DIRECTOR HEALTH AND SAFETY

BLUROC LLC • Kalamazoo, MI

2d • $150,000 - $175,000

About The Position

The Director of Health and Safety manages safety and risk associated with construction projects and company operations. The role proactively plans, directs, and implements the company's safety program to support a safe, healthy, and accident-free work environment. The Director oversees Field Safety Managers, Coordinators, and the Communications & ESR Manager to help ensure construction operations protect employees, clients, subcontractors, and the general public.

The Director leads corporate safety and risk management, develops and implements enterprise-wide health, safety, and environmental strategies aligned with business goals, and ensures regulatory compliance. The position oversees incident investigations, risk assessments, safety budgets, workers’ compensation costs, and insurance risk; reports safety performance and risk exposure to executives; and builds organization-wide safety accountability through training, safety committees, and proactive hazard reporting. The role calls for strong leadership, communication, teamwork, and a commitment to enriching company culture.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Health and Safety, Safety Engineering, Environmental Health, or a related field.
• Minimum 10 years of occupational health and safety experience in an industrial environment.
• Extensive knowledge of current company safety policies and applicable OSHA standards.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to conduct training.
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Strong supervisory and leadership skills.
• Ability to navigate and relate to all levels of the organization, build rapport and constructive relationships, use diplomacy and tact, and defuse high-tension situations.
• Demonstrated integrity and trustworthiness, including communicating truthfully, maintaining confidentiality, and admitting mistakes.
• Ability to build a unified, productive, high-performing team, improve performance, and motivate others.
• Effective presentation skills in one-on-one, small-group, and large-group settings, both inside and outside the organization.
• Ability to partner with peers, cooperate, solve problems jointly, respond to accolades, and handle peer conflict.

Responsibilities

• Review, redesign as needed, and implement enterprise-wide health, safety, and environmental strategies aligned with business goals.
• Ensure adherence to OSHA, EPA, and applicable local, state, and provincial regulations.
• Oversee incident investigations, risk assessments, safety budgets, workers’ compensation costs, and insurance risk.
• Translate safety performance data, including incident rates and risk exposure, into executive-level business metrics.
• Build organization-wide safety accountability through training programs, safety committees, and proactive hazard reporting.
• Oversee Field Safety Managers, Coordinators, and the Communications & ESR Manager.
• Plan, direct, and implement the company safety program to support safe construction projects and company operations.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director