Site Safety and Health Officer

GPSI Guam is a Professional Technical Services Company, headquartered in Hagatna, Guam. We are a SBC Native 8(a) and HUBZone certified, Small Disadvantaged Business providing Program/Project management, administration, management, technical support, general contracting, logistics, commodities, and training resources.

GPSI is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Kina'ole Foundation, a 501(c)(3) non-profit established to benefit Native Hawaiian communities. GPSI offers a competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package that includes:

• Health insurance
• Dental insurance
• Life insurance
• Professional training reimbursement
• 401K
• Disability insurance

Job Description: 

The Safety and Health Officer will be responsible for developing and implementing site safety protocols to prevent injury and illness for the project. They will coordinate directly with the Project Manager and Site Superintendent on construction safety requirements and serve as the competent safety individual onsite. Selected applicants must be safety-minded and promote a positive safety culture. This position is being filled to support Kina’ole’s Hawaii office located in Honolulu and will support projects throughout the Hawaiian Islands.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Drafts, implements and enforces safety procedures through the Accident Prevention Plan (APP) in accordance with federal, state and company standards.   

• Practice safe working techniques in construction. • Provide safety training and identifying safety controls to employees, subcontractors and vendors onsite. 

• Maintain compliance with all applicable federal and state health and safety regulations. 

• Standardize health and safety in order to remain consistent. 

• Identify hazardous waste and disposing of it correctly. 

• Promote safety initiatives. 

• Document staff information, minutes of meetings, and reports compiled for management.

• Regularly inspect equipment.

Minimum Requirements:

• Must be able to qualify as Level 1 SSHO per EM385-1-1 (2024)

• Minimum of 5 years of cumulative safety experience within last 10 years, managing or implanting a safety and occupational health program on projects in the Federal construction industry

• Must be intimately familiar with USACE EM385-1-1 (2024)

GPSI is an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.