Senior Safety Coordinator, Wet Utilities (Sewer, Water, Storm Drain)
Boudreau Pipeline | Corona, CA | Full time | Salary: [to be added]
You know the difference between a safety program on paper and one that works in the trench. Here, you'd spend your time out on active underground utility jobs, finding serious hazards before they turn into incidents and helping Foremen and Superintendents become stronger safety leaders. This is a field role for someone who wants their work to show up as fewer close calls and fewer repeat problems, not just more paperwork.
Boudreau Pipeline is a Southern California underground utility contractor based in Corona. We install sewer, water, and storm drain systems and handle SUE work, for private developers and public agencies alike. Our crews work in high-risk conditions that change every day: deep excavations and trenching, confined spaces, traffic, heavy equipment, and live utilities. We're hiring a Senior Safety Coordinator to be the experienced safety presence close to that work and to help make sure our safety expectations are carried out the same way on every crew.
What you'll do
- Decide where to be each week based on risk: the work schedule, project phase, recent incidents, and past findings, so you're at the excavations, confined-space entries, traffic setups, and equipment operations that matter most.
- Perform field audits that look beyond housekeeping and PPE. Ask, "What can seriously hurt someone here today?" and document the hazard, the control needed, who's responsible, and the due date.
- Verify that critical controls are working: shoring and soil classification, competent-person inspections, confined-space controls, traffic control, equipment interaction, and utility exposure.
- Coach Superintendents, Foremen, and competent persons on hazards, JHAs, and what to do when conditions change, so they spot and fix problems before you arrive.
- Stop work and require immediate correction when there's an imminent or serious hazard.
- Follow every corrective action through to verified closure, and watch for the same finding showing up again.
- Investigate incidents, near misses, utility damage, vehicle incidents, and property damage. Find the root cause, share lessons learned, and make sure the fix gets owned and done.
- Review JHAs, permits, inspections, training records, and field documentation for quality, not just completeness.
- Deliver and support training, tailgates, and stand-downs, and use what you see in audits, incidents, near misses, and upcoming work to decide what the crews need next.
- Report trends and field conditions to Operations and Safety leadership so they have an accurate picture of what's happening in the field.
What you bring
- Must be Bilingual English/Spanish
- Experience in construction safety, ideally in underground utility, pipeline, or heavy civil work. [Years of experience to be confirmed.]
- Working knowledge of Cal/OSHA construction requirements, including excavation and trenching and competent-person duties.
- Hands-on knowledge of confined-space entry, traffic control, heavy and mobile equipment, lifting, and utility locating and exposure.
- Experience conducting audits and investigating incidents, including root-cause analysis.
- Strong hazard recognition and good judgment under pressure.
- The credibility to coach and challenge crews and supervisors respectfully, even when you don't supervise them.
- Clear written documentation, and the discipline to follow through until things are closed.
- Comfort with Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, Teams, and Outlook, and with mobile audit and tracking tools.
- Current First Aid/CPR, or willingness to get it. [Other required certifications to be confirmed.]
How you'll know you're doing well
- High-risk exposures are found and fixed before anyone gets hurt.
- Corrective actions stay corrected, and repeat findings go down.
- Foremen and Superintendents catch problems on their own and need less help from Safety.
- Training shows up in what crews actually do, not just in a signed roster.
- Leadership can rely on the audit, incident, and training information they get from you.
The work environment
This is mostly a field role. You'll be on active construction sites, with time in the office for reporting and follow-up. Expect outdoor weather, dust, noise, uneven terrain, and moving equipment, and wear the right PPE.
Room to grow
As a senior member of the safety team, you'll build a deep technical foundation and have a path toward broader technical safety leadership.
Who we are
Boudreau Pipeline's values are Communication, Mutual Respect, and Accountability. We take pride in delivering projects on time and on budget. We also have an Employee Ownership Committee, company events, and a community giving program, BPC Gives.
Boudreau Pipeline Corporation is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Reasonable accommodations are available for individuals with disabilities in accordance with the ADA and FEHA. Employment is at-will.