Senior Safety Representative

JOB SUMMARY

The Senior Safety Representative at Martin Marietta is a high-impact leadership role dedicated to advancing our world-class safety culture and achieving our collective "Journey to ZERO" incidents.

About the role

Serving as the ultimate champion of Martin Marietta’s foundational "Guardian Angel" safety culture, this role bridges senior safety strategy with daily field operations.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the visible, driving force behind Martin Marietta’s "Guardian Angel" philosophy, empowering every team member to take personal ownership of their safety and the safety of those around them.
• Conduct daily and weekly safety walk-throughs, site-wide audits, and housekeeping evaluations across plant facilities, shops, and quarries to eliminate physical, environmental, and behavioral hazards.
• Partner with operational leadership to coach and onboard new hires, contractors, and visitors via robust, site-specific safety orientations.
• Ensure full, uncompromised compliance with all applicable Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) and Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) regulations.
• Regularly review specialized site zones—such as truck washout areas, material tracking pads, stockpiles, and high-traffic zones—to verify adequate drainage, secure walking surfaces, proper structural integrity, and effective lighting.
• Oversee the rigorous testing, routine inventory, and proper maintenance of all facility safety devices, including personal protective equipment (PPE), fire suppression systems, spill kits, and specialized first-aid supplies.
• Continually evaluate site-specific trends and evolving operational footprints to author, update, and deploy standardized Safe Operating Procedures.
• Lead immediate response and thorough investigations into all site-level incidents and near-misses, utilizing structured root-cause methodologies to determine preventative actions.
• Track the lifecycle of all corrective and preventive activities to complete closure, issuing formal maintenance work orders for structural or mechanical safety concerns.
• Author and prepare accurate, timely technical health and safety reports for use by operations, engineering, and the corporate ESH hierarchy.
• Maintain absolute emergency readiness, providing rapid first-aid direction and organizing specialized mine rescue or emergency management teams as needed.
• Manage the safety check-in and compliance validation processes for all external parties, ensuring a safe transition from the facility gates to loading zones.
• As an operational bridge between sales teams, central dispatch, and field crews to optimize traffic control, manage equipment congestion, and maintain a safe velocity of site operations during high-volume periods.
• Gather proactive feedback from contractors and customers regarding site logistics and safety flow, translating these insights into actionable operational improvements.

Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Occupational Health & Safety, Environmental Safety, Industrial Hygiene, or relevant experience in lieu of a degree.
• Work Experience: 5+ years of Progressive Safety Management experience within Heavy Construction, Building Materials, Aggregates, or Mining environments.

Skills and Abilities

• Safety focused MSHA/OSHA compliance and regulations.
• Effective communication (written and spoken).
• Formal presentations.
• Planning.
• Worth ethic.
• Collaboration.
• Peer mentoring.

Additional Details

• Physical Requirements: Must be able to lift and carry up to 50 lbs. for plant maintenance and equipment servicing. Required to bend, stoop, climb, and reach. Must be able to maintain three points of contact when climbing on/off machinery or on ladders. Strong hand-eye-foot coordination is essential for operating hand/foot controls. Good depth perception with or without seeing aid for distances up to 150 feet. Travel: Expected travel 50%.
• Working Conditions: All duties require outside assignments and require periods of work in all weather conditions, cold, wet, dry and dusty. Must be able to work in areas where noise levels are up to 85 dbs.
• Hiring Range: The hiring range for this position is $92,000 - $130,000 exclusive of benefits or bonuses (discretionary and non-discretionary).

Benefits

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• Health Care Reimbursement Account
• Dependent Care Reimbursement Account
• Wellness Programs
• Employee Assistance Plan
• Paid Holidays and Vacation
• 401(k) with Company matching
• Pension

About Martin Marietta

American-based company and a leading supplier of heavy building materials – including aggregates, cement, ready-mixed concrete and asphalt. Through a network of operations spanning 28 states, Canada and the Bahamas, dedicated Martin Marietta teams supply the foundational resources upon which our communities thrive. Martin Marietta's Magnesia Specialties business produces high-purity magnesia and dolomitic lime products used worldwide in environmental, industrial, agricultural and specialty applications.