Safety Director II

Responsibilities

• Strategically develops and executes safety programs across assigned Divisions, ensuring alignment with corporate safety standards and overarching safety philosophy.
• Supports and articulates company mission, vision, and strategy.
• Assists the Corporate Safety Director in developing and overseeing the implementation of annual Safety Strategic Plan.
• Provides additional support to the Director of Corporate Safety to improve the effectiveness and consistency of the safety program.
• Pairs with business development to ensure seamless integration of safety strategies into client capture plans and account plans, establishing a common thread of safety excellence.
• Drives initiatives to optimize risk reduction and fatality prevention, with a strong emphasis on TRIR, DART, LITR, SIF prevention, and cost of risk.
• Leads efforts to strengthen client, partner, and industry relationships that position Gilbane as the “Builder of Choice.”
• Works in real time with Gilbane Insurance Group, Senior Management, Corporate and Division Safety Directors to identify loss leaders and effectively create safety procedures to reduce the number and severity of claims on all projects.
• Analyzes trends in incidents, accidents, claims, unsafe behaviors, etc. to recommend and direct resources to mitigate hazards; publishes dashboards and heat maps with monthly executive reviews and quarterly updates.
• Benchmark and pilot new safety technologies.
• Leverages industry involvement to research and introduce safety best practices for possible inclusion in the company safety program.
• Leads initiatives to embed safety as a core value through differing strategies and programs.
• Schedules and meets with Corporate Safety Director, Senior Management and Divisional Safety Directors on a regular basis to understand and support their needs, help troubleshoot challenges, create positive opportunities, and continue to train new employees.
• Regularly visits key projects within area of responsibility with Division Safety Directors to mentor, support development and ensure consistent application of safety program; organizes minimum field presence and coaching expectations.
• Establishes subject matter expert subcommittees within the Safety Peer Group to tackle projects aimed at reducing incidents across Gilbane.
• Leverages industry involvement to research and introduce safety best practices for possible inclusion in the company safety program.
• Leads serious incident investigations using factor analysis to identify root causes and systemic contributors, ensuring verified effectiveness of corrective actions and a strong focus on fatality prevention.
• Collaborates with Global Sales & Marketing Services to respond to client safety questionnaires, proposals and prequalification requests.
• Ties safety role to pursuit win-rate contribution and owner safety scorecard performance; Owner specified reconciliation checklist during pursuits.
• Represents Gilbane at key client meetings involving safety.
• Participates and represents Next 150 as directed at national industry conferences and groups, such as ASSP, NSC, BCSP, ANSI, AGC, ABC, CURT, NCSE, IIF HSE, etc.
• Actively pursues the applications for external industry Safety Awards.
• Assists the Corporate Safety Director with authoring, developing and representing Gilbane at industry presentations, publications, peer reviewed journals, and other venues/conferences.

Qualifications

• Associate Safety Professional, Certified Safety Professional or Certified Industrial Hygienist preferred.
• BS in Occupational Safety Management or Engineering.
• 10-15 years of relevant experience.
• Equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Comprehensive knowledge of construction safety principles, techniques and methods.
• Comprehensive knowledge of OSHA laws, regulations and policies.
• Capable of identifying known potential exposures and recommending corrective action.
• Strong computer skills and familiarity with the Microsoft Office suite.