High Angle Rescue, HI

Safety Worxs is seeking an experienced High Angle Rescue Technician to support a long-term construction project in Honolulu, HI. This is a hands-on field role responsible for providing technical rescue support during high-risk construction activities, ensuring rescue readiness, and responding to emergency situations while maintaining compliance with OSHA and EM 385-1-1 requirements.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the designated High Angle Rescue Technician for the project.
• Maintain rescue readiness for all elevated work, confined spaces, and other high-risk activities.
• Inspect, maintain, and document rescue equipment, ropes, harnesses, and rigging systems.
• Participate in pre-task planning, hazard assessments, and rescue planning.
• Respond to emergency rescue situations safely and efficiently.
• Conduct rescue drills and assist with emergency response training.
• Work closely with site safety personnel to ensure compliance with OSHA and EM 385-1-1 standards.
• Complete daily documentation, equipment inspections, and incident reports.
• Promote a proactive safety culture throughout the project.

Minimum Qualifications

• 10+ years of High Angle Rescue experience supporting commercial, industrial, heavy civil, or federal construction projects.
• Current High Angle Rescue Technician certification (or equivalent nationally recognized certification).
• Strong working knowledge of rope rescue systems, fall protection, rigging, and rescue operations.
• Experience working on active construction sites with complex rescue hazards.
• CPR/AED and First Aid certification (current).
• Ability to lift 50+ lbs., climb ladders, work at heights, and perform physically demanding rescue operations.
• Excellent communication and teamwork skills.
• Must be able to pass all project-specific DBIDS background screening.

Preferred Qualifications

• EM 385-1-1 experience.
• Confined Space Rescue experience.
• Rope Access certification (SPRAT or IRATA).
• Previous experience supporting U.S. Navy, USACE, DoD, or other federal projects.
• OSHA 30 Construction certification.

Benefits:

• Full-time with OT
• Healthcare benefits paid
• Dental and vision insurance
• 401k at 4% match
• Per diem for the right candidate, Local Preferred
• Long term poject
• $50 - $55/hr. Depending on Experience