Role and Responsibilities

• The successful candidate is self-motivated with a positive and engaging approach to building credibility and safety accountability throughout the company.
• Uses a whole life approach integrating safety into everything we do, using Culture of Care, Diversity Equity & Inclusion and Mental Health concepts with attention and collaboration with all departments.
• Leads development of and clearly articulates Company’s safety vision, objectives, strategies, policies, and procedures in order to build a safety culture dedicated to behaviors which lead to best-in-class results.
• Provides proactive leadership and assumes ownership of building a best-in-class safety culture by 1) anticipating problems & providing solutions, 2) sharing knowledge with, and providing training, to all levels of management, field staff, preconstruction, and project teams, 3) through interactions with clients, subcontractors, and inspectors, and 4) creating an environment of learning, mentoring, and empowerment in order 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 action.
• Ensures safety & health training meet the needs of internal and external (client & regulating entities) requirements, so staff has the safety training to safely perform tasks and jobs.
• Leads incident investigations.
• Manages hazard assessment activities by 1) conducting and/or supervising safety inspections, and 2) analyzing inspection and incident data to identify opportunities to develop preventive and corrective practices.
• Develops annual plans & budgets for safety and health initiatives, including training.
• Leads and manages safety staff: develops a high performance, customer oriented work team through hiring, motivation, coaching, appraising, rewarding, correction, and addressing complaints and resolving issues.