EHS Advisor - Data Center, São Paulo

Company Description

At Turner & Townsend we’re passionate about making the difference. That means delivering better outcomes for our clients, helping our people to realize their potential, and doing our part to create a prosperous society.

Every day we help our major global clients deliver ambitious and highly technical projects in over 119 offices in 50 countries worldwide.

Our team is dynamic, innovative and client-focused. Our clients value our proactive approach, depth of expertise, integrity and the quality we deliver. As a result our people get to work on some of the most exciting projects in the world.

Job Description

• Construction EHS Advisor are responsible for developing and implementing safety programs and policies for construction project workforce and work environment. They inspect and evaluate the environment, equipment, and processes to ensure compliance with safety and environmental regulations and industry standards. They also conduct and coordinate safety training and orientation for employees and contractors. Their main goal is to prevent and eliminate injury and illnesses to employees and customers and to protect the environment.
• Maintain in-depth knowledge of existing and proposed environmental health and safety Local Government Regulations.
• Compile periodic reports to HQ and work cooperatively with EHS HQ on the project.
• Provide leadership, support and technical guidance to the construction Leadership Team to ensure their processes are developed and effectively implemented, providing safe and healthy working environments for project employees. Safety coordination and assurance during the Commissioning stage.
• Provide guidance in the identification and correction of the root causes of incidents.
• Responsible for obtaining and updating Operational Permits from AHJ to prepare EHS reports as required for submission to regulatory AHJ.
• Responsible for selecting, training, motivating, and developing the EHS staff for the project.
• Follow up on the work of GC EHS Specialists.
• Take a leading role in planning, coordinating, monitoring, and implementing EHS policies and procedures for all construction projects.
• Ensure that all operations construction works with relevant legislation, company requirements, standards, and procedures.
• Participate in MOPs revision.
• Manage Safety indicators, statistics, KPIs and monitor them to reinforce Safety project performance.
• Manage local regulations.
• This is a 100% construction on-site job.
• Job Location: Sumaré / SP

Qualifications

• Degrees and/or professional licenses in Safety Engineering.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills in Portuguese and English.
• Ability to deliver internal health and safety courses.
• Hands-on experience in the implementation of several of the occupational health components within an EHS program that includes the High-Risk Activities related to construction.
• 5 plus years of experience in similar construction projects.
• Deep knowledge of OSHA and ISO45001 EHS Standards.

Our inspired people share our vision and mission. We provide a great place to work, where each person has the opportunity and voice to affect change.

We want our people to succeed both in work and life. To support this we promote a healthy, productive and flexible working environment that respects work-life balance.

Turner & Townsend is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and actively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.

Please find out more about us at www.turnerandtownsend.com