A Safety Manager is responsible for developing and implementing health and safety plans, enforcing policies, and evaluating practices and facilities to ensure compliance with legal guidelines. They conduct training sessions, monitor compliance, investigate accidents, and provide recommendations for improvement.
JOB OBJECTIVES:

• Support all Bridgepoint Team members in safe work practices.
• The Safety Manager will implement and monitor the Company’s safety programs to ensure a safe, healthy, and accident-free work environment.
• Develop relationships both inside and outside of the Company that promote safety.

RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES:

• Create a culture of Safety Always for our people by maintaining the company’s safety policies and procedures in compliance with local, state, and federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OHSA) rules and regulations.
• Plan and implement programs to train managers and employees in work site safety practices, injury prevention, fire prevention, and correct handling techniques for chemicals, toxins, equipment, and other safety related items.
• Inspects Company facilities and projects to detect existing or potential accident and health hazards, determine corrective or preventative measures where indicated, and follow up to ensure measures have been implemented.
• Handle all OSHA related issues such as inspections, yearly reports, job site posters, citations, hearings, etc. Performs field safety audits to ensure compliance with all OSHA, State, Local and company safety rules and regulations.
• Compile the monthly safety tracking data report for management. Produces other safety reports as needed.
• Completes all accident/injury/incident reporting and performs investigations to determine cause and possible preventive measures for future work of a similar nature. Further investigates all injury claims to ensure company is protected from fraudulent worker compensation claims.
• Coordinates and ensures all DOT requirements are adhered to as it relates to CDL, Medical Card, driver logs, inspections, and training.
• Coordinates on-boarding drug screening process as well as enforces any required random drug screen administration as required by DOT, reasonable suspicion and post incident testing.
• Makes corrective action recommendations to upper management concerning safety and health issues that may affect the company.
• Regularly reviews worker compensation claims data for possible employer modification rate adjustments.
• Purchase required safety equipment for company personnel.
• Manages the transitional return to work program for injured workers.
• Manage the safety incentive bonus program.
• Provide inspection reports to project team and supervisors for job sites or facilities that are inspected.
• Compile and submit accident and yearly reports required by regulatory agencies.
• Conduct employee safety orientation training programs and new hire safety orientations.
• Maintain safety and accident records, files, trainings, Job Hazard Analysis (JHA’s) and safety tracking reports
• Accompany all safety, health, and insurance inspectors on walk throughs for jobsites as required.
• Assist the Investigation of vehicle damage accidents and prepare required reports.
• Organize quarterly Safety Meetings and maintain employee training logs and coordinate training needs for all safety related issues.
• Maintain and administer safety related tracking and paperwork.
• Maintain and administer the Company SDS manuals.
• Assemble and manage site specific safety plans when required.
• Maintain safety manual, emergency management plan and loss control manual.
• Recommend and enforce disciplinary actions against safety policy violators.
• Attend safety related seminars, meetings, forums, etc. as needed.

PHYSICAL DEMAND:
The physical demands described here 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 functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to stand; walk; climb ladders; sit; use hands, climb stairs; balance; stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl; talk or hear; taste or smell. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
WORK ENVIRONMENT:
This position takes place in a general office environment. Work is generally 33% office, 33% field and 33% training in nature and may require standing and walking for up to 50% of the time. The work environment is generally favorable but may encounter adverse weather conditions while visiting projects. When work is performed within an office environment, standard office equipment will be available.
This Job Description is not a complete statement of all duties and responsibilities comprising this position and may change with or without notice.