Onsite Safety Professional

Join our growing team of dedicated professionals at Gallagher Bassett, who guide those in need to the best possible outcomes for their health and wellbeing. You'll be part of a resilient team that works together to redefine the boundaries of excellence. At our organization, we value collaboration and making a positive impact in the lives of our clients and claimants, offering you the opportunity to join a team where your skills and dedication can truly make a difference. GUIDE. GUARD. GO BEYOND.

We believe that every candidate brings something special to the table, including you! So, even if you feel that you’re close but not an exact match, we encourage you to apply.
Overview

Gallagher Bassett Technical Services is seeking an Onsite Safety Professional to work on construction sites in New York City Metropolitan area. We are a highly energetic company and offer competitive benefits.

Job Summary:

We are looking for a passionate and proactive safety professional to ensure that safety and health procedures are followed on the construction project.

How you'll make an impact

Job Duties

The Safety Professional to act as the on-site Safety Consultant to assist in improving safety performance on the construction and/or demolition project. The Safety Professional’s activities may include the following:

• Collect and maintain copies of Subcontractor Safety Programs in the jobsite field office.
• Perform new worker safety orientations that are intended to provide general hazard recognition about conditions specific to the site and maintain a written record of orientations in the safety file. If approved by the Client, a Hardhat sticker program will be implemented.
• Verify and document the onsite subcontractor safety representatives/competent persons.
• The Safety Professional will coordinate regular Project Safety Meetings, maintaining minutes or some other record. These may be a segment of the regularly scheduled coordination meetings or a separate meeting specifically for safety.
• The Safety Professional will collect weekly toolbox talk meeting minutes from Subcontractor Safety Representatives/Competent Persons.
• The Safety Professional shall inspect, on a regular basis, areas and items throughout the jobsite in an attempt to determine that the conditions at the site meet the requirements of Federal, State and Local Standards, and the Loss Control Program implemented for the project. Inspections shall not include technical inspections relating to any aspect of design, structural integrity or the means and method of work. The Safety Professional shall maintain a written log of inspections. If unsafe acts or conditions are observed the Safety Professional shall note these observations in the daily log, note the subcontractor that any recommendation for correction was made to, and indicate the date that the item was corrected by the person or company notified.
• If necessary, comprehensive accident investigations will be conducted by the Safety Professional; investigation can include interviews, photographs and written reporting.
• The Safety Professional shall coordinate loss control inspections with insurance broker, carrier representatives and accompany any regulatory official on safety inspections.
• The Safety Professional must be on the job while work is in progress and must be available to work at times that coincide with the normal working hours of the job, including overtime, shift, nights, weekend and/or holiday work.

About You

Requirements

• Minimum of five years of experience working in/with the construction field
• 62 hour supervisor SST card
• 40 hour site safety manager course
• 32 supported scaffold
• 32 suspended scaffold
• S56 CSFSM certificate
• English/Spanish speaking a plus

Compensation and benefits

On top of a competitive salary, great teams and exciting career opportunities, we also offer a wide range of benefits.

Below are the minimum core benefits you’ll get, depending on your job level these benefits may improve:

• Minimum of 25 days holiday, plus bank holidays, and the option to ‘buy’ extra days
• Defined contribution pension scheme, which Gallagher will also contribute to
• Life insurance, which will pay 4x your basic annual salary, which you can top-up to 10x
• Income protection, we’ll cover up to 50% of your annual income, with options to top up
• Health cash plan or Private medical insurance

Other benefits include:

• Three fully paid volunteering days per year
• Employee Stock Purchase plan, offering company shares at a discount
• Share incentive plan, HMRC approved, tax effective, stock purchase plan
• Critical illness cover
• Discounted gym membership, with over 3,000 gyms nationally
• Season ticket loan
• Access to a discounted voucher portal to save money on your weekly shop or next big purchase
• Emergency back-up family care
• And many more…

We value inclusion and diversity

Inclusion and diversity (I&D) is a core part of our business, and it’s embedded into the fabric of our organisation. For more than 95 years, Gallagher has led with a commitment to sustainability and to support the communities where we live and work.

Gallagher embraces our employees’ diverse identities, experiences and talents, allowing us to better serve our clients and communities. We see inclusion as a conscious commitment and diversity as a vital strength. By embracing diversity in all its forms, we live out The Gallagher Way to its fullest.

Gallagher is Disability Confident Committed. We have pledged to make sure our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible, in addition to supporting our existing employees with any long-term health conditions or disabilities.

We understand that applicants may have disabilities, if you do, you may find some parts of the recruitment process more challenging than others. Don’t worry, we’re here to help, however, we can only do this if you let us know.

Should you require reasonable adjustments to your application, please get in touch with [email protected] . If you’d prefer to speak on the phone, please request a call back, leaving details, so we get in touch.

Our employing entity, Arthur J. Gallagher Services (UK) Limited, is proud to be accredited as a Living Wage employer with the Living Wage Foundation. We are committed to diversity and opportunity for all and are opposed to any form of less favourable treatment on the grounds of gender or gender identity, marital status, civil partnership status, parental status, race, ethnicity, colour, nationality, disability, sexual orientation, religion/ belief, age and those with caring responsibilities.

Gallagher believes that all persons are entitled to equal employment opportunity and prohibits any form of discrimination by its managers, employees, vendors or customers based on race, color, religion, creed, gender (including pregnancy status), sexual orientation, gender identity (which includes transgender and other gender non-conforming individuals), gender expression, hair expression, marital status, parental status, age, national origin, ancestry, disability, medical condition, genetic information, veteran or military status, citizenship status, or any other characteristic protected (herein referred to as “protected characteristics”) by applicable federal, state, or local laws.

Equal employment opportunity will be extended in all aspects of the employer-employee relationship, including, but not limited to, recruitment, hiring, training, promotion, transfer, demotion, compensation, benefits, layoff, and termination. In addition, Gallagher will make reasonable accommodations to known physical or mental limitations of an otherwise qualified person with a disability, unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship on the operation of our business.