Safety & Training Director

About the role

This is a chance to own and build DLB's safety and field training function. You'll keep our people safe, keep us compliant, and make sure training actually sticks in the field — not just in a classroom.

Responsibilities

• All of our safety programs — OSHA compliance, incident reporting, investigations, and corrective actions
• Getting to root cause on incidents and putting fixes in place that prevent the next one
• Training for new hires, equipment operators, and traffic control personnel — including the LMS content that keeps it consistent across every crew
• Leading the safety supervisor (your direct report), who handles day-to-day safety reinforcement, field monitoring, structured training, and new-hire onboarding
• Setting how training gets delivered in the field — today that's designated field hands who train the crews; you'll build the structure and keep it consistent
• Job site audits and safety observations across active projects
• Traffic control plan (TCP) training and certification
• Documenting all safety and training policies and procedures, and submitting them to management for approval
• Holding and teaching the TxDOT-required certifications so we can train and certify our people in-house
• Regular safety and risk reviews — pulling together the data (telematics, incident reports, JSA and project audits, OSHA logs) and bringing recommendations to leadership
• Tracking safety metrics and reporting to leadership
• The drug & alcohol program, workers' comp interface, and return-to-work
• Working relationships with TxDOT, municipalities, and permitting and regulatory contacts
• Meetings with customers, clients, and management
• General office and reporting duties as needed

Requirements

• 5+ years in field safety, with at least 2 leading people
• The ability to speak traffic control fluently and earn respect on a job site — this is what makes the training land
• Hands-on traffic control experience, or a highway/road construction or utility construction background you can carry into this role
• ATSSA Flagger/Supervisor certification or equivalent; TCP design experience a plus
• OSHA 30 (we'll support you toward OSHA 500 or CSP)
• Comfort with data — you can pull incident and telematics data, spot the trends, and turn them into training
• Working knowledge of Texas regs (TMUTCD, TxDOT standards), or the ability to get up to speed fast

Qualifications

• A people person — builds trust fast with crews, foremen, and leadership, and communicates in a way that gets bought into
• Genuinely passionate about safety — treats it as the job, not a box to check, and it shows in the field
• Rolls their sleeves up — not afraid to be on a job site in the heat, get their boots dirty, and lead by doing
• Data driven — lets the numbers show where the real risk is and drives training and decisions from there
• Steady and consistent — holds the same standard on a good day and a bad one, so crews always know where the line is
• Coeaches, not polices — corrects in a way that builds people up and makes the safe way the obvious way

Skills

• Physical Demands & Work Environment

To perform the essential functions, a person in this role can typically expect to:

• Move about active job sites, including uneven ground, roadway shoulders, and work zones
• Work outdoors in varying weather — heat, cold, rain — around traffic, noise, and dust
• Drive to job sites across the region (valid driver's license required)
• Stand and walk for extended periods in the field, and sit for extended periods for documentation and reporting
• Occasionally lift and carry up to 50 pounds (safety equipment, signage, materials)
• Wear required personal protective equipment (PPE)
• Use a computer and communicate clearly, in person and in writing, with crews, customers, and management

Benefits

• Competitive base pay, depending on experience and certifications
• Performance-based bonus opportunity
• Truck or vehicle allowance
• Health, dental, and vision
• 401(k)
• Certification reimbursement — we invest in keeping you current and credentialed
• PTO with flexibility
• The room to build — a growing, family-owned Texas company where you'll shape the safety function, not just maintain it

Pay

Competitive base pay, depending on experience and certifications

Schedule

Field job with leadership responsibility, not a desk job