Department Manager - Safety & Health; Appleton

Position: Department Manager - AZCO Safety & Health (Appleton)
** Description*
* The Department Manager is responsible for the managerial direction and leadership of a department within AZCO. This includes supporting and executing business strategy, developing high performance teams, and promoting the AZCO culture, values and mission. The Department Manager will lead the department in a dynamic and profitable manner based on AZCO's core values of client satisfaction, commitment, dedication, integrity, safety and overall outstanding service.

+ Manage Safety & Health programs in order to achieve and maintain the company goal of zero safety incidents.

+ Manage and conduct regular health and safety performance reviews, assessments, and documents to ensure that site locations are in compliance with Corporate and regulatory requirements. Present findings to Corporate Safety & Health Director.

+ Manage and verify compliance with applicable Local, State, and Federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) rules and regulations.

+ Approve the Safety & Health program on field construction projects to ensure operations are executed as planned and conducted in a safe manner.

+ Manage the Site Safety & Health Program deliverables as defined by the Corporate Safety & Health department while responding to questions and/or concerns related to site specific safety and health compliance issues in a timely manner.

+ Lead site safety office and field planning and executing contractual obligations.

+ Present project Safety program progress, challenges, and objectives to Corporate Safety and project stakeholders.

+ Review and recommend incident investigation, corrective action, and reporting to all necessary stakeholders. Facilitate corporate communications as needed.

+ Review project scope of work to identify potential hazards and recommend corrective action to Project Management to prevent accidents and illness.

+ Manage development and determination of department goals and objectives; works with Safety Director to determine best means of implementation and provides feedback as to success and challenges.

+ Direct, plan, implement and supervise corporate and jobsite safety programs ensuring compliance with local, state, and federal rules and regulations.

+ Manage communications between customers and jobsite contacts, including subcontractor safety representatives, government agencies (MSHA, OSHA, etc.).

+ Establish, track and maintain safety records, trainings and files.

+ Manage and facilitate trainings on AZCO Safety & Health programs and best practices.

+ Manage safety job kickoff and ongoing safety staffing requirements for job sites.

+ Formally present safety topics to owners, supervision and management.

+ Audit documentation, conduct job reviews, and proactively participate in jobsite walk-throughs to view safety behaviors.

+ Assess Safety & Health issues and opportunities at the project site, before the work begins and implement corrective action based on policies, guidelines and procedures for resolution.

+ Review memos relative to safety, including assisting Site Management with correspondence to heighten safety awareness, project safety and health goals and ensure a safe and productive work environment is a priority among all project personnel.

+ Review near miss, property damage, environmental incidents and accident investigation reports. Recommend countermeasures as appropriate.

+ Endorse solutions to Corporate Safety & Health periodically regarding the Project Safety & Health Program challenges, objectives, and progress, ensuring high level of communication.

+ Verify all required safety records are in an audit ready state and submit all documentation as required to Corporate Safety & Health.

+ Responsible for the recruitment, development, training, and retention of staff.

+ Responsible for conducting performance evaluations for department staff.

+ Provide leadership, guidance, and instruction to the department.

+ Responsible for interpreting the organization's policies, purposes, and goals to staff.

+ Enforce compliance with company and site safety policies.

+ Provide leadership to the team; direct and coordinate work assignments and review performance to ensure the efficient, cost-effective utilization of staff.

+ Responsible for profitable growth of the department; ensuring staff levels, staff loading, and staff assignments meet project requirements while maintaining billable goals.

+ Implement, apply and support company, global practice and/or regional office programs and initiatives; successfully navigating and managing change within the section.

+ Responsible for the recruitment, development, training, and retention of staff.

+ Responsible for conducting performance evaluations for department staff.

+ Provide leadership, guidance, and instruction to the department.

+ Responsible for interpreting the organization's policies, purposes, and goals to staff.

+ Required to dispatch safety & health professionals to project sites.

+ Responsible for overall QA/QC process adherence.

+ Enforce compliance…