Safety Director

Position Title: Safety Director

Reports To: Human Resources Manager

FLSA Status: Exempt

Position Summary:

The Safety Director will develop, coordinate, and implement occupational health policies and procedures to promote and ensure effective safety operations in the organization.

Essential Functions:

• Advises all levels of management on matters pertaining to safety, to include establishing a "Chain of Command" and a network to communicate safety matters within the organization.
• Available to discuss any employee questions, concerns, and complaints regarding workplace health or safety issues, including any workplace hazards at any time.
• Identify and partner with occupational health clinics for non-emergency accidents
• Cultivate a Dee Cramer wide safety culture through safety training, risk assessments, and behavior modification programs
• Being Proactive with: Sales/Estimating, Project Management, Shop, Field, and Service on safety requirements prior to and upon award of contracts.
• Complete documents for submittal- PTP's, SDS, JHA's, and Certifications
• Active in promoting DCI and interacting with MIOSHA
• Liaison with MIOSHA for compliance with all health and safety related items
• Conduct random inspections of all jobsites and shops for unsafe conditions or work practices.
• Process citations and appeal if necessary.
• Ensure Dee Cramer is compliant with Federal, State, and Local regulations.
• Effectively develop and implement programs, practices, and procedures to reduce the frequency and severity of accidental loss in the areas of workers compensation, general and auto liability, and property with the help of the Leadership team.
• Assist Dee Cramer in achieving our corporate goal of zero recordable accidents.
• Monitor workplace incidents and manage workers compensation insurance and files
• Keep current all requirements for ISNet, Avetta, and all other job specific safety programs.
• Determine and/or direct appropriate disciplinary action as it relates to safety.
• Work with employees to return to his or her job duties as soon as possible if they are injured.
• Conduct new hire safety orientation for all new hires
• Maintain OSHA 300 log - including review of all accidents, recordable as well as non-recordable and near misses.
• All other duties as assigned

Requirements:

• Bachelors degree in Health and Safety, Safety Engineering, Environmental Health, or related field required.
• Minimum of 3 years of occupational health and safety experience in a construction environment required.
• Please note, if a candidate does not possess the two required fields above, they are required to have at least 10 years of sheet metal leadership experience.