Director of Safety - Commercial & Industrial

Director of Safety - Commercial & Industrial

Job Category
:
Operations

Requisition Number
: DIREC
003551

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• Posted :
  February 5, 2026
• Full-Time

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Corporate Office
Birmingham, AL 35209, USA

Reports to:

Vice President, Federal Operations

No direct reports, however the Federal Group Safety Director is empowered to manage and enforce site safety, health and environmental efforts as necessary regarding all site personnel

Educational Requirements of position:

Minimum:

• High School Education and/or Trade School
• A minimum of 10 years of general safety experience including 5 years of applicable construction project experience.
• Industry Certification/Accreditation
  • OSHA 30-hour for Construction course and/or USACE EM385-1-1 40-hour course
  • Documented Skills Training
• Preferred:
  • Industry specific pro-board certification (STS, CHST, CSP, CRIS, etc.)
  • Construction Safety and Health Certificate from accredited OSHA Training Institute
  • Degree in a relevant curriculum from an accredited college or university
  • Advanced emergency response training or experience (EMT, EMT-P, Hazmat, Technical Rescue etc.)

Technical Requirements of positon:

• Proficiency in Microsoft Word and Outlook
• Proficiency in Microsoft PowerPoint or similar software applications used in developing training materials
• Familiar with Microsoft Excel
• Mastery of applicable construction safety standards
• Basic understanding of building components and their installation; construction tasks, scheduling and trade sequencing.
• Basic understanding of each construction trades’ scope of work.
• Basic understanding of risk management principles

Essential Function of the position

• Ability to identify and prioritize needs, plan, coordinate and execute duties with minimal supervision
• Ability to enforce all applicable and/or required federal, state, local and company safety, health and environmental regulations
• Ability to pro-actively recognize potential hazardous situations/exposures and implement corrective measures
• Ability to conduct incident investigations to determine potential contributing factors and root causes
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills (both verbal and written) required for coordination with and support of:
  • Executive, senior and project management
  • Insurance carriers, brokers, adjustors, risk engineers
• Function as multiple project’s safety, health and environmental technical advisor
• Requires frequent domestic travel

• Establish and maintain relationship with multiple project teams, owner’s safety counterparts, and project insurance risk engineers
• Establish and maintain relationship with project subcontractors and vendor’s safety counterpart
• Establish and maintain relationship with project’s occupational medicine clinic, physician, and medical staff
• Establish and maintain relationship with emergency response authorities having jurisdiction
• Ensures positive exposure to community

• Demonstrates adherence to BLHI Corporate Value in daily management
• Builds project climate to empower personnel and sustain BLHI safety culture
• Interacts with professionalism and pro-activism
• Continually seeks feedback and personal development for advancement
• Trains and helps prepare site personnel for advancement
• Seeks to understand and further the overall objectives of BLHI

Considerable mental effort and comprehension. Must be able to make sound decisions quickly. Must be able to have sustained concentration with frequent interruptions.

Requires moderate, varied physical effort and dexterity including: safe operation of a motor vehicle, sitting stationary, moving around an office or jobsite, ascending and descending work areas, seeing and communicating effectively.

Varied, including formal office environment and construction project site.

• Proven ability to identify and prioritize needs, plan, coordinate and execute duties with minimal supervision
• In-depth understanding of construction safety, health and environmental standards
• In-depth understanding of and consistent enforcement of BLHI’s safety, health and environmental programs
• Proven ability to support and…