Safety Director

About This Role

Serving as a Safety Director, you will provide strategic leadership for safety, focusing on people, planning, and performance across manufacturing, fabrication, warehouse, maintenance, and support operations. This role is responsible for developing leaders, strengthening safety culture, and ensuring safety is proactively integrated into daily operations. The Safety Director drives alignment between safety and production through planning, operational engagement, and the implementation of effective controls to manage risk while supporting business objectives.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership and vision for safety culture, expectations, and performance across fabrication, manufacturing, warehouse, and support operations, with emphasis on Serious Injury and Fatality (SIF) prevention and high-consequence risk management
• Develop and lead safety professionals, supervisors, and operational leaders to build a strong culture of accountability, engagement, and continuous improvement
• Partner with operations, maintenance, engineering, quality, and executive leadership to align safety initiatives with production goals and business objectives
• Influence facility operations, process improvements, equipment installations, and workplace design to ensure hazards are identified and mitigated early through effective planning and risk assessment
• Drive consistency in how safety is planned, communicated, and executed across departments, reinforcing proactive hazard identification and safe work practices
• Lead organizational alignment, communication, and accountability around safety performance, with a focus on reducing high-risk exposures and strengthening a learning culture
• Oversee incident investigations, trend analysis, corrective actions, and organizational learning, ensuring findings are translated into sustainable process improvements
• Provide guidance on complex and high-risk operations including machine guarding, lockout/tagout (LOTO), crane and rigging activities, powered industrial trucks, hot work, confined space entry, welding operations, and material handling
• Ensure compliance with OSHA regulations and company safety standards while proactively identifying opportunities to exceed regulatory requirements
• Build and maintain strong relationships with employees, leadership teams, regulatory agencies, customers, and external partners
• Lead talent development, succession planning, and long-term growth of safety personnel and operational leaders
• Serve as a subject matter expert and strategic safety resource, providing guidance on risk management, operational safety, regulatory compliance, and best practices
• Identify and drive continuous improvement through safety metrics, audits, field observations, employee feedback, and innovation
• Support emergency preparedness, response planning, and business continuity efforts for the facility