Safety Manager
About The Position
The Safety Director will join the hiring client's leadership team and lead the day to day safety operation for active utility work while supporting consistent standards, reporting, compliance, and field performance across Colorado. The role partners with executive leadership, operations, construction management, utility customers, subcontractors, and field teams to deliver safe and successful projects. This is an active operational leadership position. The successful candidate will balance program strategy with regular field engagement, team development, accountability, and practical problem solving.
Requirements
- Leadership and oversight for transmission, distribution, and substation construction and maintenance activities.
- Lead daily safety operations for overhead and underground utility work, substation work, EPC delivery, new construction, and maintenance projects.
- Directly manage 12 to 15 safety professionals, including regional safety leadership.
- Establish clear expectations for performance and accountability.
- Mentor, coach, and develop safety personnel.
- Build a capable, consistent, and engaged safety team.
- Partner with executive leadership, operations, construction management, and utility customers to integrate safety into planning, execution, and project delivery.
- Ensure compliance with OSHA requirements, utility customer standards, company policies, and project-specific safety expectations.
- Lead or oversee field audits, risk assessments, incident investigations, root cause analysis, corrective actions, and lessons learned.
- Evaluate safety performance data and field trends.
- Communicate practical findings and implement measurable improvement actions.
- Support major utility capital programs involving multiple projects, contractors, and subcontractors.
- Maintain strong working relationships.
- Serve as a visible and credible safety leader engaging executives, utility customers, project managers, superintendents, contractors, and craft personnel.
Responsibilities
- Provide leadership and oversight for transmission, distribution, and substation construction and maintenance activities throughout Colorado.
- Lead daily safety operations supporting overhead and underground utility work, substation work, EPC delivery, new construction, and maintenance projects.
- Directly manage approximately 12 to 15 safety professionals, including regional safety leadership, and establish clear expectations for performance and accountability.
- Mentor, coach, and develop safety personnel while building a capable, consistent, and engaged safety team.
- Partner with the hiring client's executive leadership, operations, construction management, and utility customers to integrate safety into planning, execution, and project delivery.
- Ensure compliance with OSHA requirements, utility customer standards, the hiring client's policies, and project specific safety expectations.
- Lead or oversee field audits, risk assessments, incident investigations, root cause analysis, corrective actions, and lessons learned.
- Evaluate safety performance data and field trends, communicate practical findings, and implement measurable improvement actions.
- Support major utility capital programs involving multiple projects, contractors, and subcontractors while maintaining strong working relationships.
- Serve as a visible and credible safety leader who can engage executives, utility customers, project managers, superintendents, contractors, and craft personnel.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
Education Level
No Education Listed
