Overview:
The Safety Director job includes producing and coordinating health and safety programs which ensures a safe workplace and promotes health and safety awareness throughout the workforce. The individual in this position must understand and be able to handle sensitive and confidential information appropriately.
Responsibilities:
- Ensure that employee concerns are dealt with appropriately and track issues to completion.
- Promote health and safety goals and objectives with divisions and employees.
- Continuously maintain positive safety influence by recognizing employees who exhibit safe behaviors.
- Assist in performing incident investigations, root cause analysis, and incident reviews.
- Develop and present health and safety related topics in safety meetings, new hire training, and refresher training.
- Demonstrate safe behaviors and coach others to improve overall safety performance.
- Evaluate hazardous conditions and practices to develop controls or mitigations as they arise.
- Assist with emergency response planning and training.
- Maintain knowledge of latest OSHA and other pertinent regulatory rules through ongoing training and seminars.
- Develop, review, and update safety programs and policies.
- Monitor all worker compensation claims associated with assigned projects.
- Work with Safety team and managers to inspect equipment and machinery to observe and correct any unsafe conditions.
- Prepare and conduct training sessions for all employees.
- Conduct safety meetings, field audits, and inspections to ensure compliance, evaluate performance, identify corrective action and implement safe practices.
Requirements:
- Associate or Bachelor Degree in Health Safety field or equivalent combination of experience and training preferred
- Excellent verbal and written communication
- Proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel and Outlook
- Knowledge of OSHA/DOT regulations
- Detail oriented with the ability to prioritize and meet deadlines
- Ability to work in a collaborative team environment
- Previous employment in the Construction industry preferred
For additional information:
Stephen S. Stauffer
Phone: 610-421-1225
Email: S.Stauffer@UnitedEmployment.com
