Director - Regional Safety

JOB SUMMARY:

This position is responsible for 1) Managing ACCO’s safety programs through development, implementation, and management of the Company’s safety policies, and 2) ensuring ACCO’s compliance with federal, state, and local safety laws. This is an exempt management position, responsible for the supervision of all the Company’s safety personnel located in the region.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Ensures a safe and healthy working environment for employees, customers, and the public.
• Acts as the technical construction safety consultant to Company management and personnel, ensuring that ACCO personnel comply with all relevant current labor laws and regulations as well as with new regulations affecting the industry and/or operations.
• Manages safety inspection and audit process for all divisions in the company located within the region.
• Collects, analyzes and prepares health and safety management information and statistical data reports necessary for planning and decision-making purposes.
• Facilitates cultural change to drive Company safety performance
• Develops safety-related training curricula, schedules, facilitates, and tracks training programs to ensure compliance with relevant regulations.
• Manages safety personnel. Ensures resources are properly allocated.
• Represents ACCO in all safety & health-related hearings (Cal/OSHA, OSHA, EPA, etc.) in the region. 
• Develops and implements incident investigation program.
• Ensures safety team members appropriately investigate all incidents and leads the investigation when a serious incident occurs.
• Identifies key injury and/or safety trends and communicates such to management.
• Works with the loss control representatives for the insurance carrier and insurance broker.
• Develops, implements, and monitors safety incentive/recognition programs.
• Ensures that the appropriate safety records are maintained.
• Leads the Safety Leadership Team meetings in the region.
• May act as company representative on issues relating to environmental protection concerns. Interfaces as necessary with environmental regulatory agencies and audits project site compliance with environmental protection requirements.
• Provide technical and administrative direction to on-site safety and first aid personnel; includes staffing and personnel administration activities with concurrence of Project Management.
• Assists in managing workers compensation claims, ensuring claims are efficiently handled.
• Prepare safety Related input for bid proposals.
• Mentor and coach management towards achieving an injury free culture.
• Participates in educational opportunities, reads professional and technical publications, maintains personal networks, and participates in professional organizations to maintain technical knowledge.​
• Travel required throughout Northern California and occasionally outside the state. Activities may be necessary outside normal office hours depending on workload and schedules.
• Jobsite inspections may be performed in various weather conditions.
• Assume additional responsibilities as directed by company executives.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:

• Minimum 10 years industrial experience in safety or operations, preferably with related industries such as mechanical contracting or similar commercial/industrial construction
• Minimum 10 years of Safety/Safety Operations management experience
• Bachelor’s degree in relevant field (Prefer an Occupational Health/Safety concentration)
• Extensive working knowledge of Federal, State and local regulatory compliance requirements, and OSHA
• Extensive working knowledge of hazard identification and incident investigation.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite and office applications.
• Strong communication skills to effectively communicate with field personnel, internal office staff, contractor clients and staff, as well as government agencies and officials.
• Ability to design and deliver effective training.
• Ability to conduct research and develop statistical analyses to support management decision making.
• Ability to develop data documentation and retrieval systems.
• Ability to physically navigate construction jobsites, bending, standing, walking, squatting, climbing ladders, etc.​
• Must have a valid driver’s license meeting company requirements.

ACCO COMPETENCIES:

• Proactivity / Initiative: Recognizes what needs to be done and accomplishes it in a manner appropriate for one’s level/position and with minimal supervision.
• Perseverance: Shows the wherewithal to fight for difficult goals despite challenges and to bounce back from adversity.
• Insight: The ability to gather and make sense of information that suggests new possibilities.
• Engagement: Shows a knack for using emotion and logic to communicate a persuasive vision and connect with people.
• Teamwork: The ability to effectively work toward common goals with others by supporting, encouraging, and sharing information in an authentic and approachable manner.
• Big Picture: Understands and contributes to organizations’ short- and long-term business strategy.  On a personal level has independently developed a vision for short- and long-term career success.
• Motivation / Dedication: Commits to excellence in pursuing unselfish goals.  Initiates action with collective goals takes responsibility and shows personal humility.
• Technical Curiosity / Willingness to Learn: Interest in seeking out new experiences, knowledge, and candid feed, back; demonstrating an openness to learning and change.
• Problem-Solver: Ability to identify, analyze, and solve a problem in support of personal, group, department, or organizational objectives.

PHYSICAL EXPERIENCE:

(The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.)

• The employee may regularly lift and /or move up to 10 pounds, and occasionally lift and/or move up to 30 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include Close vision and Distance vision.
• While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to stand; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms and talk or hear. The employee is regularly required to walk and sit; climb or balance and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl (for purposes of assisting with project job walks and site inspections).
• The employee is occasionally required to reach above shoulder height to access storage cabinets and shelves.

TRAVEL:

O – 5% of the time to and from the assigned office location to regional branch offices and/or to project/customer site(s).