Acuren is seeking a local Site Safety Lead to support operations in Kingsport, TN. THIS WILL BE AN EMBEDDED ROLE.
The Site Safety Lead will provide safety direction on site, company/regulatory compliance, procedural training, safe practices enforcement, and required risk management leadership specific to the NDT Industry.
Responsibilities- Upholds, safeguard, and promote Acuren’s values and philosophy relating particularly to ethics, integrity, safety, quality, and corporate responsibility.
- Actively communicate with all levels of the workforce to develop a culture that embraces safety, recognizes hazards, and takes action to minimize risk.
- Ensure employees conduct hazard assessments on every job and that all staff understands they are not to take risks and must refuse unsafe work.
- Provide resources to ensure we use quality and appropriate safety equipment, carry out safety training where required, and to conduct safety audits on a regular basis.
- Provide direct management and leadership in the investigation of all safety incidents.
- Focuses to ensure clients are provided with quality services in a timely manner.
- Worker training, use of procedures, project supervision and peer review are all areas that require management focus in Acuren’s business.
- Conducts ongoing safety assessments of the work force, and oversee safety audits/inspections e.g. facilities, operations, equipment and processes).
- Leads incident investigations, participate in management review calls, write the Incident Report Summary and ensure the incident and “lessons learned” are communicated throughout the region. Looks at “root” cause analysis to determine preventive measures or correction action initiatives.
- Works as the liaison with client safety personnel, participate in pre-job meetings, post job reviews and obtain feedback on safety performance for use in improving programs.
- Provides safety training for all employees and management throughout the assigned area of operation.
- Ensures compliance with all Federal, State and local government laws (OSHA, EPA, USDOT, NIOSH, Traffic Safety, Workers' Compensation, etc.).
- In partnership with Corporate Safety Leader, establishes annual plans/objectives, defining clear goals, measures and schedules required to meet regulatory and organizational expectations.
- Maintains required safety training, DOT and other related files and records.
- Any direction from the Site Manager
- Minimum of 5 years' experience in field service employment specific to regional client industries; e.g., petrochemical, mining, etc.
- Previous experience as an occupational safety leader or field safety experience.
- Thorough knowledge and understanding of OSHA as it relates to a NDT environment.
- Strong technical background in NDT methods and procedures.
- Excellent technical and non-technical verbal and written communication skills.
- Self-starter, enthusiastic, energized team player.
- Proficient in Microsoft Excel and Word
- Competitive salary
- Medical, dental, vision, and supplemental insurance
- 401K Plan
- Paid Holidays
- Paid Time Off
Acuren is a trusted, single source provider of technology-enabled asset protection solutions used to evaluate the structural integrity of critical energy, industrial and public infrastructures. Committed to delivering a Higher Level of Reliability, Acuren provides an unrivaled spectrum of capabilities including inspection, traditional and advanced NDE/NDT, failure analysis, rope access, materials engineering, field engineering, reliability engineering, drones, robotics, V-Deck and condition based monitoring services.
Our work is critical to the integrity and safety of industrial firms, including petroleum refinery, pipeline, power generation, pulp & paper, mining, pharmaceutical, aerospace and automotive industries. Acuren employs over 4,000 dedicated professionals supporting the mechanical integrity and inspection programs of the world’s largest industrial segments.
Acuren is a market leader. Our formula for success is straightforward: be capable locally, with certified and well-equipped personnel supported by trained, experienced leaders. Continuing to build on a strong heritage of safety, quality and professionalism, Acuren strives to maintain incident free work environments, pursues advanced technical developments, and supports reliability programs that are valued by clients and employees. #LI-BE1
Skills Required
- Minimum of 5 years of experience in field service employment specific to regional client industries such as petrochemical or mining
- Previous experience as an occupational safety leader or in field safety
- Thorough knowledge and understanding of OSHA as it relates to an NDT environment
- Strong technical background in NDT methods and procedures
- Excellent technical and non-technical verbal and written communication skills
- Self-starter, enthusiastic, and energized team player
- Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Word
Acuren Inspection, Inc. Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Career-Linked Recognition & Rewards — Feedback suggests specialized certifications (e.g., API, advanced UT/CWI) materially lift hourly totals and open access to higher-rate assignments. Certain inspector roles also show strong posted ranges and overtime-driven earnings during busy periods.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — PTO and holidays are described as standard and covering the basics. Feedback suggests the number of holidays is good in some contexts, aligning to a conventional leave setup.
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What We Do
Since its inception in 1974, Acuren has been a trusted, single source provider of technology-enabled asset protection solutions used to evaluate the structural integrity of critical energy, industrial and public infrastructures. Committed to delivering a Higher Level of Reliability, Acuren provides an unrivaled spectrum of capabilities, including inspection, traditional and advanced NDE/NDT, failure analysis, rope access, materials engineering, reliability engineering and condition based monitoring services. Our work is critical to the integrity and safety of industrial firms, including petroleum refinery, pipeline, power generation, wind, pulp & paper, pharmaceutical, aerospace and automotive industries. Acuren employs more than 4,000 dedicated professionals, dispatched from more than 90 locations across the continent, supporting the mechanical integrity and inspection programs of the world’s largest industrial segments. We are the only N285 certified NDT company in Canada which allows us to perform nuclear scopes of work directly as an EPC rather than subcontracting to another EPC firm. Acuren is a market leader. Our formula for success is straightforward: be capable locally, with certified and well-equipped personnel supported by trained, experienced leaders. Local competence is further supported by a corporate commitment to exceptional service, with subject-matter experts, management systems, and best-available technology to assure that the efforts provided locally also represent best practices globally. Continuing to build on a strong heritage of safety, quality and professionalism, Acuren strives to maintain incident free work environments, pursues advanced technical developments, and supports reliability programs that are valued by clients and employees. We strive to demonstrate that we have an opportunity to earn our customer’s business every day and that we understand the need to deliver more value in the future.








