Unique Opportunity to be Part of Something Special

Join a fast-growing, family run local business that is passionate about the environment and great customer service:

• Hands on, roll up your sleeves experience
• The satisfaction of working for a local, family run company
• Learning from a team of talented and supportive colleagues. with 50 years experience

Position: Safety & Compliance Administrator
The Company:

Carmen Barbato, Inc. is a local, family owned and operated business in Columbia County with over 50 years of providing superior excavation work and refuse services. We take pride in the fact that as a family, we’ve built a stable, reliable, and honest business that can be passed on for generations to come. An immigrant in the early 1940’s, Carmen Barbato had a dream. He’s spent the last 50 years building that dream through hard work and dedication --an exceptional example of living the American dream. If you’re looking for a position where you’re part of a small team and everything you do counts and are passionate about what you do, come join us.

Barbato Excavation offers services for residential and commercial customers, building roads, driveways, tennis courts, basketball courts, foundations, demolition, clean outs, septic systems, backhoe and bulldozing services, and other services involving the earth. We also provide stone, gravel, clean fill, topsoil, compost, bark mulch, wood chips and blacktop product.

Barbato Disposal offers weekly residential, commercial and industrial trash & recycling pick-up. Our available sizes are as follows: Roll offs (10-30 yard) and dumpsters (1.5-8 yd) for both commercial and residential jobs or cleanouts. Residential tote sizes of 65 and 95-gallon. We pick up both trash and recycling on the same day, making your life easier. We also offer residential household garbage drop off from furniture to trash bags.

Barbato Disposal also offers a Transfer Station on site that is open to the public. We accept construction debris, demolition, large items, household cleanups, and residential trash in bulk over a certified scale, offering you the most inexpensive way to get rid of your unwanted items.

We are environmentally responsible. We not only conduct business locally, we live here. Which is why we’ve built our own recycling and recovery facility to help the cause of saving our land, rather than filling landfills. We started recycling even before it was a law, because it means that much to us.

We service Columbia, Berkshire, and Greene Counties, with some work in Litchfield and Rensselaer Counties.

Located on State Route 23, just 2 miles from the MA/NY border, 15 miles from CT border, in Hillsdale, NY, ¼ east of the Hillsdale traffic light.

The Opportunity:

We are seeking a dedicated individual who thrives on being a self-starter and is passionate about contributing towards building a local business. Someone who embraces challenge and will speak up and ask for more opportunities to learn, lead and contribute.

This role is specifically to keep employees safe from harm and healthy, and the company compliant. It is also to ensure compliance with all company, client, Department of Transportation (DOT), and OSHA regulations, policies, and procedures. Responsibilities include:

• Ensure company is OSHA and DOT compliant, presenting and instilling new process, procedures, and tracking. When violations are identified, either rectify or present violation and resolution to management. Request funding as needed.
• Set up new best in class OSHA & DOT employee training and execute yearly as required by law. Includes safety films, training sessions, flyers in paychecks, etc., and posters.
• Attend OSHA and DOT training and certification classes to stay current.
• Enforce OSHA, DOT and company safety compliance with all employees
• Set up key milestones on progress of above, and report quarterly to management on progress.
• Provides Company, Departmental and external training documentation and compliance including data consolidation, compliance checks and reporting.
• Develops new improvement initiatives.
• Track expenses to be able to provide a budget forecast for the following year.
• Conduct Train the Trainer Entry Level Driver training
• Assisting with Random Drug Screen Program compliance
• Ensure Driver Qualification Files Program compliance
• Conduct quarterly Facility Risk Assessments to identify potential hazards
• Ensure data privacy requirements are documented and complied with
• Creation of regular health and safety management information packs
• Complete/review H&S risk assessments as required by the business
• Investigate H&S Incidents and ensure the business adheres to H&S policies
• Share knowledge/best practices to develop self and other team members

Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree with at least 5-10 years of safety and compliance administrator experience
• Must be OSHA certified
• Knowledge of OSHA and DOT standards and applications of industry codes
• Hands on, roll up your sleeves experience
• Excellent communication skills, both written and oral
• Strong project management skills with outstanding attention to detail
• Reliable, self-motivated and driven to succeed, even when direction is limited
• Positive energy and outlook, containing a sense of humor and a ‘Get it done’ attitude
• Self-starter comfortable in a fast-paced environment, with ability to prioritize
• Proficient in Microsoft Office applications, including Word, Excel, Powerpoint and email.
• Strong people & management skills
• Experience with owner operators preferred

Personality:

• Works well under pressure while maintaining a sense of humor
• Confident, no nonsense, roll up your sleeves, hands on, ‘get it done’ attitude
• Passionate about working and takes pride in their work
• Born leader but team player, getting along with everyone
• Earns trust of management quickly

Attendance Requirements:

This position is a full-time job, 5 days a week, and as such, the employee is expected to be at the office Monday - Friday from 8am-4:30pm.

Job Type: Full-time

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Employee discount
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Monday to Friday

Supplemental pay types:

• Bonus pay

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Hillsdale, NY 12529: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Required)

Experience:

• EHS: 3 years (Required)

Work Location: In person