Job Description

Safety Managers are responsible for:

• Inspects and evaluates the work environment, processes, to ensure compliance with OSHA regulations and standards.
• Their chief goal is to protect the employees, customers, and the environment.
• Recommends changes to protect and educate workers on how to prevent health problems through the use of safety training programs.
• Reviews and investigates accidents reports to identify root causes and find ways to prevent them in the future.
• Conducts project inspections, determining unsafe conditions, conducts weekly safety meetings at customer sites.
• Ability to detect and solve problems effectively.
• Builds a working relationship with General Contractors to ensure all safety measures are working properly.
• Maintains day-to-day oversight of safety programs and compliance.
• Ensures federal, state, and local standards and regulations are observed.
• Reviews new standards, rules, and regulations to determine relevancy to the company's operations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in occupational safety and health or similar discipline, or five (5) years of equivalent training and experience that provides a comprehensive understanding of occupational safety and health principles and practices may be substituted for a degree
• 5+ years of experience working in EH&S.
• Solid understanding of OSHA, DOT and Worker's Compensation regulations
• Ability to provide leadership and education at all levels
• Demonstrated ability to operate autonomously in safety environment and be an active resource for assigned team
• Strong influencer and communicator
• Strong ability to work in changing environment, see through complexity
• Ability to be effective in a highly matrixed environment, to effectively communicate with and influence all levels of the organization and drive change
• Demonstrated successful experience in working in a demanding, high performance work environment and team oriented culture
• Must be able to think and act strategically, but also be willing to “roll up sleeves” for all safety functions