USAID Construction Health & Safety Specialist- Vietnam - ( 2200032B )

Description

Stantec International Development

Stantec’s International Development practice, with dedicated teams in Washington, D.C., Brussels, and Istanbul, has decades of experience providing technical and advisory services to international donors helping to improve the design, implementation, and oversight of economic development and infrastructure programs throughout the world. The Washington D.C.-based team team primarily focuses on U.S. Government funded foreign assistance projects carried out by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC). In April 2021, Stantec was awarded a five-year, US $800M multiple-award task order contract by USAID to provide global architect and engineering services (A&E III IDIQ). The primary purpose of the IDIQ is to support the design and construction of critical infrastructure required to help emerging market countries pursue sustainable, inclusive, less carbon intensive economic growth.

Overview of the Bien Hoa Dioxin Remediation Project

USAID is expected to release a task order under the A&E III IDIQ in late November 2022 to support an on-going dioxin remediation program at the Bien Hoa Airbase near Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam. The task order is expected to be a 5-year, US $30-40M contract to provide technical support and oversight of the implementing contractors in charge of the cleanup and remediation efforts. The Bien Hoa Airbase is the site of the largest dioxin contamination “hotspot” in Vietnam that resulted from past usage, storage, and handling of Agent Orange and other herbicides during the U.S.-Vietnam War. The environmental remediation program at Bien Hoa is one of the highest priorities for the U.S. Government in Vietnam.

Working in partnership with the Government of Vietnam (GVN), USAID completed an assessment of dioxin contamination at Bien Hoa in 2016. Apart from determining the nature and extent of dioxin contamination, the assessment also developed potential remediation alternatives, including both containment and treatment options, to reduce the risk of dioxin exposure on and around the airbase. The assessment identified almost 500,000 cubic meters of dioxin-contaminated soil and sediment in need of remediation. USAID and the GVN then prepared a master plan that was approved in 2020 which outlined an approximately 10-year, US $450M soil excavation and treatment program. Initial soil excavation and remediation activities commenced in 2020 and have been ongoing since. The primary remediation measures involve short-term storage of highly contaminated soils which will later be treated offsite and construction and operation of a long-term storage facility for excavated soils with low levels of dioxin contamination. The upcoming A&E III task order will fund an international A&E firm to provide technical advisory and construction oversight services for the final phase of the excavation and remediation program.

Construction Health & Safety Specialist Role

The Construction Health & Safety Specialist will be responsible for establishing and maintaining relationships with the Government of Vietnam at the national and local levels, and their stakeholders. This is a minimum, 1–2-year field-based assignment located in Vietnam and contingent upon contract award. If Stantec is successful in this bid, the candidate selected for this role will be relocated to Vietnam under a Stantec corporate global mobilization agreement.

Your Key Responsibilities

• As the Construction Health & Safety Specialist, you will be responsible for leading exceptional teams to deliver successful Health & Safety project delivery for this important USAID project. You will engage internally throughout the organization with staff at all levels, and externally with clients, members of business and professional organizations, regulatory agencies, subconsultants, and other firms. Specific responsibilities of the Health & Safety Manager include, but are not limited to, the following:
• Advising and leading employees on various safety-related topics
• Preparing educational seminars and webinars on a regular basis
• Reviewing existing policies and procedures to enforce preventative measures
• Working with HR to set up a new employee on-boarding process for safety
• Conducting risk assessments
• Preparing and presenting reports on accidents and violations to determine causes
• Conducting post-accident investigations into serious accidents and near-miss accidents and recommending safety and loss control measures to department management to prevent recurrences and frequency reductions

Qualifications

Your Capabilities and Experience

• At least 10 years of experience as a Health and Safety Officer on construction projects, developing, implementing, and monitoring construction safety programs to include site controls, worker training and PPE, and safe work practices
• Five (5) years of professional experience with hazardous material handling as health and safety officer
• Must have or must complete the following trainings no later than 28 days upon the NTP issuance:
• 40-Hour Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response (Hazwoper) Training or equivalent
• 40-Hour U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) EM 385-1-1 Training or equivalent
• 30-Hour U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Construction Safety and Health Training or equivalent
• Knowledge of risk management, including administration of safety and loss control preferably in the public sector
• Demonstrated familiarity with international safety standards and those in Vietnam
• Prior experience in Vietnam or a similar developing country is preferred

This description is not a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that may be required of the employee and other duties, responsibilities and activities may be defined in the Request for Proposal and detailed Scope of Work once released by USAID.

Primary Location : United States-District Of Columbia-Washington

Organization : BC-2212 Water-US Americas IDG

Employee Status : Regular

Job Level : Individual Contributor

Travel : Yes, 100 % of the Time

Schedule : Full-time

Job Posting : Nov 15, 2022, 1:36:16 PM

Req ID: 2200032B

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