Safety Manager (Heavy Civil/Underground Utility Construction Company)

Spiniello Companies is a privately held, national, full-service utility contractor. Founded in 1922, we are one of the few companies that fully self-performs all aspects of excavation and specialty pipe rehabilitation. Headquartered in New Jersey, we also have office locations in Maryland, Washington D.C., and California. Spiniello has annual revenues in excess of $150M and performs dozens of projects simultaneously. We currently have over 100 salaried and 300 hourly employees.

Safety Responsibility and Duties

• Ability to develop and implement Safety Action Plan to focus on preventing all accidents, incidents, and damages.
• Ability to develop and implement Job Specific Health and Safety Plans as required for the various job sites.
• Oversee the Daily Submission of all JHA’s from all crews within the region confirming they are being completed timely and accurately.
• Track and review all accidents, incidents, and damages including providing root cause analysis as well implementing safeguards if needed to prevent similar incidents from occurring.
• Identify Trends or Behaviors which may lead to accidents, incidents, or damages, and determine what safeguards or training can be implemented to further prevent them from potentially occurring.
• Ability to manage safety staff and communicate effectively with the area manager. The right candidate will be responsible for coaching and training staff in adhering to the company safety policies.
• Ability to oversee activities on specified job locations to ensure all operations are always performed in a safe manner to OSHA and Company policy and regulations.
• Responsible for ensuring work crews follow all customer and environmental requirements.
• Responsible for the daily submission of safety reports
• Provide solutions to issues that arise on ongoing basis and communicate them to the Project or Safety Director
• Maintain and provide all required documentation as requested.
• Responsible for maintaining positive relationships with customers, subcontractors, and vendors.
• Individuals are required to report any behaviors on the job that would negatively impact the safety, deadline, budget or reputation of Spiniello Companies or its clients/project owners.
• Must be able to effectively address any unsafe condition or action and provide immediate instruction to remedy the situation.
• Conduct safety meetings as needed, oversee daily and weekly safety meetings are being conducted.
• Assist in the completion of accident/injury reports as needed.
• Ensure the Company Inspection program is OSHA compliant and update as needed to ensure compliance.
• Administer random drug testing as part of post-accident policy.

Position Requirements and Qualifications

• OSHA 500 or 510, 502 within 5 years.
• HAZWOPER certification preferred.
• CHST certification is required.
• Fluent Spanish speaker is a plus.
• Work effectively with customers, union employees and internal Project Management team to always represent Spiniello in a professional manner.
• Excellent communication skills with external and internal constituents
• Strong, honest work ethic
• Effective time management and prioritization skills
• Must travel as needed for Accident Response purposes or as needed, which includes extended overnight stays per job requirements, 20%
• HS Diploma required; 5 years of prior experience in construction.
• Able to complete additional training as necessary.
• Excellent communication, both written and verbal, skills and able to effectively communicate with employees at all levels of the company and vendors.
• Able to develop and train employees.
• Exceptional organizational and multi-tasking abilities, problem-solving skills, critical thinking, interpersonal skills
• In-depth understanding of departmental procedures and policies; able to actively discover new ways to do the job more efficiently.
• Ability to prioritize multiple demands in a fast paced, changing work environment.

Salary : $90 - $105