Job Description – Safety Director
Reports To: Director of Operations
FLSA: Exempt
Job Summary:
Primarily responsible for leading and managing the company’s safety initiatives and safety loss control programs, and the development of a safety and risk management culture dedicated to being best-in-class. Assures the safety program is designed to comply with OSHA and other construction industry standards.
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Job Duties and Responsibilities:
- Leads development of and clearly articulates the company’s safety vision, objectives, strategies, policies, and procedures to build a safety culture dedicated to behaviors which lead to best-in-class results.
- Provides proactive leadership and assumes ownership of building a first-class safety culture by anticipating problems and providing solutions and sharing knowledge with and providing training to all levels of management, field staff, and project teams.
- Creates an environment of learning, mentoring, and empowerment to promote employee engagement.
- Uses logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions and conclusions, and monitors results to make improvements or take corrective actions.
- Ensures safety & health training meet the needs of both internal and external requirements so staff has the safety training to safely perform tasks and duties.
- Leads incident investigations.
- Manages hazard assessment activities by conducting and/or supervising safety inspections and analyzing inspection and incident data to identify opportunities to develop preventative and corrective practices.
- Develops annual plans and budgets for safety & health initiatives, including training for employees.
- Manages all workers’ compensation and vehicle claims.
- Manage all client and vendor communication as it relates to safety requests.
- Manages return to work and restricted work programs with the company’s workers’ compensation provider.
- Manages administration of motor vehicle records program and the company’s fleet safety program.
- Responsible for all OSHA and Bureau of Labor Statistics related documentation.
- Regularly inspect all personal protective equipment (PPE), including harnesses, lanyards, anchors, etc. to ensure that all equipment is in good working condition in compliance with OSHA standards.
- Visit job sites continuously to ensure employees are using safe work practices in compliance with the company’s safety standards.
- Continually update the company’s Employee Safety Handbook, Safety Data Sheets, and Toolbox Talks.
Qualifications, Competencies, & Abilities:
- Structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
- Excellent time management and organizational skills.
- Self-motivated with the ability to work with little or no supervision.
- Strong level of attention to detail.
- Use logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems.
- Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to communicate information and ideas, both verbally and written so others will understand.
- Ability to manage and prioritize multiple projects and deadlines.
- Work and communicate effectively with individuals at all levels, including executives.
Physical Demands and Working Environment:
The conditions herein are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential job functions.
- Environment: Work is performed primarily in a standard office environment.
- Physical: Primary functions require sufficient physical ability and mobility to work in an office setting; to stand or sit for prolonged periods of time; to occasionally stoop, bend, kneel, crouch, reach, and twist; to lift, carry, push, and/or pull light to moderate amounts of weight; to operate office equipment requiring repetitive hand movement and fine coordination including use of a computer keyboard; to travel to other locations using various modes of private and commercial transportation; and to verbally communicate to exchange information.
- Vision: See in the normal visual range with or without correction.
- Hearing: Hear in the normal audio range with or without correction.
Education and Experience:
- Bachelor’s degree in occupational health and safety or related field a plus.
- OHSA certified with working knowledge of OSHA, DOT, and other safety regulations.
- Experience with health and safety management systems.
- 5 plus years of experience.
- Fluent with Microsoft Office Suite.
- Knowledge of HVAC and piping.
If you are interested in the position, please email your resume to
YOU WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED IF YOU DO NOT SEND YOUR RESUME VIA EMAIL
This job description does not list all the duties of the job. You may be asked by managers to perform other instructions and duties. This job description may be revised from time to time and does not constitute a contract for employment.