Site Safety and Health Officer

Title: Site Safety and Health Office (SSHO) 

Location: Wahiawa, HI 

Job Description:

Contractor Site Safety and Health Officer (SSHO)

The Contractor shall employ at minimum of one CP at each project site to function as the SSHO

(primary), depending on job complexity, size and any other pertinent factors.

The SSHO shall:

• Be a full-time responsibility. The SSHO shall be present at the project site, located so

they have full mobility and reasonable access to all major work operations during the

shift.

• Be an employee other than the supervisor, unless specified differently in the contract

and coordinated with the local SOH Office,

• Report to a senior project (or corporate) official.

The SSHO, as a minimum, must produce a copy of their instructor-signed OSHA 30-

hour training card (or course completion if within 90 days of having completed the training and

card has not yet been issued).

They will have completed:

(1) The 30-hour OSHA General Industry safety class (may be web-based training if the

student is able to directly ask questions of the instructor by chat or phone) or

(2) The 30-hour OSHA Construction Industry safety class (may be web-based training if

the student is able to directly ask questions of the instructor by chat/phone), or

(3) As an equivalent, formal construction or industry safety and health training covering

the subjects of the OSHA 30-hour course and the EM 385-1-1 ‘

3.d.(3)] applicable to the work to be performed and given by qualified instructors - may

be web-base training if the student is able to directly ask questions of the instructor by

chat/phone).

In addition, the SSHO is also required to have proof of employment for:

(1) Five (5) years of continuous construction industry safety experience in

supervising/managing general construction (managing safety programs or processes or

conducting hazard analyses and developing controls), or

(2) Five (5) years of continuous general industry safety experience in

supervising/managing general industry (managing safety programs or processes or

conducting hazard analyses and developing controls), or

(3) If the SSHO has a Third-Party, Nationally Accredited (ANSI or National Commission

for Certifying Agencies - NCCA) SOH-related certification, only 4 years of experience is

needed.

d. SSHOs shall maintain competency through having taken 8 hours of documented

formal, on-line, or self-study safety and health-related coursework every year. Examples

of continuing education activities that meet this requirement are: writing an article,

teaching a class, reading/writing professional articles, attendance/participation in

professional societies/meetings, etc.

Requirements:

• Training course and/or EM 385 40hr.Construction safety course.

• 5 years of continuous Safety Experience with 8 hours of Safety training on an annual

basis.

• Competent with Fall protection, Confined Space, Electrical Safety and HazCom.