REGIONAL SAFETY MANAGER - WPB/VRB chez Sims Crane & Equipment

Job Summary: The Regional Safety Manager is responsible for overseeing and implementing safety programs, DOT compliance and environmental performance across multiple locations within a geographic region. 

Essential Functions:

• Safety Compliance: Maintain and promote the overall safety cultures of the assigned region.
  1. Applicable federal regulations  compliance at all Sims’ facilities and customer sites.
  2. Perform quality assurance audits to ensure overall compliance of projects and branch operations. 
  3. Report observed hazards to the appropriate personnel and support corrective action plans.
  4. Provide coaching, guidance, and direction to employees and/or contractors on safe work practices and operational efficiency.
  5. Conduct daily and monthly safety meetings and toolbox talks.
• Rapid Response: Coordination of incidents arising within an assigned region:
  1. On-scene response to all critical incidents.
  2. Remote response to incidents when appropriate.
  3. Gather and compile supporting documentation and distribute to appropriate personnel.
  4. Communicate with law enforcement when necessary.
  5. Transport employees to medical facilities and/or drug/alcohol testing.
• Environmental Compliance: Responsible for supporting environmental compliance of environmental regulations. 
  1. Deliver training to employees.
  2. Support the response to environmental incidents at Sims’ facilities or job sites. 
  3. Develop and implement corrective actions in response to RCA’s.
• Quality Control
  1. Document and report on quality and safety issues, investigations, and outcomes.
  2. Provide recommendations on enhancing workflows, systems, or operations to boost efficiency, effectiveness, and overall performance. 
  3. Evaluate and track training program effectiveness to ensure content achieves Company-wide safety goals, standards, and metrics.

Required Skills/Abilities:

• Extensive knowledge of FMCSA regulations. 
• Extensive knowledge of OSHA regulations. 
• Extensive knowledge of environmental regulations. 
• Driver training and development experience.  
• Ability to develop and improve operational compliance strategies. 
• Permitting and registration experience.

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree, preferably in Business or a related field, from an accredited college or university OR AA/AS degree with 3 years of experience in Safety Compliance or related field OR 5 years of experience in Safety Compliance or a related field. 
• 5 years of experience in Safety Compliance and/or DOT industry.
• Minimum of 1 year of experience in conducting training.
• Valid Commercial Driver’s License (Preferred). 
• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States.
• Must be able to read, write, speak, and understand English.

Physical Requirements:

• Sims Crane & Equipment maintains a firm commitment to providing a safe and healthy work environment for its employees and quality services to its clients. Sims Crane & Equipment is a drug-free workplace. Must be able to pass a post-offer / pre-placement drug screen. Must also submit to a post-offer / pre-employment background report & motor vehicle check.  
• Work is performed in a standard construction environment with prolonged periods of standing, sitting and/or walking. Subject to standing, walking, bending, reaching, stooping, and lifting objects up to 100 pounds at times. May occasionally be exposed to dangerous machinery, extreme noise and physical harm in areas requiring hard hats, safety glasses and steel-toed safety shoes.  
• Ability to pass DOT pre-placement physical and physical capacities exam.   

Disclaimer: An employee must be able to perform the essential functions of the job, with or without reasonable accommodation.

Other Duties

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Sims Crane & Equipment is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer/Drug and Alcohol-Free Workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to status as a protected veteran or a qualified individual with a disability, or other protected status, such as race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and age.