Safety & Health Manager

About the role

You will perform management responsibilities in all areas of Wohlsen’s Safety & Health program, with a focus in geographic territories as coordinated by the Director of Safety. You will motivate, coach, appraise, and resolve issues in direct support of all of our operations.

Responsibilities

• Conduct regular Site Safety Inspections and follow through on identified corrective actions.
• Support hiring, onboarding, training, goal setting, performance reviews, recognition, and corrective action for assigned team members in coordination with the Director of Safety and Human Resources.
• Support subcontractor safety administration, including site-specific requirements, safety meetings, incident investigations, and preventive and corrective actions.
• Actively participate in the Safety Team and support Company safety initiatives and working groups.
• Monitor team performance and consistency, provide timely feedback, and escalate significant performance, conduct, or resource concerns to the Director of Safety.
• Support development, implementation, and continuous improvement of Safety & Health and Risk Management policies, procedures, and programs.
• Support and improve the Company Safety Orientation and other safety programs.
• Support emergency action plans and procedures, including evacuation, rescue, hazardous materials, fire prevention/suppression, and medical emergencies.
• Develop and support Site-Specific Safety & Health plans and procedures, including orientations, activity hazard analyses, training, and safety coordination meetings.
• Deliver or coordinate training on Company policies, procedures, OSHA certifications, first aid, and other safety topics.
• Ensure required safety data, reports, and documentation are accurate, complete, and timely.
• Collect and analyze inspection and incident data to identify trends, evaluate performance, and drive preventive and corrective actions.
• Support Safety & Health record retention, documentation, and archiving requirements.
• Reports directly to the Director of Safety.
• Active member of safety working groups.
• Partners with subcontractor safety teams.
• Represent Wohlsen at ABC and other industry or professional functions.
• Monitor construction activities for compliance with OSHA construction standards, the Company Safety & Health Program, and Site-Specific Safety Programs.
• Exercise authority to address unsafe conditions or practices and reinforce that safety is never compromised.
• Lead or support investigations of incidents, near misses, and concerns involving unsafe or unhealthful conditions or practices.
• Identifying hazards, assessing risk and implementing controls to keep team members and the workplace safe.
• Maintaining compliance with OSHA and applicable safety regulations, policies and inspections.
• Building a strong safety culture.

Qualifications

• Minimum five years of construction safety and health experience, including demonstrated leadership responsibilities, required.
• Bachelor's Degree in Occupational Safety & Health, Construction Management, Engineering, Risk Management, or related field preferred. (or equivalent combination of education and experience).
• CHST, ASP, CSP, or comparable safety certification.
• OSHA 30-Hour Construction course or equivalent required.
• Authorized OSHA 10- and 30-hour Instructor