Regional Operations Safety Manager

GRAYMAR ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES LLC•Meridian, CA

6d•Hybrid

About The Position

GrayMar Environmental Services is seeking a Regional Operations Safety Manager to lead the field implementation of Health and Safety (H&S) programs. This role supports environmental and hazardous materials emergency response, industrial services, environmental remediation, and hazardous waste transportation and disposal. The position involves providing operational safety support, coordinating training, managing site-level programs, conducting audits, implementing corrective actions, and ensuring workforce competency in collaboration with operations teams and corporate H&S. The Regional Operations Safety Manager reports directly to the Senior Vice President of Operations.

Requirements

Thorough understanding of OSHA, DOT, and RCRA regulations
Comprehensive knowledge in HAZWOPER and environmental industry, specific to environmental remediation, industrial services, emergency response and hazardous waste transportation and disposal
Experience in field safety leadership, hazard recognition, and operational risk control.
Knowledge in Job safety planning, audit execution, incident support, corrective action tracking, and safety documentation management.
Effective communication with field teams, branch and regional leadership, Corporate H&S, customers, and regulators.
Practical problem-solving across multiple sites with consistent follow-up and professional documentation.
Excellent customer service skills to understand and meet customer needs.
Proficiency in conflict management
Bachelor’s degree in: Occupational Health and Safety, Environmental Science, Engineering, or related field preferred; equivalent field safety experience may be considered.
Minimum of 5 years of safety experience in environmental industry, specific to environmental remediation, industrial services, emergency response and hazardous waste transportation and disposal
Working knowledge of OSHA 29 CFR 1910, 1926, 1904, applicable state plan requirements, and customer safety requirements.
Experience with field audits, facility audits, tailgate audits, risk assessments, corrective action follow-up, training delivery, and LMS tracking.
CSP, ASP, CHST, CIH, OHST, or related safety credentials.
Current and clean driving record
3+ years of experience with computer applications, including Outlook, Teams, Word, Acrobat and Excel

Responsibilities

Provide health and safety leadership and directions to assigned region and model GrayMar Values.
Ensure each employee is prepared and educated in safe work practices.
Implement approved H&S programs at the field, facility, and regional operations level.
Support site-specific safety planning, job walks, JHAs, JSPs, project safety plans, proposals, and customer safety requirements.
Provide in-person project safety support when required by job scope, risk level, customer expectation, or operational need.
Conduct facility, field, and tailgate safety audits; document findings and verify corrective action closure.
Support incident investigations through report collection, interviews, data gathering, root cause support, and corrective action documentation.
Manage training delivery, LMS completion tracking, onboarding, refresher training, customer-required training, and workforce competency support.
Reinforce Stop Work Authority, near-miss reporting, employee participation, and a non-retaliatory safety culture.
Provide field documentation and support for insurance, TPA, customer compliance, regulatory support, and safety performance reporting as requested.
Monitor safety trends, audit results, training completion, and corrective action status to support continuous improvement.
Respond to emergencies as needed, 24/7, including holidays, nights and weekends.
Travel for emergency responses and scheduled work.
Perform other related duties as assigned.