Health & Safety Specialist in Costa Mesa, California at Haley & Aldrich

Health & Safety Specialist
Costa Mesa, CA, United States | req2084

Find your path and enjoy the journey at Haley & Aldrich. With us, you’ll tackle clients’ most meaningful challenges in the built and natural environments – and, in turn, build stronger communities. You’ll work with teams of passionate colleagues, driven by a commitment to technical excellence and continuous learning.

As a company, we aim to build a world where communities go beyond resilience, embracing change as an opportunity to enhance safety, well-being, and quality of life. Join us to accelerate this vision and your professional development.

We are looking to add new talent to our growing team! We are currently seeking a Health & Safety Specialist to work in a technical field support role with highly skilled professionals on diverse project teams in a dynamic environment. This is an excellent opportunity to get involved in a variety of projects for a diverse range of clients. This is a full-time position associated with our Costa Mesa, CA office with the majority of local field activities occurring in Carson and Wilmington.

As our Health & Safety Specialist, you will play a critical role in maintaining and improving site health and safety programs for environmental and site characterization projects. Serving clients in the energy, real estate, industrial and manufacturing sectors within our West region , you’ll work in the field and in the office to ensure safety compliance and promote a culture of health & safety for our staff and subcontractors. This role requires field presence on project sites during active mobilizations in the Los Angeles Area. You’ll travel as needed up to 50% throughout the West region to support Bay Area, Pacific Northwest, and Hawaii projects with technical expertise and hands-on health & safety solutions.

DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES
In this position, you will:

• Act as a key influencer to continuously improve H&S culture and be consistently relied upon by project team members as a valued partner to safely deliver client services.
• Perform risk assessments and project planning, including developing, reviewing, monitoring, and improving Site-Specific Health and Safety Plans (HASP), Job Hazard Analyses (JHA), and/or other task specific safety documents.
• Highly competent using H&S software, equipment, and other technical tools associated with practice area and can teach others how to use those tools.
• Competent in H&S-related programs, safe work approaches, and can detect potentially unsafe work practices and implement countermeasures. Ability to coach, train, and mentor others.
• Work with project teams to ensure they have the health & safety tools, training, and knowledge necessary to perform their day-to-day job functions.
• Oversee conformance with client-specific H&S programs. Partner with client teams as part of project planning and delivery.
• Support and promote initial documentation of positive safety observations, incidents, injuries, and near misses in a reporting tool. Work with project teams to resolve H&S concerns.
• Conduct site audits and track corrective actions to closure.
• Deliver H&S training (monthly, on-boarding, client specific).

SKILLS/EXPERIENCE
Minimum Skills and Requirements:

• B.S. in Safety Engineering, Occupational Health & Safety, Industrial Hygiene, or related discipline. (Relevant experience may be considered in lieu of a degree.)
• At least 5+ years of consulting experience with a Health & Safety background supporting HAZWOPER environmental and site characterization projects for energy and industrial manufacturing clients.
• Professional registrations and certifications (CHMM, CSP, CIH, ASP, CHST, etc.) are preferred.
• Strong commitment to compliance with company and client Health & Safety protocols.
• Demonstrated comprehensive knowledge of applicable government regulations, H&S compliance, industrial hygiene, and company policies.
• Valid driver’s license and clean driving record.
• Emotional intelligence and collaborative mindset to engage with project teams, subcontractors, and clients.
• Must be fit for duty for multiple sites and activities including, but not limited to, working outdoors in all environments, lifting up to 50 pounds, standing, kneeling, walking, for long periods of time, passing a drug and alcohol test, and wearing respirators such as N95, half/full face, and supplied air.

Preferred Skills:

• Direct experience providing H&S support for large-scale environmental projects.
• Familiarity with contaminated site management, characterization, and remediation field activities, and willingness to occasionally support delivery of field activities.
• Be self-directed and able to work productively and prioritize multiple tasks, initiatives, and projects.
• Applies emotional intelligence to recognize, communicate, and resolve project-related concerns, fostering an open and supportive work environment.
• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to develop and leverage relationships to seek continuous improvement opportunities, promote our safety culture, and facilitate H&S in planning and execution of projects.
• Strong communication skills including verbal and written, communicating internally and externally.

The salary range for this position in Costa Mesa, CA is $85,000 - $120,000 annually. Actual compensation will be based upon a variety of factors such as education, related work experience, certificates, skills, and current market conditions. Haley & Aldrich reviews salary ranges each quarter to assess competitiveness with the market.

About Haley & Aldrich

Haley & Aldrich is committed to solving our clients’ most meaningful challenges in the built and natural environments. Our team of 1,000+ engineers and scientists across the United States draws inspiration from one mission: to work closely with clients as they navigate change to create safer, more robust places to live and work. Since our founding in 1957, organizations across the public and private sectors have relied on us for technical excellence and empathetic leadership that achieve results and secure a thriving tomorrow. Find us at haleyaldrich.com and LinkedIn.

Haley & Aldrich is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applications will receive consideration for employment without regard to gender, race, age, disability, veteran, or any other legally protected status. We offer excellent career growth, a highly competitive total compensation plan, and a solid benefits package. Interested candidates should apply on our Careers page.

Note to external search firms: Haley & Aldrich does not accept unsolicited resumes and will not be obligated to pay a placement fee for unsolicited resumes. Please do not send resumes to Haley & Aldrich employees. Please work through a Talent Acquisition Manager.

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