Regional Director Safety, Health & Env

Baker Construction • Houston, TX

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About The Position

The Regional Director of Safety, Health & Environment promotes the Company’s IIF culture and supports the goal of ensuring every co-worker returns home safely each night. The role is expected to spend at least 70% of the time in the field observing and coaching co-workers and safety professionals on correcting unsafe conditions and behaviors, recognizing positive behavior, answering safety questions, and sharing lessons learned. The Director uses leading indicators to influence safety direction, embeds with project teams, and takes a hands-on approach to improving project safety, quality, and productivity (SQP), while providing safety support to business units.

The position supports regional project compliance with safety rules and regulations, promotes a consistent IIF culture, and oversees incident case management. It works with field supervision, safety professionals, regional leaders, project teams, corporate safety, medical providers, and management to implement safety practices, training, corrective actions, and transitional work programs.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering, Construction Management, or Environmental, Health and Safety (EHS) from an accredited college or university.
• At least a certificate in a related field, or construction experience with OSHA 500.
• At least 8 years of construction experience, or at least 6 years of construction safety experience, including internship experience.
• Ability to read and comprehend safety rules and follow written routine correspondence.
• Ability to interpret instructions provided in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
• Working knowledge of common regulations for the concrete construction industry.
• Ability to listen to and analyze information.
• Ability to communicate with co-workers in a team environment, including through Toolbox Talks and safety meetings.
• Ability to present information to clinics and/or doctors about care provided to injured co-workers.
• Ability to communicate and present to a diverse audience, including associations, clients, managers, and the Executive Leadership Team.
• Ability to apply fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations.
• Ability to analyze and compute mathematical values for load charts and rigging calculations.
• Ability to understand and apply Cost Accounting.

Nice To Haves

• Certification from a Professional Safety Organization.
• Proficiency in Spanish.

Responsibilities

• Read, interpret, and apply OSHA regulations to the scope of work.
• Ensure regional co-workers attend IIF orientation and that Leads and Keys complete required training, including Supervisory Skills Training, OSHA 30, and MTA training.
• Assist field supervision and safety professionals with implementing project-specific safety plans.
• Develop and maintain required safety records, including hazard communication manuals, training records, and emergency action plans.
• Immediately notify Corporate Safety when OSHA personnel arrive on site.
• Periodically conduct safety reviews of project sites and complete at least one safety report per month.
• Conduct co-worker safety training and certifications where required, including fall protection, rigging, equipment operation, confined space, and Haz-Com.
• Serve as the point person for bringing compliance violations to closure.
• Develop, promote, and practice continuous IIF improvement and learning across organizational functions.
• Ensure regional leaders take a consistent and unified approach to promoting the IIF culture.
• Observe and coach co-workers responsible for Mission Task Analyses (MTAs) and Toolbox Talks to ensure they are completed effectively.
• Participate in developing company-wide safety practices and implement them within the region.
• Identify unsafe conditions and behaviors and coach co-workers to eliminate them.
• Define and communicate a consistent, dynamic vision for IIF Safety to internal and external customers, including through presentations and speaking engagements.
• Develop, use, and maintain region-wide systems for sharing ideas, information, learning, and best practices.
• Participate in project transitions with regional management to identify project-specific safety and IIF cultural responsibilities and develop them into a working plan.
• Identify and implement recognition and reward programs that motivate co-workers to live the IIF culture.
• Oversee or conduct job-site incident investigations to identify root causes and communicate findings to regional management.
• Participate in weekly incident review calls and communicate incident review summaries to safety professionals.
• Participate in developing company-wide incident trend and leading-indicator analyses, planning, and corrective-action implementation.
• Notify the corporate physician and Company management as appropriate.
• Communicate the Company Transitional Work Program to treating physicians and clinics and explore alternative treatment options.
• Ensure project safety professionals use the Transitional Work Program for injured co-workers until they are fully released.

Benefits

• Medical insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Life insurance
• Retirement savings plans
• Other company-sponsored benefit programs, subject to plan terms and eligibility requirements

What This Job Offers

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