General Statement of Job
The Safety Manager cultivates a safety-oriented work environment, ensuring compliance with safety regulations, minimizing workplace incidents, and enhancing overall safety performance. The Safety Manager develops and implements safety policies, procedures, and training programs to mitigate risks and promote a safe and secure workplace through continuous improvement and proactive strategies. The role will engage with employees at all levels to foster a culture of safety and operational excellence.
Essential Functions:
· Lead and model excellence through the development and execution of safety programs and initiatives.
· Conduct safety audits and risk assessments to document both safe and unsafe conditions or behaviors to help reinforce adherence to regulations and industry standards.
· Investigate incidents, injuries, and near misses.
· Compile, analyze, and interpret statistics relating to personnel injuries, frequency, and severity factors to expose root causes to recommend and implement training, job modification, initiatives, mitigation investments, and other cost-effective solutions.
· Contribute to and lead safety committees, evaluating incidents, recommending corrective actions, and collaborating to update safety standards and policies.
· Ensure effective communication and integration of safety protocols into daily operations.
· Perform continuous assessment and enhancements of training programs, practices, and equipment to maintain the highest levels of safety awareness and incident prevention.
· Stay updated on advancements in new technologies and practices, advocate for their incorporation, and consistently improve organizational safety standards.
Minimum Qualifications
· Bachelor’s degree in Safety Management, Environmental Health, or a related field is required, supplemented by three (3) years of related experience for example in occupational safety and health inspections (OSHA/DEP/DOT); worksite safety audits; hazard prevention program development; incident investigation and root cause analysis; safety and health training; data analysis of leading and lagging indicators; or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience that provides the required knowledge, skills and abilities.
Occupational Safety & Health Administration Safety & Health Fundamentals for General Industry Certificate Required.
Occupational Safety & Health Administration Safety & Health Fundamentals for Construction Preferred.
Experience with software management information systems to track and mine safety related data.
Strong written and verbal communication skills.
Ability to conduct effective training sessions.
Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite or related software.
Strong organizational skills with attention to detail.
Must submit to and pass a fingerprint-based national criminal history record check and must be able to obtain, and recertify as required, the appropriate Criminal Justice Security Awareness training.
Must possess or obtain the most current FEMA ICS 100, 200, 700, and 800 Incident Command System certifications within six months of appointment to the job.
Must possess and maintain a valid state of Florida driver’s license.
Physical Requirements
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand and walk to a significant degree; use hands to operate tools or feel and talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to pull, push, kneel, bend, squat, crawl, and twist. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 15 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
Working Conditions
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Environmental factors include outdoor conditions; rugged terrain, slippery surfaces, varying weather, including, heat, cold, dry, wet weather. In addition, noise, darkness, brightness, vibrations, traffic, biological agents, chemicals, gas/ fumes, magnetic fields, or congested area. Environmental factors include indoor, flat surface, noise, sitting, walking and standing.
Other
It is understood that every incidental duty connected with operations enumerated in the job description is not always specifically described, and employees, at the discretion of the City, may be required to perform duties not within their job descriptions.
