Director of Safety

About Bengal

Bengal provides crane and rigging, heavy transportation, and related industrial services for customers across the Gulf South. Our work demands disciplined planning, strong field leadership, and a safety program that is practical, consistent, and fully integrated with operations.

About the role

The Corporate Safety Director will develop, implement, and lead Bengal's company-wide health, safety, environmental, Department of Transportation, loss-prevention, and risk-management programs. This senior leader will partner with executive and operations leadership, oversee the Safety Department and its budget, establish clear accountability across operating groups, and represent Bengal with clients, regulators, insurers, and other external stakeholders. Success in this role requires a leader who can set corporate direction while remaining connected to field execution—from pre-bid planning and site-specific programs to incident response, training, performance reporting, and corrective action.

Responsibilities

• Lead the corporate safety program, including developing, administering, and continuously improving health, safety, environmental, DOT, accident-prevention, and loss-prevention policies, programs, and standards across Bengal's operating groups.
• Partner with operations to translate company policy and regulatory requirements into practical operating procedures, pre-bid requirements, pre-job plans, site-specific safety programs, and emergency action plans.
• Strengthen accountability by clarifying safety responsibilities, reinforcing consistent policy enforcement, addressing unsafe conditions or behaviors, and aligning performance with corporate and insurance-cost goals.
• Direct incidents and claims by ensuring prompt notification, investigation, documentation, formal review, root-cause evaluation, corrective-action closure, and claims coordination for injuries, vehicle incidents, liability matters, environmental concerns, and other significant events.
• Manage compliance and field assurance by overseeing inspections, environmental reviews, industrial hygiene monitoring, recordkeeping, and timely reporting; represent Bengal during client, agency, and insurer reviews and prepare clear responses or appeals.
• Use data to improve performance by directing routine safety reporting, evaluating incident trends and leading indicators, developing corrective-action plans, and measuring the effectiveness of safety initiatives and incentive programs.
• Develop training and compliance readiness by leading orientation, safety and environmental education, emergency preparedness, first-aid and rescue readiness, and Bengal's drug and alcohol program, including testing coordination and confidential record handling.
• Lead the Safety Department by planning staffing, assigning resources, delegating effectively, developing and evaluating safety personnel, managing departmental objectives and working relationships, and administering the corporate safety budget responsibly.

Required Qualifications

• Education and experience: Bachelor's degree in occupational safety and health, environmental health and safety, business, or a related field and at least five years of construction or industrial safety experience; or approximately 15 years of progressive safety-management experience in lieu of a degree.
• Corporate leadership: Experience leading corporate, regional, or multi-site safety, including people, budgets, priorities, and performance across operating groups.
• Regulatory and risk knowledge: Thorough knowledge of applicable health, safety, environmental, DOT, risk-management, insurance, client, and company requirements, with proven hazard-recognition and corrective-action judgment.
• Incident and claims capability: Experience directing investigations, incident reviews, reporting, trend analysis, agency or insurer interactions, and corrective-action closure.
• Leadership and communication: Excellent organization, independent judgment, effective delegation, and the credibility to work with field employees, clients, supervisors, and senior leadership.
• Availability for routine travel to Bengal offices and active projects.

Preferred Background

• Relevant industry experience: Safety leadership in industrial construction, crane and rigging, heavy transportation, or a similar field-intensive operation.
• Credentials and relationships: A recognized safety, health, industrial hygiene, or risk-management credential, plus proven success with demanding clients, regulators, insurers, and dispersed field teams.

Benefits

Bengal offers a visible senior leadership role with the opportunity to shape safety strategy and field execution across the organization, competitive salaried compensation based on qualifications and experience, and comprehensive employee benefits.