Health & Safety Director

As a valued member of our team, the Health & Safety Director will provide strategic and tactical leadership for the company’s health and safety program by developing a culture that focuses on loss control, fleet safety, safety and health compliance in all work performed.

This critical position is responsible for the leadership, innovation, governance, and management necessary to identify, evaluate, mitigate, and monitor the company’s operational, fleet, and health and safety compliance risk.

As an influential hands-on leader, you will serve as the voice that engages all associates and provides constant and consistent messaging to create a world-class safety culture with strong performance.

Position Type / Expected Hours of Work

This is a full-time position. General days and hours of work are Monday through Friday but may require night and weekend work.

Not eligible for remote work. Occasional evening and weekend work may be required as job duties demand.

Salary : $135k-155k

Benefits

• PPO / HMO Health Insurance, Medical, Dental, Vision, Life
• PTO (Paid Time Off)
• 401k Retirement Plan
• Direct Deposit
• Employee Assistance Program

Essential Functions :

• Directs, develops, and oversees the general health and safety policies and procedures of the organization.
• Ensures the workplace complies with DOT, Cal-OSHA and other state, local, or industry specific regulations and that periodic safety inspections and audits are conducted.
• Provides programs that ensure a safe workplace including safety orientations, skill training, emergency preparedness, proper job instruction, hazardous material disposal procedures, and the use of protective equipment.
• Develops a systemic process to collect data and analyze the causes of accidents and generate required reporting.
• Implements initiatives to reduce and prevent on the road-accidents, plant accidents, occupational illnesses, and exposure to long-term health hazards.
• Provide strategy and organizational leadership including creating and communicating a vision on world-class safety and the strategic and tactical plans to achieve this status.
• Create a strategy and action plan to drive performance-based safety accountability in the organization.
• Research industry best practices and apply best practices to the organization as appropriate.
• Implement tools and processes to analyze risk frequency and severity profile to provide focus and resource allocation for the organization.
• Develop an organizational structure and define roles and responsibilities within the safety, fleet, and compliance functions to create maximum value at a reasonable cost.
• Produce recommendations and ROI analysis to justify / quantify strategic investments in risk management, fleet safety, operational health and safety and compliance associates, programs and / or technology.
• Review new business opportunities to assure business, operating models, safety policies, and existing driver forces meet corporate safety and policy-related mandates.
• Provide safety leadership and performance including creation and implementation of safety policies and procedures, training programs, audits, inspection, and strategy for organizational development.
• Partner with Human Resources and other departments to establish minimum safety-related hiring criteria for driver screening.
• Own and monitors the incident review guidelines for fleet safety, operation health and safety, and compliance related performance.
• Ensure the company complies with all state, federal, and all other government / regulatory reporting requirements. Implements policies and policy changes as mandated by changes in laws and regulations.
• Actively participates in training and committees related to accident, injury, and emergency response plans.
• Lead and manage fleet and operational compliance including local, state, and federal relationships. Develop and apply strategies that establish legal and reporting compliance.
• Assists and supports the claims management team to monitor and manage claims categorized as injuries, accident, and emergencies.
• Lead and direct safety and compliance team including establishing responsibilities, manage goal setting and performance management.
• Responsible for coordinating the management of the Dash-cam program across the organization including developing policies and procedures on reporting, escalation, investigation, and root cause analysis for fleet incidents.

Core Competencies :

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Strong management and leadership skills.
• Adapt to the needs of the organization and employees.
• Ability to prioritize tasks and to delegate them when appropriate.
• Ability to work effectively in an environment with occasional ambiguity.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Excellent interpersonal and negotiation skills.
• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Excellent time management skills with a proven ability to meet deadlines.

Travel Required : Up to 25% - 50%.

Minimum Education and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in health and safety, construction safety or related field required.
• 5+ years of managerial experience in a similar industry (Ready Mixed).
• 5+ years of ready mixed plant health and safety experience, transportation industry experience including general DOT fleet safety requirements.
• Experience with Dashcam systems.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite or related software.
• Certified Safety Professional (CSP) or similar certification a plus.
• 5+ years of managerial experience in regional or national role with multi-site experience.
• 5+ years of experience in a corporate health and safety role.

Other Duties

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job.

Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Physical Demands and Work Environment

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position.

This job operates in a professional office environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as laptop computers, smartphones, photocopiers, filing cabinets and scanners.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the functions. While performing the duties of this position, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear.

The employee frequently is required to use hands or finger, handle, or feel objects, tools or controls. The employee is occasionally required to stand;

walk; sit; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must occasionally lift and / or move up to 30 pounds.

Specific vision abilities required by this position include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, and the ability to adjust focus.

The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

This Organization Participates in E-Verify

Esta Organizacion Participa en E-Verify

Bristol Management Services, Inc. is an EEO / AA (equal opportunity / affirmative action) company and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, religious creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital or familial status, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by under federal, state or local law in the programs or activities which it operates.

Bristol Management Services, Inc. es una compañía EEO / AA (igualdad de oportunidades / acción afirmativa) y no discrimina por motivos de raza, color, religión, credo religioso, sexo, orientación sexual, identidad o expresión de género, origen nacional, ascendencia, edad, condición física odiscapacidad mental, condición médica, información genética, estado civil o familiar, estado militar o de veterano, o cualquier otra característica protegida por la ley federal, estatal o local en los programas o actividades que opera.