Safety Director II

Responsibilities

• Leads the planning, development, and execution of 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; Publish dashboards and heat maps w/ 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
• Responsible for Next 150 safety budget; standardized PPE, life-safety systems, and technology
• Manages third-party providers master service agreements
• Self-Perform Program Stewardship
• Set standards and engineering controls for hoists/scaffolds, lifting/rigging/critical picks, fall protections, formwork/shoring, silica, confined space, temporary power
• Acknowledge and approve procedures and equipment; ensure inspection/maintenance programs and documentation
• Staffs all divisions with qualified safety support at all levels
• Collaborates with Human Resources to review compensation and talent management of safety job family
• Creates and manages a safety mentor program to strengthen the safety department employees
• Communicates set fixed monthly / quarterly reporting package (KPI dashboard, corrective-action)
• Collaborates with Corporate Communications/ Human Resources Benefits and assists with posting in internal and external communications about safety
• Reinforces communication protocols for escalations
• Aids Corporate Director of Safety as Safety Portal and Lessons Learned knowledge manager
• Regularly reviews and provides updates to improve the standard safety plan
• Owns training matrix with LMS content (OSHA 10/30, First Aid/CPR/AED)
• Requires >90% compliance and zero lapses for critical certifications
• Conducts Incident and Injury Free training and other safety related education as requested or required by the Divisions within their area of responsibility
• Updates Next 150’s safety training modules to provide in-person training to improve all field employees’ identification and correction of safety issues in the field
• Collaborates with Corporate Risk Manager to ensure effective implementation of Insurance Programs
• Reviews and ensures a project level response to all loss control inspections conducted on Gilbane projects by Insurance company representatives
• Collaborates with Corporate Legal to coordinate response and defense to OSHA, EPA or other regulatory authority citations, and personal injury or liability litigation
• Represents Next 150 as subject matter expert in legal and regulatory appeals and actions
• 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
• Or equivalent combination of education and experience

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• 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