Environmental Health

**ABOUT TURNER CONSTRUCTION**:
Turner is a North America-based, international construction services company and is a leading builder in diverse market segments. The company has earned recognition for undertaking large and complex projects, fostering innovation, embracing emerging technologies, and making a difference for their clients, employees and community. With a staff of over 10,000 employees, the company completes $15 billion of construction on 1,500 projects each year. Turner offers clients the accessibility and support of a local firm with the stability and resources of a multi-national organization.

Our vision is to be the highest value provider of global construction services and technical expertise. We plan and deliver building projects of all types and sizes-schools and hospitals, stadiums and museums, airports, data centers, offices and more-throughout North America and in 30 countries around the world. Our reputation for integrity, working safely, delivering complex and challenging projects, and driving innovation to bring our whole industry forward has been earned over many years.

**ABOUT THE ROLE**:
Turner Construction, based in Vancouver, is seeking students for a Safety Co-Op term. The Co-Op position requires availability to work on-site with the project team from Monday to Friday, 40 hours per week. The role will involve assisting with safety and loss control activities while working on a construction project or, in some cases, at the office location, and the Safety Co-Op student will report directly to the Project Safety Manager. The goal of the Co-Op term is to provide the student with hands-on experience in construction operations, with supervised practice either on-site or in the office.

**Essential Duties & Key Responsibilities**:

- Assist with implementing Building L.I.F.E. (Living Injury Free Everyday) and project safety program while working on construction project or office location and under direction by supervisor.
- Assist with identifying and reporting safety violations or unsafe practices, with emphasis on situations of imminent danger to life or property.
- Assist with coordination of safety duties for safety committees, preplanning meetings, and tool box meetings.
- Assist with coordination of training at safety meetings, tool box meetings, and orientations.
- Assist with reviewing subcontractor safety programs for completeness and compliance with company policies,
- Assist with promoting safe work practices and safe working conditions in accordance with company, Federal, State and
- Local regulations, and owner/contractual requirements.
- Assist with administration of drug screening program (e.g., pre-employment, post-accident, random, cause) aligned with company and/or client requirements.
- Assist with preconstruction meetings and conducting research. Document meetings under direction of supervisor.
- Assist with conducting jobsite and work area inspections and assist with developing inspection summary.
- Assist with maintaining safety records (e.g., pre-task plans, Job Hazard Analyses, training records, tool box meetings, maintenance of the OSHA 300 log, maintenance of MSDS and chemical inventory sheets, incident investigations and metrics).
- Assist with conducting effective worker orientation program for new employees and administer and record participation.
- Other activities, duties, and responsibilities as assigned and under direction of supervisor.

**Physical Demands & Work Environment**:
The physical demands of this job require the employee to be able to climb permanent and temporary stairs, use construction personnel hoists, climb ladders, and navigate work areas under construction. The employee is frequently required to sit, climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl, use hands to handle objects, tools, or controls, and reach with hands, as well as talk and hear. They will also frequently view a computer monitor and use a computer keyboard. Specific vision abilities include close vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus. The employee is regularly required to be mobile and occasionally travels short and long distances via various conveyances. They may occasionally perform work on-site at construction work sites, office locations, or off-site venues. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. In terms of work environment, the employee regularly works at construction sites where they may be exposed to moving mechanical parts, high precarious places, fumes, airborne particles, outside weather conditions, and the risk of electrical shock. The noise in the construction environment is typically moderate to loud, while the noise in office or remote settings is usually quiet to moderate. The employee must work in compliance with company safety policies, procedures, and applicable laws, and reasonable accommodations may be made for individuals with disabilities