Cultivar Group is a full-service landscape provider specializing in commercial landscape management, landscape construction, tree care, and related field services. We help clients maintain and improve property value through landscape appearance, functionality, efficiency, technical expertise, and operational resources.

Position Purpose

The Pacific Northwest Regional Safety Leader provides field-based Health, Safety and Environment leadership and day-to-day safety support across Oregon, Washington, and Idaho. This position serves as the primary safety support role for Crystal Greens Landscape and provides regional safety oversight, field support, and risk reduction for Brookstone operations in Washington and Treasure Valley Landscape in Idaho.

The role is designed to strengthen branch-level ownership of safety across the Pacific Northwest. The Regional Safety Leader works directly with Branch Managers, operating leaders, Safety Champions, HR, claims, and field teams to help local leaders run effective safety programs within their own operations.

Branch Managers and operating leaders remain accountable for the safety performance of their teams and for execution of their local safety programs. The Regional Safety Leader supports, coaches, audits, trains, and follows up, but does not replace local leadership ownership.

Reporting and Working Relationships

• Reports to the Vice President of Health, Safety and Environment.
• Directly supports Branch Managers, Regional Leaders, operating leaders, Safety Champions, HR, claims, and field teams throughout the assigned Pacific Northwest region.
• Works through branch and operating leadership to build safety routines, drive follow-through, and strengthen accountability at the local level.
• Coordinates with corporate HSE leadership on regional priorities, serious incidents, regulatory matters, program rollouts, escalation needs, and overall safety performance.

Scope of Role

• Provide regional safety oversight and field support for Crystal Greens Landscape in Oregon, Brookstone operations in Washington and Treasure Valley Landscape in Idaho, including site visits, observations, coaching, incident follow-up, corrective action tracking, and safety program support.
• Support regional safety execution across landscape maintenance, enhancement, construction where applicable, fleet, equipment, shops, yards, and field operations.
• Help local leaders identify risk, correct unsafe conditions, improve behaviors, and close corrective actions without removing safety ownership from the operating teams.
• Travel regularly throughout Oregon, Washington, and Idaho to support branches, projects, crews, and leadership teams.

Essential Responsibilities

Branch Safety Program Leadership and Accountability

• Partner with Branch Managers and operating leaders to help them lead, manage, and improve their local safety programs.
• Help Branch Managers build consistent routines for safety meetings, field inspections, training, incident reviews, corrective action follow-up, and employee communication.
• Participate in branch, yard, field, and leadership meetings to review safety concerns, upcoming risk exposures, trends, corrective actions, and open follow-up items.
• Support and help lead branch safety committees while ensuring local leadership owns the agenda, action items, and follow-through.
• Strengthen accountability at the Branch Manager, Account Manager, Project Manager, Superintendent, Supervisor, Foreman, Safety Champion, and crew level.

Field Safety Presence, Inspections, and Audits

• Establish a consistent HSE presence at branches, yards, shops, maintenance operations, enhancement work, and construction jobsites.
• Conduct field safety observations, jobsite walks, inspections, audits, and coaching conversations during branch and site visits.
• Evaluate safe work practices, PPE use, equipment operation, fleet and driver safety, shop/yard conditions, traffic exposure, utility awareness, and other field risks.
• Report deviations, assign or recommend corrective actions, and follow up with local leadership until items are closed and sustained.
• Reinforce Stop Work Authority and support employees and supervisors in stopping, escalating, and correcting unsafe work.
• Take immediate corrective action when serious health, safety, environmental, or regulatory concerns are identified.

Crystal Greens Primary Support

• Provide day-to-day HSE support to Crystal Greens Landscape leadership and field teams, including planning, coaching, training, inspections, incident follow-up, and corrective action tracking.
• Serve as the primary safety contact for Crystal Greens Landscape while keeping Branch Managers and operating leaders accountable for local safety execution.
• Partner with Crystal Greens Landscape management, Safety Champions, safety committees, and employees to implement company safety policies, procedures, site-specific expectations, and field practices.
• Review Crystal Greens Landscape injury, property damage, vehicle, near-miss, inspection, and training trends to identify opportunities for improvement.
• Support local safety meetings, tailgates, crew-level discussions, and branch leadership follow-up on safety priorities.

Brookstone and Treasure Valley Regional Oversight

• Provide regional safety oversight and field support to Brookstone operations in Washington and Treasure Valley Landscape in Idaho.
• Establish a regular cadence of branch visits, field observations, leadership check-ins, inspections, and follow-up based on operational risk, safety performance, and business needs.
• Partner with Branch Managers and operating leaders to review incidents, inspections, training, fleet and driver safety, corrective actions, leading indicators, and recurring risk trends.
• Conduct field observations and audits, coach local leadership on identified gaps, and follow up to ensure corrective actions are assigned, completed, and sustained.
• Help align Brookstone and Treasure Valley Landscape operations with Cultivar Group safety standards, applicable regulatory requirements, and branch-level accountability expectations.

Incident Management, Claims Support, and Root Cause

• Act as the internal incident management support resource for serious injuries, vehicle incidents, property damage, near misses, safety emergencies, and other HSE-related events.
• Lead or assist with incident investigations, root cause reviews, witness statements, photo documentation, corrective actions, and leadership communication.
• Work with local Safety Champions and branch leadership to ensure injuries and emergencies are properly managed and escalated.
• Coordinate with HR, claims, and operations when an incident may involve workers compensation, modified duty, return to work, or reasonable accommodation
• Report on injury, vehicle, property damage, and near-miss trends, including root-cause findings, corrective actions, training needs, and compliance concerns.

Training, Communication, and Emergency Preparedness

• Oversee, support, and help ensure safety orientation training is provided for employees and new managers in the assigned region.
• Ensure managers understand emergency response procedures and know how to respond to serious incidents, injuries, regulatory visits, and escalation needs.
• Conduct employee and supervisor training on applicable safety programs, company standards, field procedures, and regulatory requirements.
• Review safety training and tailgate topics periodically and recommend revisions, improvements, and updates.
• Create and distribute safety alerts, safety notices, seasonal hazard communications, lessons learned, and prevention messaging based on incidents, trends, and field observations.

Compliance, Reporting, and Program Improvement

• Support compliance with applicable federal, state, and local safety and health laws, regulations, codes, and company standards across Oregon, Washington, and Idaho.
• Ensure timely and accurate completion of required OSHA recordkeeping, reporting, and injury trend logs in coordination with HSE, HR, and local leadership.
• Assist with injury, vehicle, property damage, near-miss, inspection, and training data analysis to identify trends and prevention opportunities.
• Promote the company vision, values, standards of operation, Stop Work Authority, and safe production expectations.
• Partner with the Vice President of Health, Safety and Environment on safety initiatives, audits, scorecards, program rollouts, and regional improvement plans.
• Perform additional health, safety, environmental, and risk control duties as assigned.

Salary : $100,000 - $110,000