Safety Manager

About the role

Feyen Zylstra (FZ) is seeking a Safety Manager for our Charlotte, NC office. This role is a key member of the Safety Team, collaborating with project team leaders, field leaders, and front-line workers to educate all on FZ’s best-in-class safety culture and standards, ensuring adherence across the organization. The Safety Manager will help build, maintain, and improve safety programs, policies, processes, and practices.

What We’re Looking for

• A Relationship Builder: You value relationships with employees, managers, customers, suppliers, and contractors. You collaborate to resolve conflicts, treat others with respect, appreciate differences, and influence actions through effective communication.
• A Problem Solver: You educate, communicate, and multitask while identifying risks others may overlook. You develop unique solutions to tough problems and are willing to contribute hands-on to implement them.
• An Information Seeker: You gather information to understand the full picture and contribute to team success. You seek knowledge to grow as a safety subject matter expert and use that information to make an impact.
• Process Oriented: You mitigate problems through processes, standards, and early risk assessment. You hold others accountable to safety policies and procedures and collaborate with field leadership to continuously improve safety.
• A Scorekeeper: You measure progress and results by documenting, tracking data, establishing metrics, and maintaining up-to-date reporting. You communicate pertinent information and hold yourself and others accountable for driving safety culture.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in Construction or Industrial related Safety, including knowledge of and exposure to electrical-related hazards.
• Bachelor’s degree in Occupational Health & Safety or relevant degree strongly preferred; Journeyman or Master Electrician licensing a plus.
• OSHA 10 required; OSHA 30 strongly preferred.
• Safety certifications (e.g., CSP, ASP, CHST) a plus.
• Extensive knowledge of OSHA and other safety regulations.
• Proficiency in MS Office applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), safety software, and data analysis tools.
• Strong leadership and coaching abilities.
• Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills.
• Strong relationship-building and influencing skills, with the ability to balance safety education and accountability.
• Excellent organizational and problem-solving skills.
• Bilingual in English and Spanish strongly preferred.
• Ability to provide 24/7 on-call support for safety emergencies or incidents after hours or on weekends.
• Travel required—regularly to regional job sites in a provided company truck and by plane to out-of-state meetings at the Michigan headquarters (overnight stays required).

Benefits

• Generous benefits package.
• Competitive compensation.
• Paid time off.
• Training and development opportunities.
• Opportunities for growth.
• Safe work environment.
• Chance to work with a winning team in a great company culture.

Candidates are required to pass a pre-employment drug screen.