Safety Director

The Safety Director will plan, direct, and implement the organization’s safety programs to ensure a safe, healthy, and accident–free work environment by performing the following duties personally, or through subordinates and field supervisors. The Safety Director will work with Executive Management and our Project Superintendents to establish and maintain a strong safety culture.

What You Will Be Doing:

• Leads the development and communication of the company’s safety vision, policies, and procedures, ensuring compliance with OSHA regulations to foster a culture of safety and excellence.
• Leads incident investigation to determine root cause and corrective measures for all incidents.
• Performs site safety audits
• Compiles and submits any reports regulatory agencies require, including OSHA, Wisconsin DNR, FAA, DOT, BLS, and others.
• Participates in pre- and post-construction meetings and prepares materials and reports for those meetings.
• Manages OSHA inspection processes
• Helps facilitate the administration of the return-to-work and workers’ compensation programs, including working with insurance carriers to reduce the overall cost of claims.
• Represents the company in industry association safety groups, such as the Associated General Contractors, and the Associated Builders and Contractors of Wisconsin.
• Maintains safety files and records, including the company’s safety award program.
• Develops annual plans & budgets for safety & health initiatives, including training.

What You Need:

• A Bachelor’s degree in Safety, or a related program, plus 5 or more years of relevant experience.
• Experience with a self-performing general contractor or specialty contractor is preferable.
• 10 years of relevant construction safety experience will be considered instead of formal education.
• Associate Safety Professional (ASP) or Construction Health and Safety Technician (CHST) designation preferred.
• In-depth technical knowledge of construction-related OSHA, federal, state, and local regulatory standards, and ability to recognize hazardous situations and implement effective corrective practices.
• Training and experience in management are desirable.
• Must be an effective communicator, generating professional written material and delivering effective verbal presentations.
• Have solid interpersonal skills, must be able to work well with the project’s construction site team, owners
• and construction management firms.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, and Word.
• Experience with Autodesk Build is desirable.
• Must have a valid Wisconsin driver’s license.

Physical Requirements:

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 position, employees are frequently required to stand, walk, sit, climb, use hands and arms, reach, and talk or hear. They are regularly required to balance, stoop, kneel, or crouch. They must frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds, and occasionally lift or move up to 75 pounds. Specific vision abilities include accurate near and distant vision.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $90,000.00 - $115,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Application Question(s):

• Are you local to Plain, WI? If not, are you willing to permanently relocate to the area?

Education:

• Bachelor's (Preferred)

Experience:

• construction safety: 10 years (Preferred)
• Management: 5 years (Preferred)

Work Location: In person

Salary : $90,000 - $115,000