Site Safety and Health Officer SSHO

Pacific Missile Range Facility - Barking Sands
Kekaha, Kauai, Hawaii

Project Summary

This position supports the Emergency Post-Hurricane Lowell Facility Damage Assessment at PMRF Barking Sands, and several remote sites in Kauai. Operating under a NAVFAC Pacific Command solicitation, the purpose of this immediate-action contract phase is to evaluate damage from Hurricane Lowell with 92 MPH gusts and 17 inches of rain across multiple facilities, and miles of fencing. On-ground assessment duration is short: deployment imminent.
Special conditions include strict federal base access approvals (DBIDS), entirely contractor-furnished logistics (post-storm environment), and air-freighted field operations with no initial barge dependencies.
All logistics and accommodations provided.

Key Responsibilities

• Deploys with the advance party to establish safety protocols on ground.
• Develops and enforces activity hazard analyses (AHAs) before field teams enter any storm-damaged structure.
• Monitors mitigates extreme site hazards, including downed utility lines, fall exposure during roofing walkdowns, saturated roof decking, and mountain road transit risks.

Qualifications & Requirements

• Verification of compliance with USACE EM 385-1-1 safety standards, credentials required for Contractors working on Naval Facilities Command projects.
• Current, unexpired USACE/NAVFAC CQM-C certification.
• Current, unexpired 40-Hour Engineers Manual 385-1-1 Certification.
• OSHA 30-hour construction safety certification.
• Minimum of 5 years' continuous recent construction or contingency safety experience, with specific, advanced training in fall protection and electrical hazard awareness.
• Experience using field tablets to log safety violations, map high-risk power lines or structural collapse area zones, attaching photo evidence to safety logs with Procore, Autodesk Build, Fulcrum, or similar custom GIS/ESRI forms.

US Naval Facilities Specific

• Comprehensive understanding of NAVFAC safety reporting procedures, military site protocol, and strict EM 385-1-1 field enforcement.
• Direct experience with NAVFAC Three Phases of Control quality architecture.
• Post-storm accelerated mold/hazardous material screening.

Hurricane Assessment Context

• Direct experience managing site hazard dynamics in immediate aftermath disaster zones, including exposed infrastructure, chemical spills, structural collapses, and tracking remote-site travel safety.