Regional Safety Manager

About the role

The Regional Operations Safety Leader provides regional safety leadership as directed by the Operations Safety Manager and aligned with the RVP. This role helps align operations with Lincare safety policy and the annual safety metrics performance strategy, driving organizational accountability and enhancing the safety value system of leaders.

Responsibilities

• Analyze measures and metrics to provide appropriate levels of feedback to drive the safety performance of the business.
• Review multiple avenues of feedback to identify and communicate risk across the four regions of operation.
• Lead the Regional Safety Leaders and Safety Trainers to establish a standard of operation that meets Lincare safety policies and annual safety goals.
• Identify gaps between corporate safety policy and business practices through the ongoing management of a business group safety action plan that supports the corporate safety vision and business plan.
• Clearly communicate and manage gaps in resources within the business safety group and operations leadership with business leadership in conjunction with the Safety Director.
• Share safety best practices to enable a higher standard of safe and environmentally-friendly work and help mature into a learning culture.
• Assist the business unit in reporting efforts during safety-related emergency events while advocating for resources for stability and recovery.
• Interface with external agencies in reporting, permitting, compliance demonstration, and program development activities.
• Focus business growth initiatives and operational change through the lens of a grounded safety approach.
• Lead the safety policy qualifications process to standardize messaging and accountability with Center Managers and Area Managers, ensuring safety is the number one objective.
• Ensure the business supports safety policy through appropriate staffing of subject matter experts for all high-level safety functions requiring sustainability within the operations team.
• Ensure all sites are managed with appropriate Safety Trainers' safety support, utilizing calendars and travel schedules of Regional Safety Leaders and Safety Trainers to maintain awareness of safety compliance, emphasizing operations' understanding, value, and practice of Lincare Safety Policy.