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Coakley & Williams Construction (CWC) · 1 day ago

Director of Occupational Health & Safety

Bethesda, MD

Full-time

Onsite

Director/Executive

$150K/yr - $190K/yr

10+ years exp

Coakley & Williams Construction (CWC) is a company focused on promoting a culture of safety across all job sites. The Director of Occupational Health & Safety will lead the development and execution of the company’s health and safety program, ensuring regulatory compliance and continuous improvement in safety operations.

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Hiring Manager

Whitney Sullenger

Responsibilities

Develops and implements a clear vision and program for health and safety for the company, aligning strategies, policies, and programs to build a health and safety culture with industry-leading practices

Leads and manages Health and Safety Department team to achieve a high performance, customer-oriented work team, through hiring, motivating, coaching, appraising, creating accountability, and resolving issues related to staff

Provides proactive leadership by anticipating problems, providing solutions, sharing knowledge, and providing training as needed

Interacts cross-functionally with CWC team members, clients, subcontractors, and inspectors to ensure teams are operating in accordance with CWC’s safety programs, and contractual and regulatory requirements

Develop, analyze, and maintain safety performance metrics that are specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, and timely. Provide recommendations for continuous improvement

Participate in the review of CWC’s Subcontractor Default Insurance program health and safety submittals. Assist with evaluation and assessment of health and safety programs of subcontractors including performance on past projects

Regularly evaluates the effectiveness of safety initiatives and monitor results to make improvements or take corrective action

Ensure health and safety training criteria meets the needs of internal and external (CWC, client & regulating entities) requirements. Develop training programs as needed to ensure understanding and execution of criteria

Develop and manage personnel training and certifications, keeping up to date records for expirations, reporting, and actively tracking/setting up training for new employees and those with expiring certifications

Leads incident investigations, ensures participation in the incident review process, and disseminates lessons learned to appropriate stakeholders

Manages hazard assessment activities to ensure projects are properly planned and coordinated to achieve project schedule timelines while maintaining health and safety expectations

Develop annual plans & budgets for health and safety initiatives

Provide expertise and guidance on safety-related issues to management, employees, and outside vendors/consultants

Conduct site-specific safety audits and inspections to assess compliance of safety plans, effectiveness of safety managers and identify potential hazards and recommend corrective actions

Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure ongoing alignment and coordination of safety-related initiatives

Leads the Corporate Safety Committee

Actively participates in industry organizations at board or committee level; represent the Company at networking functions, career fairs, trade shows, etc

Integrate technology and software solutions into health and safety management practices as appropriate

Work with CWC Human Resources as required to manage workers’ compensation claims

Qualification

OSHA regulationsSafety management experienceTeam leadershipLoss preventionCertified Safety ProfessionalChange managementCommunicationCollaboration skills