Safety Manager

About the role

This position is responsible for expanding and supporting a citywide workplace culture of safe behavior and healthful working conditions, with a focus on the Department of Public Works and Parks, Recreation and Waterfront.

Responsibilities

• Supports departmental safety committees and collaborates with management to develop and implement safety policies.
• Serves as a technical resource for safety programming.
• Maintains and improves the City-wide safety strategy and organizational structure.
• Supports the establishment of safety committees in departments with high-risk activities or high injury rates.
• Develops and maintains safety objectives, policies, procedures, awareness initiatives, manuals, and an internal safety portal.
• Ensures compliance with all applicable VOSHA/OSHA, DOT, NFPA, and DMV driver-related regulations.
• Assists in developing or outsourcing and ensuring departments are appropriately implementing required safety and health training programs.
• Updates and maintains the training program/calendar; works with department safety contacts to administer training requirements and maintain individualized training portfolios.
• Develops, reviews, and presents safety reports, presentations, metrics, and communications; recommends measurable goals to achieve safety and cost reduction.
• Assigns compliance training to all employees annually and upon hire through the City’s Learning Management System.
• Oversees that City departments complete safety and health programs such as CDL, hearing conservation, fire extinguisher maintenance, safety glasses, bloodborne pathogens, and needle exposure plans.
• Updates Department Heads regarding safety issues within department as well as status of departmental safety committee or contact.
• Recommend solutions to issues, improvement opportunities, or new prevention measures.

Requirements

• Bachelor of Science in Occupational or Industrial Hygiene/Safety, Safety Engineering, or other related field.
• Two (2) years of experience in safety environment/operations required.
• Valid Vermont Driver’s license required; position requires 24-hour on-call availability for safety emergencies.
• Demonstrated ability to develop, coordinate, conduct, monitor, and evaluate safety programs preferred.
• Advanced personal computer and computer software skills with an emphasis on database, spreadsheet, and word processing.
• Ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing.
• Ability to foster good communication between employees and departments.
• Ability to organize and prioritize workload, complete multiple projects, and meet established deadlines.
• Must maintain strict confidentiality on specific issues.
• Must have a high level of personal initiative and enthusiasm.
• Regular attendance is necessary and is essential to meeting the expectations of the job functions.
• Ability to understand and comply with City standards, safety rules, and personnel policies.
• Willingness to attend specified utility training seminars/workshops/classes.
• Willingness to be a member of the National Safety Council.

Qualifications

Non-Essential Job Functions: Performs other duties as required. Ability to actively support City diversity, equity, and cultural competency efforts within stated job responsibilities and work effectively across diverse cultures and constituencies. Demonstrated commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion as evidenced by ongoing trainings and professional development.