About This Role
This role involves developing, maintaining, and managing safety and loss prevention programs for the company. The Safety Director educates and coaches employees on OSHA, state, local, and owner safety requirements, acts as a Safety Coordinator with clients and subcontractors, and manages cases for injured employees.
Responsibilities
- Develop, maintain, and manage safety and loss prevention programs for the Company
- Coach and provide information to project managers, engineers, site supervisors, and employees regarding OSHA, state, local, and owner safety requirements and compliance
- Respond to requests for on-site assistance
- Consult with the Director of Field Resources on safety issues related to the acquisition, maintenance, inspection, and record-keeping for tools and equipment
- Conduct on-site safety audits, identify hazards, recommend corrective action, and document audits with written reports on every major job not less than once per quarter
- Write site-specific safety and safety training plans; identify hazards unique to the scope of work, work site, or client; identify hazard controls; ensure crew is trained on the plan; and verify that content was learned by the crew
- Manage cases for injured employees; ensure prompt, competent medical treatment; work with healthcare providers and insurance companies to ensure quality care for the employee while minimizing costs and impact to EMR and OSHA statistics; and close cases as soon as possible
- Conduct a review of all outstanding workman's compensation cases and related reserves before data is reported to NCCI for MOD determination
- Track ongoing workman's compensation litigation against the Company
- Manage OSHA inspections and answer OSHA Citations as required
- Conduct accident investigations and document in writing; determine root cause(s) and ancillary causal factors; recommend and implement actions to prevent recurrence; and develop plans and procedures to implement identified corrective action(s)
- Act as Safety Coordinator for CANCO with client project management and safety directors
- Act as Safety Coordinator for CANCO with subcontractor project management and safety directors
- Complete the safety portion of prequalification questionnaires and assist subcontractors as required with owner-required safety qualification
- Administer and manage tracking of safety incentive programs
- Develop Company safety training subjects and material
- Train all employees in up-to-date safety methods/procedures, hazard recognition and mitigation, safety processes, regulatory requirements, and use of safety equipment
- Identify site-specific and customer-specific safety training needs, schedule training sessions on (and ensure attendance at) safety-related issues and topics pertinent to scopes of work
