Senior Safety Manager - Coatings

About the role

Mission Statement: Unlocking potential while protecting your most critical assets. Core Values: Care Trust Help (C.T.H.) Niles Shared Services, LLC is a privately held and financially strong industrial services company that prides itself on the safety of its employees. The Senior Safety Manager - Coatings is responsible for providing leadership, oversight, and execution of safety programs and initiatives supporting Niles' coatings operations. This role serves as a mentor to Safety Representatives and Safety Coordinators while partnering closely with operations teams to identify risks, improve safety performance, and strengthen accountability across the organization. The Senior Safety Manager is a key resource in ensuring work is performed safely, efficiently, and in compliance with company policies, customer requirements, and applicable regulatory standards. The Senior Safety Manager develops and implements safety programs, drives continuous improvement initiatives, leads incident prevention and investigation efforts, supports customer and regulatory audits, and serves as a trusted advisor to field leadership. This role is responsible for fostering a proactive safety culture that prioritizes employee well-being, operational excellence, regulatory compliance, and customer satisfaction while supporting the company's continued growth.

Responsibilities

• Safety Program Leadership: Administrative Leader for the Coatings Safety Team; lead and support implementation of safety policies, procedures, and programs in compliance with OSHA rules; maintain strong working knowledge of OSHA standards applicable to coatings, roofing, confined space entry, paint, lead abatement, respiratory protection, fall protection, PPE, and other industrial construction-related activities; support Director of Safety and VP of Safety in developing, improving, and expanding company safety programs; help strengthen and expand Niles safety culture; serve as reliable safety resource for field personnel, Superintendents, Project Managers, Operations, and other leaders; provide technical and professional safety support to Project Managers and Operations teams.
• Field Oversight, Jobsite Audits, and Compliance: Travel to jobsites, branch locations, and customer sites to conduct audits, inspections, observations, coaching, and safety assessments; support internal safety documentation and compliance; create and review safety plans, Pre-Task Plans, Job Hazard Analyses, Job Safety Analyses, and other client-required safety documentation; conduct regular jobsite and work area inspections, including daily field observations and formal weekly jobsite inspections; complete safety checklists and inspection documentation, noting violations, corrective actions, follow-up; inspect worksites to identify existing or potential accident and health hazards; determine corrective or preventative measures and follow up; work with branch locations to ensure proper safety procedures; work with Superintendents and field leaders to ensure proper safety procedures; utilize required PPE and demonstrate safe work practices; exercise authority to stop work and intervene when unsafe behavior, activity or conditions are observed.
• Safety Training and Communication: Plan, implement, conduct, or coordinate safety training, including OSHA 10, OSHA 30, Confined Space, CPR/First Aid, Fall Protection, PPE, and other construction or coatings-related training; identify safety training needs for coatings crews and other field personnel; learn, use, and train others on proper use of safety equipment; provide information, signs, posters, barriers, and other materials to warn of potential or actual safety hazards and prevent access; communicate safety expectations clearly and consistently across field teams, project teams, and leadership; support safety meetings, toolbox talks, orientations, and other jobsite safety communications.
• Incident Investigation, Reporting, and Corrective Action: Lead or support investigations of accidents, injuries, incidents, near misses, and unsafe conditions; cooperate in preparation of materials and evidence for organizational use in hearings, lawsuits, insurance investigations, or other related matters; compile and submit accident reports required by regulatory agencies; support incident reporting, root cause analysis, corrective action development, and follow-up; help identify near misses and report information to Safety leadership to support leading indicator tracking and