Brandon Stephenson
Yorktown Heights
Summary
Diligent Site Safety Manager known for maintaining high productivity and efficiency in task completion. Possess specialized skills in risk assessment, regulatory compliance, and emergency response planning. Excel at communication, leadership, and problem-solving to ensure workplace safety and compliance with OSHA regulations.
Overview
5
5
years of professional experience
15
15
Certifications
Work History
Site Safety Manager
Ambient Air Monitoring During Subsurface Construction Projects
New York
10.2022 - Current
- Perform ambient air monitoring to ensure worker safety during excavation in areas that may potentially have been impacted through historical releases of hazardous materials, waste disposal, or manufacturing activities.
- Implement response activities to mitigate any elevated concentrations of materials of potential concern that may be encountered.
- Document on-site activities and ambient air conditions, as needed.
- Conducted regular on-site safety inspections to identify and fix hazards, and ensure compliance.
- Trained staff on safety practices, working in hazardous conditions.
- Hazardous materials worked with are coal tar patch, asbestos, and a high concentration of mercury.
- Conducted pre-job briefings, testing staff on what hazards to look out for, specified for the job, and what corrective actions to take.
- Provided on site training for employees in health and safety procedures.
- Maintained and monitored records of levels of hazardous materials weekly.
Site Safety Manager
Lodestar Safety for National Grid/ Hallen Construction Projects
New York
01.2022 - Current
- Provide safety support for the installation of natural gas pipelines, vaults and ancillary equipment in a complex urban environment
- Participation in daily job briefs and preparation of safety inspection reports
- Responsible for ensuring all workers have appropriate PPE and are aware of current safety procedures
- Ordering safety equipment including, but not limited to PPE, signage, tag lines, air monitors, welders PPE, fire extinguishers, KV gloves, etc.
- Support job site operations setup - traffic setup, flagging, and lane closures
- Organize and coordinate emergency plans
- Inspect work areas to identify and correct unsafe work practices, if any
- Work with all heavy machine operators to make sure all proper safety procedures are being performed
- Prepare incident reports to document root cause and corrective measures, as appropriate
Site Safety Manager
Lodestar Safety for Con Edison/ Hallen Construction Projects
New York
01.2022 - Current
- Provide safety support services during installation of underground power cable systems in New York City.
- Attend construction meetings and safety briefings
- Review job hazard assessments (JHAs)
- Observe all work to ensure compliance with applicable HASP and regulatory requirements
- Prepare safety inspection reports
- Responsible for ensuring all workers have appropriate PPE and are aware of current safety procedures
- Ordering safety equipment including, but not limited to PPE, signage, tag lines, air monitors, welders PPE, fire extinguishers, KV gloves, etc.
- Support job site operations setup - traffic setup, flagging, and lane closures
- Organize and coordinate emergency plans
- Inspect work areas to identify and correct unsafe work practices, if any
- Work with all heavy machine operators to make sure all proper safety procedures are being performed
- Prepare incident reports to document root cause and corrective measures, as appropriate
Electrician Apprentice
Dynamic Electrical Renovation
The Bronx
06.2021 - 02.2022
- Installation of electrical components
- Splicing, joining and connecting wire
- Repair fixtures, controls, switches, relays and circuit breaker panels
- Organize tools and work spaces
- Installed transformers and service panels
- Safe operating procedures for power tools: table saw, circular saw, road saw, grinder, drill press, Sawzall, pneumatic nail gun, pneumatic jack-hammer, hammer drill, air compressor
Education
Associate of Science - Business Administration And Management
Westchester Community College
06-2025
Dutchess Community College
Poughkeepsie, NY06.2018
Skills
- Excavation safety
- Incident reporting
- Compliance monitoring
- Risk assessment
- Noise control
- Safety audits
- Confined space entry
- Hazard identification
- Chemical handling
- Rigging safety
- Gas detection
- Toolbox talks
- Job hazard analysis
- Ladder safety
- Workplace ergonomics
- OSHA compliance
- Air quality monitoring
- Hot work safety
- Communication skills
- Investigative skills
- Electrical safety
- Gas safety
- Manual lifting techniques
- Hand and power tool safety
- Construction safety
- First aid administration
Certification
SST Training
Timeline
Site Safety Manager
Ambient Air Monitoring During Subsurface Construction Projects
10.2022 - Current
Site Safety Manager
Lodestar Safety for National Grid/ Hallen Construction Projects
01.2022 - Current
Site Safety Manager
Lodestar Safety for Con Edison/ Hallen Construction Projects
01.2022 - Current
Electrician Apprentice
Dynamic Electrical Renovation
06.2021 - 02.2022
Associate of Science - Business Administration And Management
Westchester Community College
Dutchess Community College