching and expertise in Health and Safety to the Business line, guiding them in the implementation of their Project Safety Plan.
Support the HSEQ Leadership team in various tasks as required.
Ensure integration of the HSEQ Vision, Mission and goals.
Foster a culture of accountability, professionalism, and continuous learning within the business line.
Travel to project sites and offices of at least 50%.
Who You Are
Required Qualifications
Undergraduate degree in related discipline (Occupational Safety and Health, Engineering, Environment).
Master’s degree in Occupational Safety and Health, Engineering, Environment (optional).
Designation as Certified Safety Professional (CSP) or other similar certification will be considered an asset.
7+ years of experience in Health and Safety profession, preferably in the fields of construction management and inspection, including transportation, road construction, bridge inspection and infrastructure.
Comprehensive knowledge of Health and Safety legislation, occupational Health and Safety compliance requirements, regulatory structure of OSHA and State plans, specifically OSHA Standard for Construction, DOT and FRA regulations.
Excellent project management skills, with the ability to prioritize tasks and manage multiple projects simultaneously.
Effective communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to influence and engage stakeholders at all levels.
Analytical mindset with the ability to conduct risk assessments and data analysis.
Proficiency in Health and Safety software tools and Microsoft Office suite.
Strong leadership and decision-making abilities, with a proactive approach to problem-solving.
WSP Benefits:
WSP provides a comprehensive suite of benefits focused on a providing health and financial stability throughout the employee’s career. These benefits include coverage related to medical, dental, vision, disability, and life; retirement savings; paid sick leave; paid vacation (or other personal time); paid parental leave; and paid time off for purposes of bereavement, voting, and/or attendance at naturalization proceedings.
Compensation:
Expected Salary (all locations): $86,700 - $154,330
WSP USA is providing the compensation range that the company in good faith believes it might pay and offer for this position, based on the successful applicant’s education, experience, knowledge, skills, abilities in addition to internal equity and specific geographic location. WSP USA reserves the right to ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and offer additional benefits and other compensation, depending on circumstances not related to an applicant’s sex or other status protected by local, state, and/or federal law.
Expected Salary (Colorado only): $86,700 - $144,870
WSP USA is providing the compensation range that the company in good faith believes it might pay and/or offer for this position within the state of Colorado, based on the successful applicant’s education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities in addition to internal equity and specific geographic location. WSP USA reserves the right to ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and offer additional benefits and other compensation, depending on circumstances not related to an applicant’s sex or other status protected by local, state, and/or federal law.
About WSP
WSP USA is the U.S. operating company of WSP, one of the world's leading engineering and professional services firms. Dedicated to serving local communities, we are engineers, planners, technical experts, strategic advisors and construction management professionals. WSP USA designs lasting solutions in the buildings, transportation, energy, water and environment markets. With more than 15,000 employees in over 300 offices across the U.S., we partner with our clients to help communities prosper.
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WSP provides a flexible and agile workplace model while meeting client needs. Employees are also afforded a comprehensive suite of benefits including medical, dental, vision, disability, life, and retirement savings focused on providing health and financial stability throughout the employee’s career.
At WSP, we want to give our employees the challenges they seek to grow their careers and knowledge base. Your daily contributions to your team will be essential in meeting client objectives, goals and challenges. Are you ready to get started?
WSP USA (and all of its U.S. companies) is an Equal Opportunity Employer Race/Age/Color/Religion/Sex/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity/National Origin/Disability or Protected Veteran Status.
The selected candidate must be authorized to work in the United States.
NOTICE TO THIRD PARTY AGENCIES:
WSP does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters, employment agencies, or other staffing services. Unsolicited resumes include any resume or hiring document sent to WSP in the absence of a signed Service Agreement where WSP has expressly requested recruitment/staffing services specific to the position at hand. Any unsolicited resumes, including those submitted to hiring managers or other business leaders, will become the property of WSP and WSP will have the right to hire that candidate without reservation – no fee or other compensation will be owed or paid to the recruiter, employment agency, or other staffing service.