Safety Inspector at Birdon America, Inc. – Bayou La Batre, Alabama

Position: Safety Inspector

Schedule: 4x10, Monday-Thursday
This position is located at the Bayou La Batre, AL facility. 

Join the Birdon team and help ensure USCG boats are safe and reliable! 

Key Responsibilities

• Conduct daily safety inspections across all production areas, including fabrication shops, vessel modules, vessels, and blast/paint facilities to collaboratively promote best practices, encourage safe behaviors, identify and mitigate hazards.
• Monitors production personnel during operations, providing guidance and immediate solutions to ensure compliance and improve worker safety. Identifies hazards, unsafe practices, and noncompliance issues, and recommends and verifies corrective actions.
• Support and enforce company safety policies, procedures, and OSHA maritime standards (29 CFR 1915, 1917, 1918).
• Participate in incident and near-miss investigations; assist in root-cause analysis and corrective/preventive action development.
• Observe and document “hot work”, confined space, Job Safety Analysis, and high-risk operations to verify permit compliance.
• Inspect safety systems (fire extinguishers, emergency lighting, ventilation, harnesses, rigging, fall protection, etc.) for readiness and condition.
• Inspects equipment, tools, and workspaces; works collaboratively to address deficiencies and remove unsafe items, when necessary, while ensuring continuity of operations. Conduct and document toolbox talks, safety stand-downs, and focused training as assigned.
• Reinforces company safety policies through coaching and support to employees and contractors to reinforce safe behaviors and stop-work authority, aligned with our safety manual and regulatory standards.
• Performs administrative tasks and supports record-keeping of safety documentation, inspection logs, and regulatory compliance records that contribute to a responsive and well-organized safety program.
• Collaborate with the Health Safety & Environmental Manager on implementing HSEQ programs, audits, and compliance reporting.
• Participate in weekly safety meetings and contribute to continuous improvement of safety procedures.
• Support environmental and quality assurance tasks as part of the integrated HSEQ function.

Qualifications and experience

• Minimum 3 years of safety experience in an industrial, construction, or maritime environment (shipyard preferred).
• Strong knowledge of OSHA maritime safety standards and general industry safety practices.
• Demonstrated ability to recognize and control hazards in welding, lifting, electrical, and confined space operations.
• Excellent communication and observation skills; able to work collaboratively with multiple trades and supervisors.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, Outlook), Microsoft 365 for documentation and reporting.
• EMT or Paramedic with first aid and medical emergency management
• Valid driver’s license and ability to move safely across shipyard environments (stairs, ladders, uneven terrain).

Birdon is committed to the HEALTH and SAFETY of our workforce and to the ENVIRONMENT, we expect this same commitment from all employees.

Birdon America Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability. Know Your Rights The Company invites any applicant and/or employee to review the Company’s written Affirmative Action Plan.  This plan is available for inspection upon request by emailing hr@birdon.us.  If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request a reasonable accommodation as part of the employment selection process, please contact hr@birdon.us for further assistance.