Corporate Safety Manager

• Location 9520 10th Avenue South,Suite 150,Seattle, WA, 98108,United States
• Base Pay $75,000.00 - $95,000.00 / Year
• Job Category Safety, OSHA, Insurance Compliance
• Employee Type Exempt - Full Time
• Required Degree High school
• Travel 25%
• Manage Others No

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.

• 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 maintenance coordination
• Holman fleet management platform administration
• Near miss and vehicle incident tracking

Long term, this role may help guide implementation of telematics and vehicle camera systems in a way that balances:

• Safety improvement
• Privacy concerns
• Employee trust
• Union sensitivities (where applicable)

You will:

• Visit every branch office at least quarterly (ideally monthly)
• Attend occasional multi-state safety meetings
• Participate in future captive insurance safety collaboration groups (typically quarterly)
• Bring back best practices from other organizations

• High school diploma or GED
• At least 3 years of construction-related safety experience
• Strong knowledge of construction OSHA requirements
• Valid driver’s license
• Ability to pass:
• Background check
• Drug screening
• Ongoing random testing requirements

• Washington L&I workers compensation familiarity
• Fire protection or construction industry experience
• Multi-branch operational support
• Safety committee leadership

Strong preference for candidates holding or pursuing:

• CSP (Certified Safety Professional)
• ASP (Associate Safety Professional)
• OSHA 500
• OSHA 30
• First Aid/CPR Instructor
• Lift Trainer Certifications
• Trailer Towing Safety Training Certifications

This role requires someone physically capable of:

• Climbing ladders
• Lifting ladders, tools, and equipment
• Working outdoors year-round

This is an active field leadership position.

Columbia Safety Services, LLC is the parent company of:

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