Corporate Safety Manager

Seattle, WA (Home-Based + Field Leadership Role)

Most “safety jobs” are paperwork and policing. This isn’t that.

At Columbia Safety Services, LLC, safety is about protecting people, building trust, and creating a culture where every employee goes home in better condition than when they arrived.

We’re looking for someone who wants to help build that culture from the ground up across multiple growing fire protection companies throughout the Western United States.

This is a field-first leadership role. You will spend most of your time on jobsites alongside our teams — not sitting behind a desk. You’ll mentor crews, build relationships, lead training, improve systems, investigate incidents, support claims management, and help create a safety culture people actually buy into.

You are not a “safety cop.” If your approach to safety is walking around trying to catch people doing something wrong, this probably is not the right fit.

If your approach is building credibility, respect, accountability, positivity, and trust with field employees while still holding high standards, keep reading.

Columbia Safety Services, LLC is the parent company of:

• Columbia Fire, LLC
  (Seattle, Spokane, and soon Reno)
• Valley Fire Control, LLC
  (Albany, Newport, and soon Portland)
• FFF Protection
  (Boise, Idaho)

We install, inspect, service, and maintain fire sprinkler systems, fire alarms, suppression systems, extinguishers, and life safety systems that protect people and property.

We are growing quickly, but we are intentionally trying to build something different:

• Long-term focused
• People-first
• Operationally disciplined
• High accountability without toxic culture
• Strong field culture
• Strong safety culture

We care deeply about professionalism, craftsmanship, trust, communication, and doing what we say we’ll do.

Historically, safety responsibilities have been spread across operations leaders already carrying full-time workloads.

That no longer works.

We want a dedicated leader whose primary customer is our employees.

Your mission is simple:

• Help make sure our people return home safely every day.
• Our long-term goal is zero injuries and zero preventable incidents.
• If you think injuries are “just part of construction,” this role is not for you.

You’ll spend most of your time:

• Walking active service, repair, tenant improvement, and construction jobsites
• Building relationships with field employees
• Coaching crews and foremen
• Leading by influence instead of fear
• Identifying risks before incidents occur
• Helping employees solve problems safely

This role is expected to be heavily field-oriented.

You will have an office in our Seattle location, but this is not primarily a desk job.

Expected office presence:

• Approximately 4–16 hours per week in office
• Remaining time in the field, on jobsites, or supporting branches

You will:

• Lead and organize branch safety committees
• Create positive engagement around safety
• Develop “lessons learned” communication
  
  Track and investigate near misses
• Create recognition and accountability systems
• Help employees see safety as part of professionalism, not punishment

You will help own and improve company-wide training initiatives including:

• OSHA-related topics
• Lift safety
• Fall protection
• Distracted driving
• PPE use
• Confined spaces
• Cybersecurity awareness
• Job hazard assessments
• Portable fire extinguisher safety

You’ll also:

• Select and manage our Learning Management System (LMS)
• Coordinate onboarding safety training
• Own annual retraining programs
• Help standardize training across all locations

You will assist leadership with:

• Incident investigations
• Workers compensation follow-up
• Vehicle accident investigations
• Root cause analysis
• Documentation management
• Corrective action planning
• EMR reduction initiatives
• Coordination with L&I and insurance carriers

Insurance management itself will remain under executive leadership, but this role will heavily support the operational side of claims and risk reduction.

You will oversee:

• Fleet safety programs
• Vehicle inspections
• Driver safety initiatives
• Fleet…