Senior Safety Representative

Martin Marietta•Merced, CA

1d•$92,000 - $130,000•Onsite

About The Position

The Senior Safety Representative at Martin Marietta is a high-impact leadership role dedicated to advancing our world-class safety culture and achieving our collective "Journey to ZERO" incidents. Serving as the ultimate champion of Martin Marietta’s foundational "Guardian Angel" safety culture, this role bridges senior safety strategy with daily field operations. As a senior-level professional, you will be responsible for providing technical safety expertise, mentoring site personnel, and ensuring absolute operational compliance with MSHA, OSHA, and company standards across multiple facilities, plants, or quarries. This position balances highly visible proactive field leadership with rigorous data-driven risk mitigation, ensuring that every employee, contractor, and visitor returns home safely at the end of every shift.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Occupational Health & Safety, Environmental Safety, Industrial Hygiene, or relevant experience in lieu of a degree.
5+ years of Progressive Safety Management experience within Heavy Construction, Building Materials, Aggregates, or Mining environments.
Safety focused
MSHA/OSHA compliance and regulations
Effective communicator (written and spoken)
Formal presentations
Planning
Worth ethic
Collaboration
Peer mentoring

Responsibilities

Serve as the visible, driving force behind Martin Marietta’s "Guardian Angel" philosophy, empowering every team member to take personal ownership of their safety and the safety of those around them.
Conduct daily and weekly safety walk-throughs, site-wide audits, and housekeeping evaluations across plant facilities, shops, and quarries to eliminate physical, environmental, and behavioral hazards.
Partner with operational leadership to coach and onboard new hires, contractors, and visitors via robust, site-specific safety orientations.
Ensure full, uncompromised compliance with all applicable Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) and Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) regulations.
Regularly review specialized site zones—such as truck washout areas, material tracking pads, stockpiles, and high-traffic zones—to verify adequate drainage, secure walking surfaces, proper structural integrity, and effective lighting.
Oversee the rigorous testing, routine inventory, and proper maintenance of all facility safety devices, including personal protective equipment (PPE), fire suppression systems, spill kits, and specialized first-aid supplies.
Continually evaluate site-specific trends and evolving operational footprints to author, update, and deploy standardized Safe Operating Procedures.
Lead immediate response and thorough investigations into all site-level incidents and near-misses, utilizing structured root-cause methodologies to determine preventative actions.
Track the lifecycle of all corrective and preventive activities to complete closure, issuing formal maintenance work orders for structural or mechanical safety concerns.
Author and prepare accurate, timely technical health and safety reports for use by operations, engineering, and the corporate ESH hierarchy.
Maintain absolute emergency readiness, providing rapid first-aid direction and organizing specialized mine rescue or emergency management teams as needed.
Manage the safety check-in and compliance validation processes for all external parties, ensuring a safe transition from the facility gates to loading zones.
Act as an operational bridge between sales teams, central dispatch, and field crews to optimize traffic control, manage equipment congestion, and maintain a safe velocity of site operations during high-volume periods.
Gather proactive feedback from contractors and customers regarding site logistics and safety flow, translating these insights into actionable operational improvements.