Safety Director, Advanced Technology

Overview

About Suffolk

Suffolk is a national enterprise that builds, innovates and invests. Suffolk is an end-to-end business that provides value throughout the entire project lifecycle by leveraging its core construction management services with vertical service lines that include real estate capital investment, design, self-perform construction services, technology start-up investment (Suffolk Technologies) and innovation research/development.

The Role

Suffolk is seeking people who are bold. Curious. Innovative. Caring. Looking for the career opportunity of a lifetime. We’ll challenge and inspire you to be your very best. We’ll embrace what makes you unique and lift you up as you take chances. Here, you’ll find a place where you can act with purpose and integrity, bringing intelligence and grit to every aspect of your job.

Join us for the chance to leverage your inherent curiosity and proven capabilities to catapult you to the next level.

This position works with Superintendents, Project Managers and Project Executives to take a leadership role in the administration, direction, and implementation of corporate safety and health policies and procedures.

Responsibilities

• Create, communicate, enforce, and identify opportunities for improvements in corporate safety programs

• Mentor and Supervise Safety Managers as required by Regional Safety Directors

• Provide administrative expertise as related to project-specific safety document storage in On Trac

• Coordinate, schedule, and facilitate subcontractors Pre-Construction Safety Planning Meetings acting as a resource for field operations with compliance on Federal (OSHA) and state as well as local safety and health regulations including NFPA and JCAHO Standards

• Review all Subcontractors Site Specific Safety Programs and Job Hazard Analysis prior to Subcontractor mobilization

• Conduct regularly scheduled site evaluations using Predictive Solutions software; follow up and track corrections to deficiencies

• Periodically attend and monitor Tool Box Talks conducted by subcontractors to assure documentation and quality

• Perform root cause and accident investigation techniques in the event of a job site accident – including collection of Suffolk Safety and Health standard incident reporting forms and documentation working closely with Risk Managers

• Active coordination with Regional Risk Manager’s for identification of Claims trends and pro-active risk management planning

• Enforce documentation from all subcontractors on the proper training of their employees as related to their scope of work

• Conduct training for OSHA 10 or 30 Hour, HAZWOPER, and other Safety related topics

• Expertise with HAZCOM/HAZMAT

Qualifications

• 10+ years of related work experience in field of Construction Health and Safety. Working knowledge of Federal and State safety and health regulations, as well as local building code issues for safety and health

• Bachelor’s degree in Construction or Safety preferred but not required

• Qualified OSHA Construction Industry Outreach Trainer

• Professional CHST certification

• Demonstrated leadership with construction and safety technologies and practices

• Willingness to provide best in class customer service

• Trained as CPR Instructor (training is provided)

• Completed required internal training with Learning and Development team

• Excellent oral and written communication and interpersonal skills

• Strong planning, problem solving, and troubleshooting skills

• Individual must be collaborative and positive in directing people

• Capacity to coordinate efforts with field staff and external partners

• Meticulous attention to detail

• Ability to make decisions promptly and with confidence

• Sound business judgment

• Highly organized, able to prioritize and multi-task

• The ability to manage and embrace change. Respond and adapt to new processes and new ways of looking at old problems.

• Candidate must possess Suffolk’s Core Values:
Passion, Integrity, Hard Work, Professionalism, and Caring

Working Conditions

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit for long periods of time; talk or hear; perform fine motor, hand and finger…