Senior Safety Manager, Data Centers

About the role

This position works with Superintendents, Project Managers and Project Executives to take a leadership role in the administration, direction, and implementation of corporate safety and health policies and procedures. Suffolk is seeking bold, curious, innovative, and caring people ready for the career opportunity of a lifetime. You’ll be challenged and inspired to be your very best, with your unique qualities embraced and uplifted as you take chances. Here, you’ll act with purpose and integrity, bringing intelligence and grit to every aspect of your job.

Responsibilities

• Create, communicate, enforce, and identify opportunities for improvements in corporate safety programs
• Mentor and supervise Safety Managers as required by the Regional Safety Director
• Provide administrative expertise related to project-specific safety document storage in OnTrac
• Coordinate, schedule, and facilitate subcontractors
• Lead Pre-Construction Safety Planning Meetings as a resource for field operations with compliance on Federal (OSHA) and state as well as local safety and health regulations, including NFPA and JCAHO Standards
• Review all Subcontractors’ Site Specific Safety Programs and Job Hazard Analysis prior to Subcontractor mobilization
• Conduct regularly scheduled site evaluations using Predictive Solutions software; follow up and track corrections to deficiencies
• Periodically attend and monitor Tool Box Talks conducted by subcontractors to assure documentation and quality
• Perform root cause and accident investigation techniques in the event of a job site accident, including collection of Suffolk Safety and Health standard incident reporting forms and documentation working closely with Risk Managers
• Actively coordinate with the Regional Risk Manager for identification of claims trends and proactive risk management planning
• Enforce documentation from all subcontractors on the proper training of their employees as related to their scope of work
• Conduct training for OSHA 10 or 30 Hour, HAZWOPER, and other safety-related topics

Qualifications

• 5+ years of related work experience in the field of Construction Health and Safety
• Working knowledge of Federal and State safety and health regulations, as well as local building code issues for safety and health
• Bachelor’s degree in Construction or Safety preferred but not required
• Qualified OSHA Construction Industry Outreach Trainer
• Professional CHST certification
• Demonstrated leadership with construction and safety technologies and practices
• Willingness to provide best-in-class customer service
• Trained as a CPR Instructor (training is provided)
• Completed required internal training with the Learning and Development team
• Excellent oral and written communication and interpersonal skills
• Strong planning, problem-solving, and troubleshooting skills
• Collaborative and positive in directing people
• Capacity to coordinate efforts with field staff and external partners
• Meticulous attention to detail
• Ability to make decisions promptly and with confidence
• Sound business judgment
• Highly organized, able to prioritize and multitask
• Ability to manage and embrace change; respond and adapt to new processes and new ways of looking at old problems
• Must possess Suffolk’s Core Values: Passion, Integrity, Hard Work, Professionalism, and Caring

Working Conditions

• The employee is regularly required to sit for long periods; talk or hear; perform fine motor, hand and finger skills in the use of a keyboard, telephone, or writing
• Frequently required to stand; walk; and reach with arms and/or hands
• Specific vision abilities include close vision, distance vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus
• Time is spent in an office environment with a quiet to moderate noise level, with occasional job site walking