Regional Operations Safety Manager

Position Overview/Description

The Regional Operations Safety Manager leads field implementation of approved Health and Safety (H&S) programs governing environmental and hazardous materials emergency response, industrial services, environmental remediation and hazardous waste transportation and disposal. This position provides operational safety support, training coordination, site-level program management, audits, corrective action initiatives, and workforce competency support in coordination with operations field, regional and leadership teams and corporate H&S. The Regional Operations Safety Manager reports directly to the Senior Vice President of Operations.

Duties/Responsibilities

• Provide health and safety leadership and directions to assigned region and model GrayMar Values.
• Ensure each employee is prepared and educated in safe work practices.
• Implement approved H&S programs at the field, facility, and regional operations level.
• Support site-specific safety planning, job walks, JHAs, JSPs, project safety plans, proposals, and customer safety requirements.
• Provide in-person project safety support when required by job scope, risk level, customer expectation, or operational need.
• Conduct facility, field, and tailgate safety audits; document findings and verify corrective action closure.
• Support incident investigations through report collection, interviews, data gathering, root cause support, and corrective action documentation.
• Manage training delivery, LMS completion tracking, onboarding, refresher training, customer-required training, and workforce competency support.
• Reinforce Stop Work Authority, near-miss reporting, employee participation, and a non-retaliatory safety culture.
• Provide field documentation and support for insurance, TPA, customer compliance, regulatory support, and safety performance reporting as requested.
• Monitor safety trends, audit results, training completion, and corrective action status to support continuous improvement.
• Respond to emergencies as needed, 24/7, including holidays, nights and weekends.
• Travel for emergency responses and scheduled work.

Required Skills/Abilities

• Thorough understanding of OSHA, DOT, and RCRA regulations
• Comprehensive knowledge in HAZWOPER and environmental industry, specific to environmental remediation, industrial services, emergency response and hazardous waste transportation and disposal
• Experience in field safety leadership, hazard recognition, and operational risk control
• Knowledge in Job safety planning, audit execution, incident support, corrective action tracking, and safety documentation management
• Effective communication with field teams, branch and regional leadership, Corporate H&S, customers, and regulators
• Practical problem-solving across multiple sites with consistent follow-up and professional documentation
• Excellent customer service skills to understand and meet customer needs
• Proficiency in conflict management

Required Education and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in: Occupational Health and Safety, Environmental Science, Engineering, or related field preferred; equivalent field safety experience may be considered
• Minimum of 5 years of safety experience in environmental industry, specific to environmental remediation, industrial services, emergency response and hazardous waste transportation and disposal
• Working knowledge of OSHA 29 CFR 1910, 1926, 1904, applicable state plan requirements, and customer safety requirements
• Experience with field audits, facility audits, tailgate audits, risk assessments, corrective action follow-up, training delivery, and LMS tracking
• CSP, ASP, CHST, CIH, OHST, or related safety credentials
• Current and clean driving record
• 3+ years of experience with computer applications, including Outlook, Teams, Word, Acrobat and Excel

Benefits

• Comprehensive health benefits coverage after 60 days of full-time employment
• 401K with company match
• Company paid STD, LTD, and life insurance
• Company Paid Time Off (PTO)
• Career path programs and company paid training
• Family culture with positive and safe work environments