Safety Manager

Description

At Everstory Partners, our mission is to create supportive spaces where individuals and families can find solace, meaning, and hope in the midst of loss. At the heart of our mission is a deep understanding of the profound and complex nature of grief. Every person’s journey through loss is unique, and we are committed to providing compassionate and personalized support.

We also believe that grief is not a problem to be solved or a burden to manage alone, but rather a natural and beautiful part of the human experience. Backed by our national strength and our local partners’ role is to be a steady presence, a source of comfort and guidance, and a partner in celebrating the life and legacy of the person who has passed.

The Safety Manager is responsible for leading and advancing Everstory’s enterprise-wide safety strategy. This role serves as the central owner of safety programs, policies, and communications, ensuring compliance with federal and state regulations while promoting a proactive, field-driven safety culture across cemetery and funeral home operations. The Safety Manager partners closely with leadership and location teams to continuously improve safety performance across all locations to protect employees and reduce incidents.

• Ensure company-wide compliance with OSHA and applicable federal, state, and local safety regulations.
• Lead emergency response preparedness, including severe weather readiness and national safety communications.
• Lead investigation of accidents, injuries, and near-misses; identify root causes and implement corrective actions.
• Create and conduct safety training sessions, orientations, and toolbox talks for employees and contractors.
• Maintain accurate records of incidents, audits, and training.
• Serve as the owner of the Health & Safety Manual, including updates to policies, SOPs, and regulatory guidance as needed.
• Develop strategic and tactical plans outlining all process steps needed to achieve defined compliance and safety goals.
• Track and communicate organization-wide safety programs, training and projects on a weekly, monthly, quarterly, and annual basis.
• Provide guidance and support to locations on safety issues, corrective actions, and training.
• Partner with Support Center department leadership during planning, implementation, and ongoing phases of programs/projects.
• Communicate effectively with stakeholders at all levels, providing regular updates on project/program progress and challenges.

• Customer Focus – dedicated to meeting the expectations and requirements of internal and external customers. Gets first-hand customer information and uses it for improvements in products and services. Acts with customers in mind. Establishes and maintains effective relationships with customers and gains their trust and respect.
• Compassion – genuinely cares about people. Is concerned about their work and non-work problems. Is available and ready to help. Is sympathetic to the plight of others not as fortunate. Demonstrates real empathy with the joys and pain of others.
• Ethics and Values – adheres to an appropriate and effective set of core values and beliefs during both good and bad times. Acts in line with those values. Rewards the right values and disapproves of others. Practices what he/she preaches.

• Drive for Results - can be counted on to exceed goals successfully. Is constantly and consistently one of the top performers. Very bottom-line oriented. Steadfastly pushes self and others for results
• Functional/Technical Knowledge - has the functional and technical knowledge and skills to do the job at a high level of accomplishment.
• Motivating Others - creates a climate in which people want to do their best. Can motivate many kinds of direct reports and team or project members. Can assess each person’s hot button and use it to get the best out of him/her. Pushes tasks and decisions down. Empowers others. Invites input from each person and shares ownership and visibility. Makes each individual feel his/her work is important.
  
  Is someone people like working for and with.
• Peer Relationships – can…