Environmental Heath and Safety Manager

Company Description

AWP Safety, is North America’s leading traffic control specialist. Our team of 6,500 professionals helps secure 2,000 work zones every day – ensuring customer crews, drivers, and our own teams get home safely. We protect those who operate, maintain, and upgrade infrastructure in the energy, broadband, and transportation sectors and provide traffic control for major events like the Boston Marathon.

Since our founding in 1981, we have served customers through the talent of extraordinary team members committed to customer focus, growth, valuing each other, safety and quality, and a sense of urgency.

Job Description

The EHS Manager is a highly valued role in providing day-to-day EHS support to the facility locations and operating teams within the designated region.  This includes coaching, teaching, and training field personnel on safe operating behaviors as well as the design, development, and implementation of safety and risk control programs.  The EHS Manager functions as a subject matter expert and consultant to help internal clients build sustainable loss improvement processes within the operating organizations that they will own and operate.

• Provide daily and continuous safety support to the Central Business Unit
• Conduct compliance reviews, general risk assessments, and other safety assessments to support AWP Safety EHS Management
• Offer daily guidance and direction in EHS programs to the field level, facility leadership level, and regional leadership to ensure a common and effective approach
• Maintain, audit, and update as needed AWP Safety- SOPs for all safe work practices and equipment and utilize them in the day-to-day training
• Coach, train, guide, and mentor the regional employees through the AWP Safety Management System
• Review accidents/incidents which occur in the area of responsibility and conduct field audits, reporting, and managing the correction actions
• Participate in and support detailed incident investigations and Root Cause Analysis
• Assist in the development and presentation of relevant EHS training
• Ability to work with employees and leadership to achieve cultural change in the face of potential resistance
• Travel to branch locations and job sites as required and perform any additional duties as needed
• Visit and walk the job sites on a regular basis to establish an EHS presence and provide support
• Conduct daily, weekly, and monthly EHS Meetings/Training and schedule as needed
• Perform field safety observations during each visit
• Ability to evaluate PPE and ensure proper use and maintenance of PPE
• Conduct critical behavior-based safety observations as needed
• Perform additional duties as assigned by the Business Unit EHS Director
• Oversight and Implementation of Day-to-Day field operations
• Work with the branch leadership and field teams to ensure work practices are understood and followed
• Coordinate Business Unit, Region, and Branch level safety activities
• Conduct EHS audits and assessments of ongoing operations to measure compliance with regulatory requirements and conformance to AWP company policies and procedures
• Plans, administers and manages AWP safety policies, programs, procedures, and systems for assigned region
• Serves as the single point of contact for Region and Branch leadership in the area of responsibility
• Ensures EHS policies, procedures, programs, and systems are trained and available to the employee

Qualifications

• 5-8 years of work experience in the EHS field
• Minimum education is a bachelor’s degree in EHS or any applicable field
• Master’s degree preferred
• EHS certification a plus
• Proficient skills in Microsoft Office software applications, software management systems, and EHS management systems and reporting platforms
• Expect a 40 hour work week, occasional weekends, and holidays 
• Hours of operation may vary based on staffing needs and workload 
• Time will be split between field and office environments 
• The position may work in outside conditions that include inclement weather, not limited to heat, cold, humidity, and exposure to dust and asphalt 
• Occasional exposure to fumes or airborne particles, moving vehicles, and occasionally exposed to a variety of extreme conditions at construction job sites 
• Noise levels in the work environment and job sites can be loud 
• Position may lift or carry objects up to 50 pounds 
• If necessary, in the field, stand for long periods of time and performs strenuous physical labor under adverse field conditions; employee lifts pushes, pulls, or carries objects 

Additional Information

• Benefits-eligible 1st of the month following hire.
• All traditional benefits are offered, including 3 medical plan options and 2 dental plan options, as well as additional benefits such as Legal and Identity Shield, Accident, and Critical Illness
• Company paid 50k in basic life insurance.
• Company paid LTD.
• Health Savings and Flex Spending Accounts Available
• 401(k)
• Paid Time Off & Paid Holidays
• AWP named one of America’s Greatest Workplaces 2023 for Diversity

AWP Safety is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE). Women, minorities, veterans, and individuals with disabilities are encouraged to apply. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status or disability.