Corporate Safety Director

Job Responsibilities

• Develop and lead a comprehensive enterprise safety strategy for BRPH Companies, Inc., AE, and CS that supports the company’s business objectives and operating environments.
• Establish the corporate safety vision, philosophy, expectations, policies, standards, and governance structure.
• Develop a multi-year roadmap for building and sustaining a strong, proactive safety culture across the organization.
• Establish clear safety roles, responsibilities, accountability, and decision-making authority throughout corporate operations, business units, and project teams.
• Advise the CEO and executive leadership regarding significant safety risks, trends, regulatory developments, incidents, and organizational performance.
• Establish minimum corporate safety requirements while allowing business-unit-specific procedures when appropriate for differing operational risks.
• Maintain independence and authority to escalate significant safety matters to the CEO and executive leadership.

Safety Management System and Programs

• Develop, implement, and maintain an enterprise-wide Safety Management System and supporting policies, procedures, standards, and programs.
• Establish corporate safety requirements applicable to office operations, architecture and engineering activities, field observations, construction operations, and other company activities.
• Direct the development of business-unit and project-level safety programs consistent with corporate standards.
• Establish processes for hazard identification, risk assessment, prevention, corrective action, and continuous improvement.
• Develop standards for contractor and subcontractor safety expectations and oversight, particularly within Construction Services.
• Establish appropriate programs for emergency preparedness, occupational health, ergonomics, environmental health and safety considerations, and other workplace risks.
• Periodically evaluate company safety policies and programs to ensure they remain effective and appropriate for changing operations and regulatory requirements.

Safety Culture and Leadership

• Serve as the executive champion for building a culture in which safety is a core organizational value and an integral part of business and project decision-making.
• Partner with executive and business-unit leadership to establish visible leadership expectations and accountability for safety performance.
• Develop initiatives that encourage employee participation, hazard reporting, stop-work responsibility, proactive intervention, and continuous improvement.
• Establish expectations for leadership safety engagement, including executive and management participation in safety discussions, observations, and reviews.
• Promote consistent communication regarding safety expectations, lessons learned, emerging risks, and successful practices.
• Develop methods to evaluate employee perceptions of safety culture and identify opportunities for organizational improvement.

Regulatory Compliance and Risk Management

• Establish systems designed to maintain compliance with applicable federal, state, and local occupational health and safety requirements.
• Maintain current knowledge of OSHA requirements and other safety regulations and standards applicable to company operations.
• Evaluate emerging regulatory requirements and recommend appropriate changes to company policies and practices.
• Cook with Legal, Human Resources, Risk Management, Operations, and executive leadership regarding significant safety and occupational risk matters.
• Establish processes for identifying and addressing systemic safety risks across the enterprise.
• Provide executive-level guidance related to safety considerations associated with new operations, markets, projects, acquisitions, or other business initiatives.

Construction and Field Safety Oversight

• Establish corporate minimum safety standards for construction operations and active project sites.
• Provide governance and oversight of Construction Services safety programs without assuming the routine responsibilities of project-level safety personnel.
• Establish requirements for project-specific safety planning, subcontractor safety performance, inspections, audits, corrective actions, and documentation.
• Work with Construction Services leadership to establish consistent expectations for project executives, project managers, superintendents, project engineers, safety professionals, and subcontractors.
• Review significant or recurring construction safety concerns and direct development of systemic corrective actions when appropriate.
• Establish processes for evaluating construction safety performance during preconstruction, project execution, and project closeout.

Architecture & Engineering Safety

• Develop safety standards appropriate to AE employees performing site visits, field investigations, assessments, inspections, commissioning activities, and other work outside traditional office environments.
• Establish protocols addressing employee interaction with active construction sites, industrial facilities, equipment, environmental hazards, and client-controlled workplaces.
• Cook with AE leadership to integrate safety considerations into project planning and field activities.
• Establish appropriate training and PPE requirements for employees entering construction, industrial, or other potentially hazardous environments.

Incident Management and Corrective Action

• Establish enterprise requirements for reporting, investigating, documenting, and communicating workplace incidents, injuries, near misses, and significant safety observations.
• Provide executive oversight for investigations involving serious incidents or significant organizational risk.
• Establish root-cause analysis and corrective-action methodologies to identify both immediate and systemic causes.
• Ensure significant findings and lessons learned are communicated appropriately throughout the organization.
• Monitor completion and effectiveness of corrective actions resulting from incidents, audits, inspections, and risk assessments.
• Identify recurring trends and recommend organizational or operational changes necessary to reduce future risk.

Auditing, Metrics, and Performance Management

• Establish a corporate safety audit and assessment program covering offices, project sites, business units, and applicable company activities.
• Develop leading and lagging safety performance indicators that provide meaningful information regarding organizational risk and program effectiveness.
• Establish dashboards and reporting systems that provide executive leadership with clear visibility into company-wide safety performance.
• Analyze incident trends, observations, audit findings, training completion, corrective actions, and other safety data to identify systemic risks.
• Establish annual safety objectives and performance measures and monitor organizational progress.
• Present periodic safety performance reports, significant findings, and recommendations to the CEO and executive leadership.
• Benchmark company performance and practices against appropriate industry standards and leading practices.

Training and Employee Development

• Establish a corporate safety training framework based on employee roles, responsibilities, and exposure to workplace hazards.
• Define mandatory safety training requirements for executives, managers, supervisors, field personnel, and other employees.
• Develop leadership training that reinforces management responsibility and accountability for safety.
• Ensure processes are established to document and monitor required training.
• Develop and mentor safety professionals and other employees assigned responsibility for implementing safety programs throughout the organization.

Organizational Leadership

• Establish the appropriate organizational structure, resources, and capabilities necessary to support the company’s enterprise safety program.
• Provide functional leadership and direction to safety professionals and employees with assigned safety responsibilities throughout BRPH and its subsidiaries.
• Define expectations and competency requirements for safety-related positions.
• Participate in the selection, development, and evaluation of safety professionals as appropriate.
• Build effective working relationships with executive leadership, business-unit leaders, Human Resources, Legal, Risk Management, Quality, project leadership, employees, clients, subcontractors, and other stakeholders.