Safety Manager

The Safety Manager leads day-to-day implementation of AP&T’s approved safety programs across all locations. The position maintains a strong field presence, conducts inspections and routine investigations, supports employees and managers, coordinates assigned training, and tracks corrective actions through verified completion.

The Safety Manager works within the policies, priorities, and governance established by the Director of Safety & Training. The Director retains enterprise program ownership, primary regulatory authority, safety strategy, and executive reporting. Operating managers retain responsibility for safe work, employee direction, and correction of hazards within their areas.

Alaska residency is required. Candidates must have relevant experience working in Alaska and a practical understanding of the geographic, environmental, and logistical conditions associated with operating in remote and rural communities.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Implement AP&T safety policies, written programs, procedures, tools, and annual priorities consistently across all company locations.
• Develop and maintain a risk-based field-visit schedule approved by the Director, including remote and difficult-to-access sites.
• Maintain regular field presence and provide practical safety coaching to employees, supervisors, managers, project teams, and contractors.
• Conduct and document facility, shop, yard, vehicle, generation, substation, line, telecommunications, warehouse, office, project, and jobsite inspections within assigned scope.
• Identify hazards, assess risk, recommend controls, assign or document responsible operating owners, establish due dates, and verify completion.
• Maintain the centralized corrective-action log and promptly elevate high-risk, repeated, disputed, or overdue items to the Director.
• Support pre-job briefings, job hazard analyses, energized work planning, lockout/tagout, confined-space entry, fall protection, traffic control, lifting/rigging, excavation, PPE, hazardous materials, and other applicable high-risk work controls.
• Reinforce that operating leaders remain responsible for work methods, employee direction, and timely correction of hazards.

Incident Response and Investigation

• Respond to assigned injuries, illnesses, near misses, vehicle incidents, property damage, environmental events with a safety component, and other operational events.
• Lead routine investigations and support significant investigations under the direction of the Director.
• Preserve evidence and prepare clear timelines, photographs, interview notes, findings, contributing factors, and recommended corrective actions.
• Immediately notify the Director of fatalities, hospitalizations, amputations, loss of an eye, high-potential events, serious employee or public exposure, agency contact, or other significant events.
• Do not independently make regulatory reports unless specifically delegated; provide complete and timely information so the Director can determine and coordinate reporting obligations.
• Coordinate with Employee Services on assigned workers’ compensation information, return-to-work considerations, and employee communications while maintaining confidentiality.
• Communicate approved lessons learned and verify that site-level corrective actions are implemented.

Training and Site Communication

• Deliver or coordinate assigned orientation, regulatory, refresher, supervisor, toolbox, and site-specific training using approved materials and qualified instructors.
• Maintain assigned training records and report gaps, expirations, and scheduling needs through the company learning management process.
• Assist the Director with the training matrix by identifying field needs, changes in work, and recurring performance…