Area Safety Manager

About the Role

You will align corporate and market safety strategies, manage the DriveCam system, lead Serious Injury and Fatality (SIF) prevention initiatives, and ensure timely safety communications and risk‑based awareness messaging. Incident management responsibilities include severity assessment, formal investigations, data capture, root‑cause analysis, and coordination with third‑party risk administrators. Additional duties involve developing district safety plans, overseeing the Hazardous Energy Control Program, ensuring compliance with DOT, OSHA and other regulations, conducting facility safety audits, managing the safety recognition program, medical monitoring, industrial hygiene, and PPE programs, and coaching safety specialists and site leaders based on observations and data. The role requires strong leadership competencies such as execution, planning, influencing, results orientation, coaching, change facilitation, and building customer relationships. You will directly supervise two full‑time safety coordinators. • Partner with corporate and market leadership to align safety strategy and goals. • Oversee DriveCam system analysis, reporting, coaching, and ride‑alongs with drivers. • Lead Serious Injury and Fatality (SIF) prevention, including risk identification and protection validation studies. • Coordinate safety communications and develop risk‑based awareness messaging. • Manage incident investigations, severity assessment, data entry, and root‑cause analysis. • Develop and implement district safety plans based on trend analysis. • Direct Hazardous Energy Control Program training and compliance monitoring. • Ensure adherence to DOT, OSHA, and other federal and state safety regulations. • Conduct safety audits of facilities, equipment, and emergency preparedness plans. • Administer safety recognition program and evaluate performance metrics. • Oversee medical monitoring and industrial hygiene programs across sites. • Serve as subject‑matter expert for PPE policy, procurement, and distribution. • Coach safety specialists and site leaders using observations, DriveCam events, and SIF data. • Supervise two full‑time safety coordinators and provide their development. • Maintain preferred certifications (CSP, CIH, PE, QEP, REM, CHMM) and stay current on safety standards.

Key Responsibilities

• ▸drivecam
• ▸sif prevention
• ▸hazardous energy
• ▸safety audits
• ▸incident investigation
• ▸safety planning

What You Bring

Qualifications include a bachelor’s degree (or high school diploma with four years of experience), five to seven years of safety or operations management experience, and preferred certifications such as CSP, CIH, PE, QEP, REM, and CHMM. Knowledge of safety regulations, communication, leadership, and public speaking is essential. The position involves moderate physical effort, exposure to typical occupational hazards and varied work environments (office, shop, landfill, MRF, transfer station). Travel throughout the market area and a REAL ID may be required.

Requirements

• ▸bachelor's
• ▸csp
• ▸cih
• ▸ops management
• ▸safety regs
• ▸leadership

Benefits

Base pay ranges from $111,205 to $144,440, with eligibility for incentive pay, and a comprehensive benefits package that includes medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short‑term disability, 401(k) match, stock purchase plan, paid vacation, holidays and personal days.

Work Environment

Field