Colden Safety Specialist - Burlington, VT

Company Profile:

Colden Corporation is an occupational health, safety, and environmental management consulting firm owned and managed by practicing Certified Industrial Hygienists (CIHs) and Certified Safety Professionals (CSPs). For over twenty-five years, Colden has specialized in delivering comprehensive health and safety solutions to clients across a variety of industries, ensuring regulatory compliance and promoting best practices for worker safety and risk mitigation. We offer an attractive compensation package, medical benefits, 401K retirement plan, paid vacation, and profit sharing.

Job Description:

Colden has an immediate opening for a full-time Safety

Specialist

supporting a key client at a high-tech manufacturing facility

located

near Burlington, Vermont.

The selected candidate will work as part of the site Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) team

focusing on facility safety, construction safety and contractor safety programs. The Safety Specialist will be provided with formal instruction covering site

safety requirements and job responsibilities as part of onboarding, and on-the-job training and ongoing professional development opportunities.

Responsibilities include:

• Conduct workplace safety inspections and assess employee and/or contractor operations to help verify compliance with site safety and health rules and work plans or permits (e.g., hot work, permit-required confined space entry).
• Complete job hazard assessments and verification of pre-task safety plans.
• Assist the site industrial hygienist in collecting measurements for occupational or environmental noise, particulate matter, heat stress, or other physical or chemical hazards.
• Review and update safety program documents based on change or feedback and as part of regular annual program reviews.
• Research and summarize findings for assigned occupational safety and health topics

and accurately reference standards (e.g., OSHA, NFPA, ANSI).

• Communicate safety and health policies and work with facility and contractor personnel to support company, regional, or site EHS/Safety Management Systems.
• Coordinate or deliver introductory safety training such as contractor safety orientation.
• Conduct periodic tracking and reporting for safety and health metrics as assigned, and support investigation and follow-up actions for

reported hazards, near misses, or incidents.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in occupational safety and health, construction safety, safety engineering, or a related engineering or science field
• Experience range: 0 to 5 years
• Fluency in the English Language (written and oral)
• Familiarity with OSHA regulations
• Self-motivated, reliable, and detail-oriented with ability to manage workload independently with support from others

Desired Qualifications:

• Previous experience (intern or professional) on a site EHS team or

for a construction project

• Strong communication and interpersonal skills
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications

E-Verify Participation Disclosure

Colden Corporation participates in E-Verify and will provide the federal government with your Form I-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the U.S. Employers can only use E-Verify once you have accepted a job offer and completed the Form I-9.