About This Role
Leading safety efforts across the Wasatch Front is the core of the Safety Manager role at Suncore. This position is more than just compliance; it involves partnering with operational leaders, mentoring a team of safety professionals, and fostering a culture where safety is a shared responsibility.
Responsibilities
- Lead and develop safety professionals by coaching, mentoring, and supporting your team while establishing clear expectations and promoting professional growth.
- Partner with operational leadership to build strong relationships with project and field leaders, integrating safety into daily operations, reinforcing accountability, and driving a proactive safety culture.
- Strengthen safety programs by developing, implementing, evaluating, and continuously improving safety policies, procedures, training, and risk mitigation strategies.
- Provide hands-on field support by regularly visiting project sites to conduct safety inspections, review pre-task plans and job hazard analyses, assess trenching and excavation activities, and support safe work practices.
- Lead incident investigations and prevention efforts by identifying root causes, recommending corrective actions, and using lessons learned to prevent future incidents.
- Ensure regulatory compliance by serving as a trusted resource on applicable OSHA, FMCSA/DOT, MSHA, workers’ compensation, and injury case management requirements.
- Use data to drive improvement by monitoring safety trends, evaluating performance, identifying emerging risks, and implementing targeted initiatives to reduce incidents and improve outcomes.
- Champion continuous improvement by promoting Suncore’s values, strengthening communication across teams, and ensuring safety remains central to how work is planned and executed.
Requirements
- At least three years of experience supporting projects of similar size and construction type.
- Demonstrated knowledge of OSHA or equivalent state-plan regulations and FMCSA regulations.
- Experience with injury case management and workers’ compensation regulations.
- Hands-on experience with safety inspections, pre-task plans, job hazard analyses, trenching and excavation inspections, confined space entry permits, incident investigations, root cause analysis, and other core safety processes.
- Completion of the OSHA 30-Hour Construction course within the last three years.
- At least one of the following safety credentials or educational qualifications:
- Certified Safety Professional (CSP)
- Associate Safety Professional (ASP)
- Construction Health and Safety Technologist (CHST)
- Occupational Health and Safety Technologist (OHST)
- Graduate or Chartered Member of the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH)
