Area Manager

Area Manager

AWP Safety is North America's leading traffic control specialist. Our team of 7,500+ professionals help secure 2,000 work zones every day ensuring customer crews, drivers, and our teams get home safely. We protect those who operate, maintain, and upgrade infrastructure in the energy, broadband, and transportation sectors and provide traffic control for major events like the Super Bowl and Boston Marathon.

Since our founding in 1981, we have served customers through the talent of extraordinary team members committed to customer focus, growth, valuing each other, safety and quality, and a sense of urgency.

Job Description

Position Summary

The Area Manager will provide leadership and implementation of core values and our overall mission of protecting our customers' people, business, and time. This position will be responsible for the safety, management, and ongoing growth of the company, by leading safety initiatives to protect employees, customers, and assets. Managing, supervising, and supporting the growth and development of the team is a key component of this role. The management team at AWP is instrumental in achieving success and verifying customer needs are being met at the highest level of satisfaction through safety, P&L management, team building, recruitment strategies, and promoting ongoing relationships with both internal and external clients.

Responsibilities

• Strategic planning and implementation of strategies to create and maintain safe work practices
• Protect the company's employees, customers, and assets against losses, injuries, and accidents through the enforcement of safe work practices
• Ensure safety compliance by Company, Local, State, and Federal regulations as it relates to the Site
• Prevent accidents and other safety exposures by investigating, identifying causes, and developing preventative measures and practices
• Maintain traffic control, safety, and supervisor credentials
• Facilitate safety and committee meetings
• Responsible for overseeing P&L, Fleet, Safety, Equipment Inventory, and Customer Interactions
• Ability to understand and adhere to a collective bargaining agreement (if applicable)
• Solidify AWP's presence in the service area and identify potential opportunities for growth
• Ensure customer service issues are addressed promptly and efficiently while providing the highest level of customer service.
• Responsible for tracking and auditing the usage of assets, employees, and time for projects
• Utilize Site and organization data for workforce forecasting to predict staffing needs
• Participate in the recruiting and hiring strategies in conjunction with Human Resources
• Develop and support the growth of 3-5 direct supervisors
• Manage a staff of 75-150 field employees - territories could cover several hundred square miles, often a large portion of the whole state (some overnight travel likely)
• Engage and invest in the training of new and current employees to reduce turnover, promote efficiency, and reduce labor costs
• Foster team building through leadership practices and regular communication strategies
• Become a subject matter expert in work zone setup / design and professional flagging
• Conduct Site new hire orientation and ongoing training
• Manage daily employee issues including payroll, timekeeping, benefits, time off requests, scheduling, and customer issues

Qualifications

Requirements

Work Environment and Physical Demands

The employee must be able to successfully handle the physical demands of this position, which include but are not limited to the following :

Additional Information

What You Will Love / Perks

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

AWP Safety is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE). Women, minorities, veterans, and individuals with disabilities are encouraged to apply. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their race, color, age, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status or disability.