ESM 14.0 - The construction Engineer’s role in Safety is the the14th of 25 distinct and separate courses, referenced as Executive Safety Minutes (ESMs), available that teach the student how to be strategic in creating a plan to improve and/or maintain safety performance.
Being strategic is important because if one does not get the big picture strategy right the tactics may not be effective and ultimately prove to be a lost resource.
This Executive Safety Minute, like all the Executive Safety Minutes in the series, will introduce you to strategies that will make you a better professional and help you influence at the highest levels in your organization. This will boost your confidence, further develop your professional skillset, and help you influence strategic decisions.
The best-performing companies in the world typically have a culture and associated strategy that has expanded the traditional role of the construction engineer to include some level of ownership for protecting both people and the environment. This Executive Safety Minute:
Starts with a key supposition addressing the roles/responsibilities of construction engineers,
Is followed by a five (5) step process for taking on ownership, and
Finishes with an example strategy outlining the engineer’s role in safety.
While we may all understand that working safe is important, not everyone sees safety as a core value. Most of the world believes that working safe conflicts with business performance. This is completely wrong because safety is a leading indicator of business performance and those things we do to improve safety, like planning the work,...
There are no prerequisite requirements for this class, but the students taking this class would benefit from reviewing the previous Executive Safety Minutes in this series.