Regional Safety Manager

Description

As a Regional Safety Manager, you will have the opportunity to oversee safety operations within SVM’s Nevada operations. The Regional Safety Manager will play a crucial role in cultivating a safety-first culture, ensuring a safe working environment for employees, visitors, and project activities while ensuring alignment to SVM safety protocols and compliance with regulatory standards.

Do you want the opportunity to assist in shaping and developing safety practices in a growing region? Do you enjoy being a trusted safety resource and promoting a safety-first culture across teams and project sites?

• Identify, promote, and facilitate training to enhance safety knowledge and encourage best practices across regional operations.
• Roll out new safety initiatives and tools in Nevada, ensuring alignment with SVM’s safety standards and strategic goals.
• This role may involve moving freely and navigating various areas within the construction site, including climbing ladders, stairs, or accessing elevated equipment.
• Oversee SVM’s safety operations across Nevada operations including fabrication facilities, office, and project sites.
• Stay updated on industry best practices and emerging safety trends.
• Collaborate with the Safety Director to develop, implement, and maintain region-specific SOPs, safety policies, and plans tailored to Nevada’s environmental conditions and project types, reviewing and updating as needed.
• This role may be required to review technical specifications, pre-task plans, and other documentation to determine the safest way to perform certain tasks.
• Enforce corrective action plans for identified safety violations or hazards.
• Track and analyze regional safety performance metrics, identifying trends and opportunities for improvement.
• Serve as the regional point of contact for regulatory agencies, external auditors, and medical providers.
• Lead and oversee a team of safety professionals including Safety Officers and administrators, conducting monthly check-ins and annual reviews to support professional growth.
• Support Project Management and field leaders in developing and reviewing site-specific safety plans.
• Conduct regular safety meetings with the safety team and field leadership to discuss current topics, best practices, and lessons learned.
• This role may require utilizing appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) when visiting jobsites.
• Conduct site visits, job walks, and safety audits to identify hazards, support teams and monitor safety practices in real-time.
• Attend monthly meetings with the Safety Director to review incidents, strategic goals, SOPs, and emerging safety concerns within the region.
• Participate in monthly foreman meetings and quarterly project management meetings to address safety planning and resource allocation.
• Audit job walks performed by Safety Officers to identify potential hazards and provide feedback.
• Assist with escalated and critical safety tasks.
• This role may require working at elevated heights while inspecting jobsites.
• Maintain and enforce region-specific safety training programs, ensuring employees receive the appropriate training to meet certification requirements, project demands, environmental conditions, and role-specific safety needs.
• Provide coaching throughout jobsite safety encounters, promoting accountability and reinforcing SVM’s safety-first culture.
• Support the Safety Department with other tasks as business requires.
• Maintain and conduct training on emergency response plans, ensuring employees are prepared for emergencies.

Requirements

• The role requires working in various environments, including construction sites and commercial buildings, and under diverse weather conditions such as extreme heat or snow, particularly in Nevada.
• This role may be required to navigate through tight spaces, such as crawlspaces, attics, or mechanical rooms.
• Bachelor’s Degree in Occupational Health and Safety or similar field highly preferred, equivalent professional experience within a safety-focused discipline required.
• This role may involve extensive physical activity including walking, standing, climbing, and driving to customer sites.
• Demonstrated expertise in OSHA regulations, along with local, state, federal safety standards and requirements required.
• Valid CSP and/or CHST certification required; ASP, OSHA 510, OSHA 500 a plus.
• Comprehensive knowledge of construction safety standards and practices including fall protection, cranes, excavations, scaffolding, welding, PPE, heavy equipment operations, etc. highly preferred.
• Proven experience in developing, implementing, and enforcing safety programs, policies, and site-specific safety plans required.
• Minimum of 10 years of safety leadership experience in a Regional Safety Manager or equivalent role required, within the AEC industry highly preferred.
• Is willing to submit to a comprehensive background check required.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Outlook, Excel, and Word) and construction accounting software highly preferred.
• Possesses a valid California’s Driver’s License and willing to submit to a DMV report a must.

Benefits

Well-Being: Robust Maternity & Paternity Leave / EAP / Paid Holidays / PTO / Sick Leave / Interactive Breakroom

Financial Wellness: 401k w/ Employer Contribution / Employee Referral Bonus / “Positive Pulse”

This is a full-time exempt position based out of SVM’s Nevada office. The compensation for this role is $130,000 - $155,000 annually and is based on experience and skillset.

Health: Medical / Dental / Vision / Life & Disability Insurance / FSA

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance