Department Manager - Health and Safety

Department Manager - Health and Safety Appleton, WI Direct Hire

The Department Manager is responsible for the managerial direction and leadership of a department within our client. This includes supporting and executing business strategy, developing high performance teams, and promoting our clients culture, values and mission. The Department Manager will lead the department in a dynamic and profitable manner based on our clients core values of client satisfaction, commitment, dedication, integrity, safety and overall outstanding service.

Candidate would be managing a department of 20+ individuals and will be responsible for the projects across the country.

Responsibilities:

• 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 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…