Safety Manager (Federal Division)

Granite Construction • Sacramento, CA

1d • Onsite

About The Position

The position is responsible for developing and managing the Safety and Health Management System, and the corresponding laws that relate to the safety of our work, for an assigned Region in a manner consistent with company policies and procedures.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Safety, Occupational Health or related field required
• Minimum 5 years of experience in construction related safety environment, required.
• Extensive knowledge of Fall Protection and Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Device (MUTCD) standards
• Extensive knowledge of Construction Safety Orders
• Extensive knowledge of Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations
• Extensive knowledge of OHSAS 18001
• Knowledge of EM 385-1-1
• Working knowledge of OSHA, MSHA and other state and federal agency guidelines
• Excellent communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills
• Ability to teach, mentor and lead
• Ability to work in high production environment (50+ hours/week, including nights and weekends are expected) and respond quickly and effectively under pressure and deadlines
• Ability to make independent judgments to manage and facilitate company programs/policies as they relate to the safety of our work
• Ability to abide by and enforce the Company’s Code of Conduct

Nice To Haves

• Certified Health and Safety Technician (CHST), Certified Safety Professional (CSP) or Certified Mine and Safety Professional (CMSP) certification preferred
• Bi-lingual a plus.

Responsibilities

• Supervise, develop and manage other safety professionals under their area of responsibility to ensure the effective administration of the Company’s incident prevention efforts.
• Administer, direct and manage compliance with the company safety program and Regional incident prevention efforts to ensure company safety goals are met.
• Provide a strategic vision for creating safe work areas for affected employees and the general public to promote safety and welfare.
• Develop, organize and implement safety related programs that meet or exceed company safety standards to ensure general safety of all work.
• Initiate, perform, and document jobsite inspections and audits with special emphasis on hazard recognition, unsafe behaviors and correction of potential third party, asset loss and workers compensation losses to facilitate the implementation of corrections/behaviors.
• Initiate, coordinate and conduct safety meetings and training programs to ensure the effective communication of company policy and safety standards.
• Coordinate and participate in regulatory agency inspections and investigations to ensure compliance with federal and state regulations.
• Coordinate and control the development and review of job hazard analysis for each major phase of our work to ensure its safe completion.
• Investigate, prepare and maintain a record of all third party, asset loss and workers compensation claim to make certain that the interests of the company are preserved.
• Follow up with the corporate insurance department as regards to high value insurance claims, to ensure that documentary information has been collected, secured, and preserved so that claims will be resolved in a timely manner as required at the local office.
• Ability to instruct front line supervisors in the details of the work they perform (by enforcement) to improve safety performance.

Benefits

• paid holidays
• sick leave
• medical
• dental
• vision
• life insurance
• disability insurance
• flexible spending plans
• musculoskeletal health programs
• mental wellness programs
• two PPO medical plans through Anthem BlueCross
• Health Savings Account (HSA) or a Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
• 100% match on the first 6% of eligible compensation that salaried employees defer into their 401(k) plans, which vests immediately.

What This Job Offers

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