Field Safety Specialist

Field Safety Specialist

Pacesetter is a temporary labor service with 30 years of experience and "know how". Daily, we recruit, dispatch and deliver thousands of workers to businesses throughout the Southern United States. Our expertise is providing workers for manual labor, industrial and construction jobs. Whether you need, Pacesetter can fill the order. Most of our 70 dispatch offices never close. They are open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, ready and able to fill orders A.S.A.P. Unlike the majority of our competitors, we operate 100 delivery vehicles to ensure that you can count on us to timely deliver workers to your doorstep.

All workers provided by Pacesetter are our employees; therefore, our customers are able to enjoy the following benefits:

• We pay workers' compensation insurance premiums
  
• We pay general liability insurance premiums
  
• We pay social security taxes
  
• We pay federal and state withholding taxes
  
• We handle unemployment claims
  
• We process W-2's
  
• We maintain employee records such as I-9's and W-4's
  
• We remove the need for any "help wanted" advertising
  
• We remove the need for health insurance premiums
  
• We pay for all recruiting expenses

At Pacesetter Personnel Services, we take pride in providing our employees and customers a safe work environment. We currently have an opportunity for a strong, experienced safety inspector. This position is for a reliable, self-starter in the Houston Area, who will be required to travel to various different company and/or client sites to perform various inspections.

The Safety Specialist's number one responsibility is to minimize injuries, reduce exposure to workplace hazards and comply with Company, customer and regulatory requirements.

• This individual will be responsible for driving a safety-minded culture and instilling it in our operations across multiple offices throughout the Houston territory.
  
• Site inspections: Conduct risk assessments, identify potential hazards and safety needs at business sites and provide site-specific recommendations to reduce or eliminate risk.
  
• Assist in coordinating Insurance Inspections; Participate in periodic loss prevention inspections by insurance carriers and provide assistance with insurance claims.

• The ideal candidate will have a minimum of two years of experience in safety inspection, quality, risk management and compliance in the Construction and Light Industrial arenas.
  
• Strong experience implementing programs for an accident-free work- place.
  
• Knowledge of continuous improvement process, ability to work with and support line management to implement practical, proactive injury prevention processes.
  
• Knowledge of Federal and State statutes regarding construction and industrial operations safety issues.
  
• Advise Safety Manager of non-compliant sites and work with various locations to improve safety in order to mitigate losses within the construction and light industrial industries.
  
• Assist in inspecting / processing accident investigations.
  
• Strong credentials from a recognized national certification program (OSHA required).
  
• Strong knowledge, risk transfer and prevention standards, techniques and philosophies.
  
• Ability to work with all levels of personnel within the organization
  
• Must be hands- on and capable of driving the safety process.
  
• Previous hands on construction management experience highly desired.
  
• Although based in the Houston area, the role may require travel within the state of Texas and possibly outside the state.
  
• Must have excellent written and verbal communication skills. Bilingual in Spanish preferred.
  
• Professional in appearance, motivated, self-starter who is able to communicate with all levels of management.

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