Vice President - Safety

Walbec Group•Waukesha, WI

About The Position

Walbec is seeking an enterprise safety executive to make protection of employees central to how the company leads, plans, invests, and operates. The Vice President of Safety will lead safety strategy across construction, materials production, transportation, and field operations, working closely with operational leaders to strengthen accountability, build trusted relationships in the field, and ensure employees have the support, information, and authority to work safely. The role is intended to help every team member return home with the same health and physical abilities they brought to work. The VP will connect long-term strategy with field execution, integrating risk prevention into business planning and operational decisions. The role will lead the Safety organization, guide technical programs and critical-risk controls, improve the use of safety data, and foster employee trust, reporting, stop-work decisions, and continuous improvement. The VP will partner with Operations, Human Resources, and other enterprise functions while maintaining technical occupational safety leadership; designated administrative compliance activities are managed through HR. Success will be measured by safety results as well as stronger planning, better decisions, more capable leaders, trustworthy information, and employees who know their concerns are heard and addressed. Regular travel to operating locations is expected.

Requirements

Progressive safety leadership experience in construction, materials, transportation, or similarly complex, high-hazard, multi-site operations.
Demonstrated ability to lead strategically, influence senior executives, develop teams, and build accountability across decentralized operations.
Strong knowledge of occupational safety, serious injury prevention, operational risk controls, and regulatory requirements.
Experience using data, management systems, and organizational change to deliver measurable, lasting improvements.
Credibility with field employees and the judgment to address difficult safety and production decisions constructively.
A bachelor’s degree in a related discipline or equivalent relevant experience.
Willingness to travel regularly to operating locations.

Nice To Haves

Experience in heavy civil construction, asphalt, aggregate, paving, traffic control, or vertically integrated operations.
Certified Safety Professional (CSP) credential or comparable credential.

Responsibilities

Set a compelling safety vision and integrate risk prevention into business planning, capital decisions, estimating, scheduling, staffing, and operational priorities.
Partner with executives, managers, supervisors, and crews to strengthen ownership of safe execution and resolve production pressures and planning gaps before they expose people to risk.
Guide technical safety programs, critical-risk controls, incident learning, regulatory safety obligations, and appropriate escalation of serious hazards.
Develop an effective Safety organization with clear accountability, strong field presence, consistent technical standards, and a coaching-oriented service model.
Improve the reliability and use of safety information, leading indicators, incident insights, and performance reporting to focus effort where it matters most.
Build employee trust, encourage reporting and stop-work decisions, turn feedback into improvements, and sustain change across business units.
Partner with Operations, Human Resources, and other enterprise functions while maintaining technical occupational safety leadership.

Benefits

Competitive compensation aligned with industry standards.
Employer-paid medical plan with HRA contribution, subject to eligibility requirements.
Dental, vision, and life insurance.
Flexible Spending Account (FSA).
Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
Company-paid short- and long-term disability coverage.
Paid parental leave.
Generous PTO and paid holidays.
Profit sharing.
Walbec training and professional development program.
Ongoing career growth opportunities.