About This Role
This Safety Director position involves planning and implementing the company's safety program across all locations and jobsites, ensuring a safe, productive, healthy, and accident-free work environment. The role requires partnering with all areas of the business and managing a team of safety professionals to carry out the program.
Responsibilities
- Drive workplace safety
- Collaborate with Evergreen leaders to develop safety solutions
- Develop strategies, policies, and programs to instill a safe culture
- Collaborate with Heritage Construction & Materials and related companies on required safety initiatives
- Develop metrics for measuring the effectiveness of safety initiatives
- Conduct and coordinate noise and dust monitoring
- Maintain hearing conservation program
- Oversee radiation safety program
- Serve on necessary safety committees and other Heritage safety teams/committees as appropriate
- Promote safety and health awareness through internal company memoranda, newsletters, and specific training programs
- Lead the safety department
- Mentor safety staff and ensure their professional development
- Support employee involvement and assume a leadership role in developing a positive work environment
- Monitor and maintain compliance with DOT, OSHA, EPA, IDOT, and other regulatory agencies
- Coordinate all safety/regulatory compliance measures throughout all office and construction sites in Illinois, Indiana, and Michigan and ensure all requirements are implemented
- Develop current and comprehensive knowledge of all applicable state, federal, and local health and safety regulations/laws/requirements affecting the business, including environmental, health, and safety
- Create and file all required reports
- Conduct job site internal audits
- Identify and evaluate risk hazards and develop proper measures of control
- Develop and coordinate health and safety training for orientation, refreshers, and annual training
- Identify safety training needs and develop training curriculum
- Ensure required training is conducted; develop an annual schedule
- Periodically review and update safety training materials
- Oversee incident response
- Partner with onsite/plant managers to conduct investigations and analysis of safety incidents
- Identify root cause of incidents and implement corrective action
- Complete required reporting for OSHA, HCM, THG, and other entities
- Act as a liaison with claims processors, medical personnel, and insurance claims adjusters, as needed
- Maintain highest levels of confidentiality
