Director Of Safety

The Director of Safety is responsible for strategic planning, organizing, implementing, managing, and taking initiatives to ensure a safe, healthy, and accident-free environment for all employees. Their position requires: performing safety audits, conducting safety training sessions, and creating initiatives to reduce and prevent accidents on site, identification of opportunities for improvement across all operation and approving all scope of work and proposal to ensure work is in compliance with approved safety practices. The Safety Director will present safety reports to management on an annual and more frequent basis as needed or requested. The Director of Safety is the trusted ambassador responsible for promoting and ensuring a “positive safety culture” that permeates throughout QBS’s people, processes and business.

The following are the essential skills for the position:
1. An unwavering commitment to workplace safety and health
2. Solid understanding of workplace health and safety compliance and challenges
3. Ability to identify challenges and provide solutions
4. Spend considerable time in field inspecting job sites to ensure training and policies are being complied with
5. Recognizing critical importance of direct communication with all employees and management team
6. Commitment to gaining the trust and respect of all those within QBS as well as clients, vendors and third parties
7. Possessing the self-confidence and sense of responsibility to hold themselves and others accountable
8. Remaining positive, respectful, and dynamic
9. Ability to approach issues in a methodical and organized manner geared at obtaining results
10. Ability to establish matrix for evaluating effectiveness of measures/programs/initiatives
11. Ability to clearly articulate goals and expectations across the organization
12. Ability to hold him/herself accountable as well as others
13. Solid written and verbal communication skills, including, ability to target messaging recognizing range of QBS personnel, each with different levels of education and knowledge but all equally responsible for ensuring safe work practices
14. Ability to change with changing times and needs
15. Remaining informed and immersed in industry safety and health issues.

AVAILABILITY AND RESPONSIVENESS: QBS maintains operations 24/7/365 and is an “essential business” in the New York area. The position requires flexibility and the ability to work non-traditional schedules and hours as needed and may include and require working weekends, holidays, and/or during emergency situations, such as natural disasters (storms, including but not limited to rain, wind, snow and ice, floods, power outages, fires, earthquakes, etc.), public health emergencies such as the COVID-19 pandemic, government-declared states of emergency, labor strikes, and force majeure events. Position holder must be accessible by telephone and email during off hours in accordance with QPS’ policies, and an ability to respond in person to emergencies and stay in New York City as appropriate, is expected.

GENERAL DUTIES

• Plans and recommends company-wide safety and health strategies and directs the safety and occupational health programs for the company.
• Analyze trends, design, and implement programs to proactively address them.
• Oversight of QBS’s Safety Practices and Policies across all business and operational locations
• Identify, develop, seek approval for, and enforce safety practices, policies, training, and metrics
• Develop and provide technical and administrative direction on all safety and health policies and programs which bear critical importance to the overall corporate objectives, operations and profitability of the businesses.
• Identify effective training opportunities given relevant observations and needs assessments
• Management of content, mechanism, and records of Safety and health training events
• Oversee and enforce compliance with all OSHA, and other regulatory agencies while maintaining awareness of regulatory changes that could impact the company.
• Create a work environment which reflects a commitment to protecting the safety and health of employees.
• Work collaboratively with operations to improve operational efficiencies and reduce safety and health related costs.
• Identify and recommend capital expenditures for acquisition of new equipment that increases efficiency and safety operations.
• Must possess a thorough knowledge and understanding of occupational hazards and safety precautions
• Lead or provide oversight to the investigation of accidents, injuries and near misses for risk assessment and risk mitigation recommendations as well as any corrective actions that are applicable.
• Perform periodic audits and inspections of operations, facilities, equipment, and materials to minimize hazards/exposures and to promote continuous improvement in processes.
• Implement recommended post-accident safety measures at an accident location as well as other sites and tack measures to closure.
• Ensure Supervisors and Area Managers receive training in workplace injury procedures, including proper preparation of reports.
• Work with management to implement and enforce remedial training for employees who have safety incidents on their records. Conduct safety training and post-accident/injury training for returning and new employees after an incident and for all new hires. Conduct on-site safety training at each building periodically.
• Coordinate with all departments to create a safety culture where safe actions and behaviors are viewed as a principal responsibility and focus for every employee.
• Act as lead company representative with regulatory bodies and other outside parties with respect to safety, security, and occupational health matters. Uses appropriate judgment in involving management as necessary.
• Perform work in an office environment and at project sites during all seasons with non-standard hours and local travel being expected.
• Able to operate standard business office equipment, including computer operation, mobile devices, use of email/Internet, as well as Microsoft Office Suite.
• Be solution and communication oriented while exchanging information, collecting, compiling, and preparing work documents

EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS:

• Bachelor’s degree in Safety and Health or related field

CERTIFICATIONS REQUIRED:
Knowledge/Skills/Certifications (required or will become certified in upon employment)
Certified Safety Professional® (CSP®) • Knowledge of Chapter 33 and FDNY Code Chapter 14 • 510 Occupational Safety Health Standards for Construction • 521 OSHA Guide to Industrial Hygiene • 3115 Fall Protection • 7505 Accident Investigation • 7115 Lockout/Tagout • 40-Hour Hazardous Waste Operations • 8-Hour Hazardous Waste Operations Supervisor • OSHA 30-hour Construction Safety Certificate • Site Safety Manager Certificate- 40 hour • 32 Suspended Scaffold Supervisor • 32-Hour Supervisor Scaffold Installer and Remover • CPR Certified • Proficient in Microsoft Office 2010

EXPECTED PRIOR EXPERIENCE:

• 8+ years’ demonstrated safety and health program management experience

Quality Building Services is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $100,000.00 - $140,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Parental leave
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Monday to Friday
• No weekends

Work Location: In person