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Location: Houston, Texas; Louisiana

Position Summary

The Forgen EHS Manager leads the implementation and administration of the Forgen EHS Program. Primary responsibility is to support selected projects across the company, including high-profile and/or high-demand projects where superior safety and health performance is critical. This role is fully engaged in Forgen’s Incident and Injury Free (IIF) Commitment Journey and conducts and coordinates project audits, develops project Health and Safety plans (HASPs), supervises, and supports EHS Supervisors/Technicians on their projects, conducts training, and facilitates incident investigations. Responsible for communicating information, leading, coaching, and training all levels of employees in safety and health compliance, policies, and best practices. The EHS Manager conducts air sampling and monitoring, completes/reviews permits, executes related duties as required by the environment and contract, develops consistent best practices and policies.

Forgen Overview

Forgen is a leading geotechnical and specialty civil construction company operating across North America. We are dedicated to delivering innovative solutions for complex civil, geotechnical, and environmental challenges, guided by our core values: We Do What We Say, We Are Passionate About Our Work, We Are One Team, We Work Smart, and We Do The Right Thing.

Key Responsibilities

Lead, Manage and be Accountable (LMA) for their direct reports.
Perform the roles and responsibilities for EHS Manager as listed on the Accountability Chart.
Responsible for driving a safety culture which promotes Incident and Injury Free Performance.
Provide Safety and Health support to the project teams that is effective and suitable to achieve Forgen objectives.
Assist the Regional EHS Manager with the development and administration of programs and policies that advance Forgen’s commitment to Incident and Injury Free and safety compliance efforts.
Identify safety training opportunities and program gaps and develop plans to meet such needs, in accordance with federal, state, and local agencies.
Create and implement effective safety and health policies as needed to strengthen existing policies and cover gaps and deficiencies as they are discovered.
Deliver training, mentoring, and coaching to project teams and the EHS team in required and proactive subjects and skills.
Work closely with project Operations teams to develop practices that support safety and health initiatives.
Engage proactively with all project managers and supervisors to help them understand and follow safety practices.
Evaluate all field operations, including emergency response procedures, for improvement in safety and health and risk control effectiveness.
Provide statistical data and safety and health performance narratives to leadership.
Provide regular, reliable data for the purposes of monitoring Safety and Health performance.
Help create, improve, and comply with project Health and Safety Plan (HASP).
Ensure that Forgen Safety and Health requirements are widely and consistently understood and implemented.
Apply hazard identification and risk assessment processes at project sites and ensure implementation of appropriate control measures are taking place to reduce the risks to ALARP.
Participate in the development and review process of Activity Hazard Analysis (AHAs).
Ensure all Safety Observations, inspections, training data, project specific information and incident reports are entered in EHS Insights.
Promote Safety and Health awareness through conducting new hire orientation, safety training and participating in Incident and Injury Free (IIF) campaigns.
Conduct effective investigation of incidents and near misses, develop final reports and follow up corrective actions.
Participate fully and openly in all compliance assurance audits, inspections and project meetings.
Serve as a liaison between Forgen and client representatives.
Perform and document inspections i.e., fire extinguisher, portable ladder, body harness etc.