Who We Are:

Thermo Systems is a global, full-service control systems integration partner, delivering world-class automation solutions in the District Energy, Life Sciences, and Mission Critical markets. Our diverse leadership and dedicated engineering team are committed to excellence and consistent growth. Our unique company culture, known as "The Thermo Way," strengthens our team by fostering an environment where all members perform their best.

Our commitment to being unified, dynamic, and delivering excellence is evident in how we build trusting relationships through connection and camaraderie, ability to adapt, and focus on integrity and success. These values guide our daily operations and interactions, setting the standard for our team's behavior. As we continue to grow and evolve, "The Thermo Way" supports our goals of becoming a world-class organization, ensuring employee success, customer success, and financial strength.

Job Summary:

Thermo Systems is seeking a proactive and knowledgeable Safety Specialist to join our team and lead efforts in maintaining a safe, compliant, and health-conscious work environment. The Ideal candidate will have a strong background in construction or industrial safety, a passion for protecting people, and the ability to implement and monitor effective safety programs. Hybrid with travel up to 50%.

Education and Experience:

• High school diploma required. Bachelor’s degree in occupational safety, Environmental Science, or related field preferred.
• Minimum 3 years of experience in a safety-related role, preferably in construction or industrial settings. 5+ years in an ESH role preferred.
• Certifications such as CSP, CHST, STSC, OSHA 30-Hour, NFPA strongly preferred.
• Candidate will be required to obtain First Aid/CPR/AED Certification and OSHA 30-Hour within first year.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Exemplify the Thermo Culture of teamwork, exceeding customer expectations, and success. Lead by example, every day.
• Facilitate employee engagement by leading toolbox talks, coaching behavioral based safety (BBS) job observations, and educational safety trainings and workshops that emphasize personal accountability and positive reinforcement.
• Conduct safety inspections, observations, and conversations on active job sites, and use this data to identify trends and opportunities for improvement.
• Maintains proficiency in existing company safety policies and site-specific safety programs and steers the company in the use of those policies/programs. Identifies new policies and recommends the use of those policies which will benefit the company and our customers.
• Ensures all safety documentation, initiatives, and processes are in conformance with company’s Quality Management System (QMS).
• Ensures compliance with OSHA, NFPA, EPA, client, GC, and Thermo System’s regulations and requirements.
• Champion continuous improvement by gathering lessons learned, sharing best practices, and closing the loop.
• Maintain accurate safety records, including injury logs, training documentation, and inspection reports.
• Partner with supervisors, project managers, and field teams to integrate safety leadership behaviors into daily operations, planning, and performance reviews.
• Serve as the point of contact for regulatory agencies and emergency response coordination.
• Ability to engage field staff, supervisors, and executives in two-way dialogue about safety related matters and behaviors.
• Lead Safety meetings, take meeting minutes and distribute to relevant personnel.
• Conducts safety audits, reports audit findings, and follows up with corrective actions.
• Knowledge of Health Requirements, rules and regulations, and ability to monitor compliance.
• Maintain relevant Safety logs and documentation.
• Support Root Cause Analysis (RCA) with a behavioral lens to uncover systematic and cultural drivers, not just procedural failures.
• Develop and facilitate interactive safety training sessions that encourage participation and self-reflection.
• Observes and encourages safe work practices, identifies conditional and behavioral-based risks, and provides constructive coaching.
• Ability to build trust and rapport, listen actively, and approach safety conversations with empathy and respect to achieve cultural change in the face of potential resistance.
• Maintain positive and proactive relations with managers and employees, as well as our customers and regulatory agencies.
• Performs safety inspections both in the office and out on job sites.
• Reviews and updates company safety policies, programs. and procedures annually or when changes occur.
• Run corporate toolbox talks and develop new toolbox talks.
• Audit PPE requirements for general tasks performed by employees (regulations per county/project).

Required Skills and Abilities:

• Capable of spotting behavioral trends in safety data and converting insights into targeted initiatives.
• Able to multitask, can identify areas of improvement and implement a plan of action.
• Can use skills to see the “big picture” as it relates to health, safety and the environment.
• Drive consensus and buy-in among team members with regards to health, safety and the environment.
• Works effectively with operations, HR, and project leadership to embed BBS principles throughout the organization.
• Understand the financial or business impacts with regards to the environmental, health and safety initiatives.
• Identify the relevant regulations depending on state specific requirements.
• Ensure compliance with a client’s safety regulations (at a minimum).
• Presents information to clients and other team members with regards to regulations, policies, procedures, plus onboarding of employees.
• Experience supporting cultural shifts, encouraging adoption of new practices, and sustaining behavioral change over time.
• Show respect and empathy towards individuals in a multinational project/team.
• Integrate and coach best practices/innovations and roll out to the wider team.
• Knowledge of Microsoft Office.
• Provide on-site safety management coverage for projects as directed.

Travel required:

• Up to 50% Nationwide

Work Authorization/Other Requirements:

• Proof of eligibility to work in the country where the position is located is required.
• Maintain a valid driver's license.
• Fit for Duty at all times

Culture:

Model Thermo Systems core values of employee success, customer success and financial strength by:

• Seeking new and additional business through project change orders, additional services to existing customers, and referrals for new customers/projects. Drive financial success.
• Be a good teammate, support your colleagues, promote a positive atmosphere for those around you. Drive employee success.
• Go the extra mile for your customer, take ownership of their needs, over communicate. Drive customer success.
• Foster an environment of integrity, trust, collaboration, professionalism, serving one another, leading by example, and assuming good intent each and every day.

What You'll Get:

• Competitive salary, annual bonuses, 401(k) with company match, and business travel reimbursement: We appreciate our employees, and we make sure they know it.
• Benefits: We offer full-time employees multiple healthcare packages, including low-cost options.
• Casual Dress: Every day is "Casual Friday"; we want you to be comfortable when you come to work.
• Training: We offer in-house and factory technical training to keep our staff sharp.
• Tuition Reimbursement: We encourage academic advancement and professional credentialing.
• Vacation/Sick Time: We believe work-life balance is essential. Ensuring our employees have time to truly relax and recharge is important to us.
• Culture & Extras: We provide free lunches, regular team bonding & fun office events, and plenty of company swag.

Visit us at www.thermosystems.com to learn more!

Thermo Systems provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or genetics.

Salary Range: $90,000.00 - $120,000.00/annually