Vp Of Operations Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• 7 to 10 years of progressive safety or EHS experience in electrical services, power systems, industrial maintenance, or field service environments
• Strong working knowledge of OSHA regulations
• Strong working knowledge of NFPA 70E and electrical safety practices
• Experience with high voltage and medium voltage equipment environments
• Understanding of NETA field service operations
• Demonstrated experience supporting multi site, field based organizations
• Proven ability to influence frontline employees, supervisors, and senior leadership
• Practical, operations oriented mindset
• Detail oriented, organized, team focused, and able to work at a fast pace
• Electrical and arc flash safety expertise
• Strong communication and training skills
• Data driven risk assessment and reporting ability
• Ability to balance compliance requirements with operational efficiency
• Credibility with technicians, supervisors, executives, and customer stakeholders
• Strong organizational skills and excellent attention to detail
• Clear written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to organize and write procedures in a logical and methodical manner
• Good time management skills with the ability to multitask
• Ability to work well in a team environment
• Ability to maintain confidential information
• Proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel, Access, and PowerPoint

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor’s degree in Safety, Engineering, Industrial Technology, or a related field
• CSP, CHST, OSHA 30, OSHA 500, or related safety certification
• Experience supporting PEARL or NETA accredited organizations
• Experience in a private equity backed or multi operating company environment

Responsibilities

• Establish and maintain a company wide safety management system aligned with OSHA, NFPA, NETA, PEARL, and applicable state and federal regulations
• Serve as the corporate subject matter expert for electrical safety, arc flash mitigation, energized work practices, and high voltage service environments
• Set safety strategy, annual objectives, KPIs, and continuous improvement initiatives across Group CBS businesses
• Provide safety performance reporting to executive leadership and private equity stakeholders
• Monitor regulatory and industry standard changes and update policies as needed
• Develop and support safety programs for PEARL certified breaker repair and reconditioning shops
• Support safety practices for NETA field testing, commissioning, and maintenance services
• Support CBS ArcSafe remote racking systems, demonstrations, and customer facing activities
• Support vacuum interrupter handling, testing, and replacement activities
• Ensure proper controls for energized work, lockout tagout, confined space, fall protection, crane and rigging, and high risk electrical tasks
• Partner with operations leaders to embed safety into SOPs, work instructions, and day to day execution
• Conduct field visits and attend major outages, projects, and customer sites to observe work practices, coach teams, and reinforce expectations
• Support outage leadership with job hazard analysis, pre job planning, and dynamic risk assessments
• Lead internal and external safety audits and inspections
• Support PEARL, NETA, and customer safety audits, including documentation, corrective actions, and follow up
• Maintain OSHA logs, incident records, and regulatory filings
• Own and maintain corporate and business unit safety manuals
• Ensure safety documentation is consistent, controlled, current, and aligned across operating companies while allowing for operational differences where appropriate
• Lead incident reporting, investigation, root cause analysis, and corrective action implementation
• Track and analyze safety metrics, near misses, and leading indicators
• Identify systemic risks and implement controls to reduce recordable incidents and lost time events
• Promote stronger near miss reporting, corrective action closure, and continuous safety improvement
• Develop and deliver safety training for field technicians, shop personnel, supervisors, and leadership
• Ensure consistent onboarding and refresher training related to electrical safety, arc flash, PPE, and hazard recognition
• Build training that goes beyond compliance and includes leadership behaviors, hazard recognition, human performance principles, and safe decision making
• Coach supervisors and frontline leaders on safety ownership, accountability, and behavior based safety practices
• Promote a proactive safety culture built around accountability, learning, and continuous improvement
• Collaborate with Quality, Engineering, HR, and Operations to align safety with operational excellence
• Support customer facing safety requirements and contractor safety coordination
• Assist with pre job safety planning for customer sites, outages, and field projects
• May be modified from time to time. Other duties, tasks, and work may be assigned