The Director of Safety will develop, coordinate, and implement occupational health policies and procedures to promote and ensure effective safety operations in the organization along with assessing and approving workers compensation benefits.
Essential Functions:Safety: - Collaborates with management to develop, prepare, and implement safety policies and procedures.
- Ensures compliance with federal, state, and local safety laws, regulations, codes, and rules.
- Ensures completion of required OSHA recordkeeping and reporting.
- Stops operations and activities that could harm employees or equipment.
- Identifies opportunities to minimize workplace injuries, accidents, and health problems.
- Conducts employee training on applicable safety standards.
- Reviews safety training and recommends revisions, improvements, and updates.
- Reviews accident and incident reports.
Environmental: - Conducts inspections to identify health and environmental risks.
- Drafts inspection reports to document inspection findings.
- Develops and implements inspection policies and procedures, and a schedule of routine inspections.
- Prepares and schedules training to cover emergency procedures, workplace safety, and other relevant topics.
- Ensures that material safety data sheets are maintained and readily accessible when needed.
- Maintains records of discharge of or employee exposure to hazardous waste and/or pollutants, as required.
Worker's Compensation: - Reviews workers compensation claim forms.
- Evaluates injury reports to assess compensation and to determine the anticipated cost of each claim.
- Approves medical treatment, hospitalization, and surgery.
- Calculates permanent disability ratings.
- Coordinates payment of medical bills, disability compensation, and death benefits.
- Maintains records, files, and databases of claims; prepares summary reports of collected data.
- Provides client companies and employees with information and training regarding workers compensation benefits.
The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed and not an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of team members. May perform other duties as assigned.
Qualifications: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals to perform the essential functions.
- Bachelor's degree in Environmental Safety, Occupational Safety and Health, or related field required; Master's degree desirable.
- Ten years of related experience preferred.
- Certifications preferred: EHS, OSHA, CESCO, ISO, Train the Trainer
- Extensive knowledge of current company safety policies and applicable Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) standards.
- Extensive knowledge of environmental regulations and policies.
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.
- Proficient in technology and equipment used in environmental inspections.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite, ISNetworld, and other EHS & Worker's Comp software.
- Extensive knowledge and understanding of applicable workers compensation laws, procedures, and regulations.
- Extensive knowledge of medical and technical terminology used in workers compensation cases.
- Strong supervisory and leadership skills.
Supervisory Responsibilities: - Will conduct performance evaluations that are timely and constructive.
Work Environment: - Majority of the time is spent in an office environment outside of the fabrication shop.
- Frequently required to sit, squat, talk and hear.
- Constantly required to use hands and fingers to feel, handle or operate objects, tools or controls; and reach with hands and arms.
- Required to climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl and walk.
- Regular travel to active field job sites is required, including exposure to varying weather conditions and construction environments.
- Must be comfortable working at heights and capable of climbing structures exceeding 65 feet while following all applicable safety requirements.
- Occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
- Specific vision abilities. Requires close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, color vision and the ability to adjust focus.
- Able to work at a sustained pace and produce quality work.
