Director, Safety System & Program Excellence

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About The Position

The Director, Safety System & Program Excellence provides strategic leadership, governance, and continuous improvement for the MasTec Power Delivery Safety Management System (SMS). The role owns the segment’s safety systems, programs, standards, reporting, operational assessments, and supporting processes to promote safety excellence across business units. The Director leads the development, implementation, maintenance, and optimization of safety programs, policies, standards, work practices, information systems, analytics, and compliance processes. Working with operations, safety leaders, training teams, human resources, claims management, IT, vendors, and executive leadership, this position supports consistent safety execution and uses data, technology, and continuous improvement to reduce risk and improve organizational performance. The role also leads a team focused on systems, analytics, training, compliance, and program excellence. Success includes maintaining an effective safety management system; delivering timely, actionable analytics; improving system utilization, data quality, and process efficiency; strengthening corrective-action closure and effectiveness; improving onboarding and training; standardizing policies and governance; and executing strategic safety projects.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Occupational Safety, Engineering, Industrial Management, Business Administration, Information Systems, or a related field.
At least 10 years of progressive experience in safety, operational excellence, systems management, or program management.
At least 5 years of leadership experience managing teams and enterprise-level initiatives.
Demonstrated experience administering safety management systems and enterprise software platforms.
Strong understanding of incident management, safety analytics, auditing, corrective action management, and risk reduction principles.
Advanced proficiency in data analysis, dashboard development, KPI management, and business reporting.
Experience developing policies, standards, procedures, and governance processes.
Strong project management and change management capabilities.
Excellent communication, presentation, and stakeholder management skills.

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree in a related discipline.
CSP, ASP, CUSP, CHST, PMP, Lean Six Sigma, or similar professional certification.
Experience in electric utility, power delivery, transmission, distribution, renewable energy, telecommunications, or heavy construction industries.
Experience implementing workflow automation and digital transformation initiatives.
Knowledge of OSHA, DOT, utility industry standards, and safety management systems frameworks.

Responsibilities

Own and administer the MasTec Power Delivery Safety Management System and establish governance for its implementation and continuous improvement.
Develop, maintain, and deploy HSE policies, standards, work practices, procedures, guidance documents, and safety communications, including recognition bulletins, alerts, and lessons learned.
Promote consistency and integration of safety programs across operating companies and regions.
Provide strategic and functional oversight of the Safety Information Management System, including configuration, administration, optimization, access controls, weekly data imports, hierarchy maintenance, workflows, troubleshooting, and support.
Partner with IT, software vendors, and stakeholders on system reliability, data integrity, usability, enhancements, and future-state improvements.
Develop and maintain safety scorecards, dashboards, executive reporting, KPIs, standardized reporting methods, and data-quality practices.
Analyze trends and emerging risks, provide actionable insights, and support operational reporting, performance reviews, strategic planning, and continuous improvement.
Design and maintain safety workflows, forms, automations, and business processes; lead module development, project buildouts, system enhancements, quality assurance, testing, validation, deployment, and change management.
Improve New Hire Orientation curriculum and materials, oversee instructional design, conduct training audits, evaluate effectiveness, and support consistent safety onboarding and employee development.
Oversee claims tracking and provide analytical support for incident and injury management; support investigations through data management, trend analysis, and documentation reviews.
Maintain organizational structures, reporting hierarchies, and workforce data in safety systems; administer compliance activities and develop processes for regulatory compliance, reporting, and recordkeeping.
Oversee the Performance Standard Assessment program, field audits, operational assessments, system reviews, and assurance activities; monitor corrective actions through closure and analyze findings for systemic improvements.
Lead special projects supporting safety strategy and operational priorities; develop handbooks, SOPs, guidance documents, management resources, executive presentations, performance reviews, and strategic communications.
Support electrical safety assessments and high-risk work evaluations; provide leadership-requested operational and organizational change support and promote innovation and best-practice adoption.
Build, develop, and lead a high-performing team; set expectations and accountability measures; foster operational excellence, ownership, innovation, and continuous improvement.
Partner with operational leaders to support field execution and influence organizational strategy through data-driven recommendations and technical expertise.