Corporate Safety Director

Overview

Job Description:

The Corporate Safety Director of Hylan will ensure all projects have established programs in place supporting the Company’s Health, Safety and Environmental (HSE) goals and objectives, ensuring HSE remains a core value. These programs include but are not limited to the Job Role s and Responsibilities defined below. This position reports directly to the CEO of Hylan.

• Maintain close and frequent communications with regional Safety Managers, regional Executive Management and Corporate Counsel.
• Work with Executive Management to establish HSE policies and procedures for all Company locations.
• Establish systems and controls to ensure compliance with HSE policies and procedures throughout the region/at each Company location.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with Construction Supervisors and Project Managers in a leadership capacity to drive positive changes at all Company locations.
• Promote and cultivate a safety culture within all levels of Regional Management, Construction Supervisors and employees.
• Provide management oversight for all HSE activities and programs at each jobsite within the region.
• Establishing and overseeing HSE training programs appropriate for all employees. Support interim programs to identify and remove physical hazards from work locations.
• Provide support to improve non-HSE business systems that will indirectly impact the Company’s safety performance and culture.
• Formulating, recommending, and administering approved changes to the Company’s Injury and Illness Prevention Program, SOPs, and other HSE initiatives.
• Manage HSE incident cases and injuries to the benefit of the Company while ensuring the well-being of the affected team members.
• Devise and implement new and innovative approaches to safety with the result of keeping a safe working environment in the forefront of everyone’s values.
• Work with Human Resources to recruit job site HSE Supervisors and Technicians.
• Implement programs/activities to develop and maintain HSE awareness and compliance of all employees.

• The Corporate Safety Director will institute and maintain current incident reporting system, and will support regional Safety Managers in their compliance with HSE processes by:
• Provide technical expertise during incident investigations.
• Personally investigate serious incidents.
• Maintain close communications and working relationships with the site Project Managers, and all other team members associated with the work.
• Ensure that appropriate corrective actions are taken to eliminate hazards.
• Develop and implement procedures to eliminate hazards and situations as those discovered through lessons learned and investigations from prior incidents.
• Recommend corrective actions and/or disciplinary procedures for violations of HSE rules, procedures, and norms.
• Perform periodic and routine safety checks, audits, and inspections in the region’s projects.
• Ensure that unsafe acts and conditions are corrected in a timely manner.
• Ensure that proper and timely notification of all incidents is made in accordance with Company policy and that copies of audits, inspections and incident reports are prepared, acted upon, and appropriately filed at the jobsite, regional, and corporate offices for the appropriate retention period.

• The Corporate Safety Director is responsible, in cooperation with the Company’s Human Resources Department (with approval by Executive Management), for staffing the appropriate number of experienced/qualified job site HSE Managers and Technicians for projects, and managing the career development of all HSE personnel.
• Recruit experienced and qualified HSE Managers and Technicians for regional jobsites, verify their experience and qualifications prior to offering them a position with the Company.
• Identify technical training needs and coordinate training scheduling.
• Track HSE staff and available candidates by skill level and expertise.
• Coordinate professional development for HSE Professionals.
• Network with HSE industry groups / organizations that represent similar HSE values as the Company.
• Performance Reviews for all HSE personnel…