Safety Director II - Midwest/West

The Safety Director II works collaboratively with the Corporate Director of Safety, executive leadership, Division leadership, and Division Safety Directors to optimize performance of Gilbane's safety systems, fostering a spirit of continuous improvement and industry advancement.

Who are we?

As a Top 10 ENR Contractor, Gilbane is a family-owned business with 45 offices that has been shaping communities since 1970. Consistently recognized as one of the most reputable construction management firms in the country, Gilbane is committed to delivering projects safely and on-time. You will have the opportunity to build schools, labs, hospitals, corporate offices, sports arenas and more!

We are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, so if you're excited about this role but your past experience doesn't align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

Who are you?

You are a coach/leader who leads with an inclusive and empathetic mindset. You provide feedback and guidance to help others excel in their current or future roles. You determine priorities, delegate work, and effectively communicate progress. You establish measures to assess the impact, quality, and timeliness of results while praising successes and sharing lessons learned. You build high performing teams by attracting, engaging, developing, and retaining talented individuals through motivation and discipline to maximize impact on the organization and the individual.

You leverage business insights by understanding industry trends, local market/economic conditions, and Gilbane's business model to make critical decisions and create competitive advantage. You deploy a strategic mindset when considering solutions to long-term opportunities and risks that may develop in the future.

Your core values match Gilbane's: Integrity, Caring, Teamwork, Toughmindedness, Dedication to Excellence, Discipline, Loyalty, and Entrepreneurship.

What's in it for you?

Gilbane offers employees multi-dimensional training opportunities through a number of resources. While managing your responsibilities to projects, you will be able to enroll in trainings through our award-winning Gilbane University to build leadership and technical skills. In addition, you would work with an experienced team which provides you with the opportunity to learn new industry skills every day. You will protect and promote the interests of both Gilbane and the client in all matters as well as demonstrating the personal characteristics of a developing leader.

Gilbane Safety Director II Responsibilities:

Strategy Development

Plans, develops, and directs the safety program for the Divisions within the Safety Director II's area of responsibility
• Supports and articulates company mission, vision, and strategy
• Assists the Corporate Safety Director in developing and overseeing the implementation of annual Safety Strategic Plan
• Provides additional support to the Director of Corporate Safety to improve the effectiveness and consistency of the safety program
• Along with the Corporate Safety Director, Gilbane University, and HR, identifies, creates, and delivers quality safety training to Gilbane employees in within their area of responsibility
• Partners with business development to ensure seamless integration with sales strategies, client capture plans and account plans. Optimizes profit levers and gross profit margin tactics to achieve performance targets on new sales. Leads opportunities to strengthen client, partner, and industry relationships that help position Gilbane as the "Builder of Choice"

Analytics / Safety Intelligence

• Works in real time with Gilbane Insurance Group, Executive Leadership, Senior Management, Corporate and Division Safety Directors to identify loss leaders and effectively create safety policies to reduce the number and severity of claims on all projects
• Ensures Monthly Safety leading and lagging Indicator Reports are published for the Divisions within their area of responsibility
• Analyzes trends in incidents, accidents, claims, unsafe behaviors, etc. to recommend and direct resources to mitigate hazards
• Analyzes Predictive Solutions SafetyNet use and recommends improvements
• Collaborates with Corporate Safety Director, Gilbane Technology Group and Business Intelligence to develop safety applications that support effective safety program implementation and useful trending analytics

Safety Leadership

• Schedules and meets with Executive Leadership, Senior Management and Divisional Safety Directors on a regular basis to understand and support their needs, help troubleshoot challenges, create positive opportunities, and continue to train new employees
• Regularly visits key projects within area of responsibility with Division Safety Directors to mentor, support development and ensure consistent application of safety program
• Establishes subject matter expert subcommittees within the Safety Peer Group to tackle projects aimed at reducing incidents across Gilbane
• Leverages industry involvement to research and introduce safety best practices for possible inclusion in the company safety program

Staffing

• Ensures all divisions have qualified safety support at all levels
• Collaborates with Human Resources to review compensation and talent management of safety job family
• Creates and manages a safety mentor program to strengthen the safety department employees

Communications

• Collaborates with Corporate Communications/ Human Resources Benefits and assists with posting in internal and external communications about safety
• Supports company Executive Leadership in presentation development and statistical performance analysis and requests
• Assists Corporate Director of Safety as Safety Portal and Lessons Learned knowledge manager
• Regularly reviews and provides updates to improve the standard safety plan

Training

• Conducts Incident and Injury Free trainings and other safety related education as requested or required by the Divisions within their area of responsibility
• Updates Gilbane's safety training modules to provide in-person training to improve all field employee's identification and correction of safety issues in the field

Risk Management

• Collaborates with Corporate Risk Manager to ensure effective implementation of Insurance Programs
• Reviews and ensures a project level response to all loss control inspections conducted on Gilbane projects by Insurance company representatives
• Collaborates with Corporate Legal to coordinate response and defense to OSHA, EPA or other regulatory authority citations, and personal injury or liability litigation
• Represents Gilbane as subject matter expert in legal and regulatory appeals and actions

Client Relationship Management

• Collaborates with Global Sales & Marketing Services to respond to client safety questionnaires, proposals and prequalification requests
• Represents Gilbane at key client meetings involving safety

Industry Safety Leadership/Involvement

• Participates and represents Gilbane as directed at national industry conferences and groups, such as ASSP, NSC, BCSP, ANSI, AGC, ABC, CURT, NCSE, IIF HSE, etc.
• Actively pursues the applications for external industry Safety Awards.
• Assists the Corporate Safety Director with authoring, developing and representing Gilbane at industry presentations, publications, peer reviewed journals, and other venues/conferences.

KEY COMPETENCIES

• Leverage Business Insights - Understand and act on industry trends, local market and economic conditions and our business model to make decisions and create competitive advantage.
• Deploy a Strategic Mindset - Take a broad, global perspective when considering proactive solutions to long-term opportunities and risks that might develop in the future.
• Display Emotional Intelligence - Demonstrate the capacity to recognize feelings and patterns of behavior and those of others. Manage emotions effectively in ourselves and our relationships.
• Build High Performing Teams - Attract, select, develop, recognize, and retain talented individuals. Utilize motivation and discipline to maximize performance and impact on the organization.
• Drive Team Accountability - Determine priorities and delegate work; monitor and communicate progress. Establish measures to assess the impact, quality and timeliness of results; praise success and learn from mistakes.
• Coach and Develop Others - Provide feedback, instruction, and development guidance to help others excel in their current or future job responsibilities. Plan for and support development of individual skills and abilities.

EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE

• Associate Safety Professional, Certified Safety Professional or Certified Industrial Hygienist preferred
• BS in Occupational Safety Management or Engineering
• 10-15 years of relevant safety leadership experience
• CSP, CHST or other applicable certification is required
• Or equivalent combination of education and experience

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES

• Comprehensive knowledge of construction safety principles, techniques and methods
• Comprehensive knowledge of OSHA laws, regulations and policies
• Capable of identifying known potential exposures and recommending corrective action
• Strong computer skills and familiarity with the Microsoft Office suite

Salary to be determined based on factors such as geographic location, skills, education, and/or experience of the applicant, as well as the internal equity and alignment with the team.

The pay ranges from $200,000-$280,000 plus benefits and retirement program.

Gilbane offers an excellent total compensation package which includes competitive health and welfare benefits and a generous profit-sharing/401k plan. We invest in our employees' education and have built Gilbane University into a top training organization in the construction industry. Qualified applicants who are offered a position must pass a pre-employment substance abuse test.

Gilbane is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, color, national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status, or disability status.

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