Environmental Health Safety Specialist

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Role: Senior Environmental Health and Safety Advisor

Location: Wink/Midland/Odessa

Term: Contract. 5 months.

Type: On-site. Wink - Texas

Rate: Hourly

Job Description

Insight Global is seeking a Senior EH&S Advisor for a 5‑month contract supporting construction activities at a client’s Wink Terminal in Texas. The ideal candidate will be based in Odessa or Midland and willing to travel to site as required.

This role involves 12-hour workdays, with schedules aligned to the construction team’s needs (rotations such as 10 days on / 4 days off or 14 days on / 7 days off are possible).

The Senior EH&S Advisor will provide hands-on health and safety support to both the Energy Construction Management teams and facility operations. This individual will deliver technical and functional EH&S expertise while acting as a champion for the implementation and continuous improvement of health and safety processes.

Success in this role requires the ability to influence and lead others, supported by a strong understanding of health and safety fundamentals within brownfield and greenfield construction environments.

Duties & Responsibilities:

· Provides leadership, direction and expertise toward the implementation and verification of Health and Safety programs.

· Acts as coach/mentor/resource for EH&S matters related to construction and project engineering.

· Monitors safe work practices and behaviors of employees and contractors.

· Actively supports construction and project management while on site for the life of the project

· Monitors field staff to ensure they are current with all assigned training requirements.

· Conducts and provides guidance related to inspections and site assessments including the contracting firms in projects.

· Responds to incidents when required.

· Facilitates incident investigations to identify true root causation and aligned measurable actions.

· Ensures that EH&S systems, processes, programs, tools and controls are applied consistently throughout the life of a projects.

· Makes recommendations for improvements to procedures and practices in consultation with construction project leadership.

· Conducts, participates and assesses tail gate meetings field level audits as required.

- This role Requires a strong field presence (approx. 75% field, 25% office).

Required Skills & Experience

Must Haves:

· Minimum of 10 years of related field operations and/or EHS experience.

· Experience working in a health and safety environment in an energy, utility, and/or industrial construction sectors.

· Valid Drivers licence.

· Exhibits a passion for safety excellence.

· Demonstrates strong technical skills regarding field operations, construction, projects, and engineering.

· Proven self-motivated, team player with a positive attitude.

· Proficiency in MS Office Suite

- Demonstrates strong analytical skills with a sound understanding of root cause analysis

Nice to Have Skills & Experience

Plusses:

- Professional accreditations (CSP, CRSP, NEBOSH, CHSC, etc.) preferred

- Professional Trade experience preferred