Rose Paving LLC

Safety Director - Bridgeview, IL

About the Company

Rose Paving LLC, a multi- million- dollar business, leads in providing complete parking lot management solutions to commercial and industrial properties nationwide. Services include asphalt patching; asphalt reconstruction; asphalt resurfacing; sealcoating; cracksealing; concrete maintenance including installation and repair of concrete curbs, walks, and pads; storm sewer repair and installation, lot marking, and green paving solutions.

Established in 1974, Rose Paving LLC is a privately held company that maintains its corporate headquarters in Bridgeview, Illinois, with branch offices in Streamwood, IL, Denver, CO, Atlanta, GA, Santa Fe Springs, CA, Tampa, FL, Phoenix, AZ, and Nashville, TN. We are proud to report that because of our expertise, dedicated employees, and loyal customers, Rose Paving has been the recipient of numerous awards and honors. We are considered to be the leaders in our industry and have a staff of over 425 employees. As a company, we continue to make great strides in exceeding industry, customer, and employee expectations

Job Description

Job Summary:

Primarily responsibility for leading and managing the Company's safety initiatives and safety loss control programs, and the development of a safety and risk management culture dedicated to being "best in class". Assures safety program is designed to comply with OSHA and other construction industry standards.

Job Responsibilities:

• Leads development of and clearly articulates Company's safety vision, objectives, strategies, policies, and procedures to build a safety culture dedicated to behaviors which lead to best-in-class results

• Provides proactive leadership and assumes ownership of building a best in class safety culture by:

  • 1) Anticipating problems & providing solutions

  • 2) Sharing knowledge with, and providing training, to all levels of management, field staff, preconstruction, and project teams, through interactions with clients, subcontractors, and inspectors

  • 3) Creating an environment of learning, mentoring, and empowerment in order to promote employee engagement.

• Uses logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions and conclusions, and monitors results to make improvements or take corrective action.
• Ensures safety & health training meet the needs of internal and external (client & regulating entities) requirements, so staff has the safety training to safely perform tasks and jobs.
• Leads incident investigations.
• Manages hazard assessment activities by:
  • 1)conducting and/or supervising safety inspections
  • 2)analyzing inspection and incident data to identify opportunities to develop preventive and corrective practices.
• Develops annual plans & budgets for safety & health initiatives, including training.
• Leads and manages the safety staff: throughout country, develops a high performance, customer-oriented work team, through hiring, motivating, coaching, appraising, rewarding & disciplining, and addressing complaints and resolving issues related to staff

Other Functions:

• Manages safety incentive programs which reward targeted behaviors & results.
• Conducts training and presentations for health and safety matters and accident prevention
• Monitors compliance to policies and laws by inspecting employees and operations
• Leads or participates in Safety Committee.
• Investigates accidents or incidents to discover causes and assist with worker's compensation claims with Legal and human resource team
• Oversee all OSHA requirements, standards, and practices

In addition to the functions listed above, the employee is expected to: strive to exhibit and apply honesty, integrity and respect with all clients and co-workers, maintain a professional appearance and demeanor, demonstrate a positive attitude, communicate effectively with co-workers and clients, work with accuracy, efficiency, and attention to detail, maintain good attendance by working when and where directed, work safely in compliance with all safety policies, respect the work environment and keep it as neat and clean as possible, and exercise initiative to learn new skills and tasks and to help co-workers when possible. The employee is also expected to perform such other duties and functions as required from time to time.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Occupational Health and Safety Management, construction, or related field.
• OSHA 500, CSP certification, LSP Certifications, CSM certification.
• Minimum 7 years' experience in construction industry safety management.
• Minimum 7 years' experience managing & leading a structured safety program.
• In depth technical knowledge of construction related OSHA, federal, state, and local regulatory standards, and ability to recognize hazardous situations and implement effective corrective practices.
• Experience managing staff
• Must be an effective communicator, generating professional written material and delivering effective verbal presentations.
• Must have a valid driver's license.
• Must be able to operate typical office equipment, such as a computer, copier, printer, calculator.
• Must be able to operate safety equipment, monitoring devices, camera.
• Must be willing to travel.
• Must have the ability to produce reports and develop relevant policies
• Must have a deep understanding of legal health and safety guidelines
• Must be able to evaluate jobsites and personnel
• Must have good knowledge of data analysis and risk assessment

This is to be considered an outline of the work involved in this position and should not be construed as a limitation of duties or responsibilities from the standpoint of the employee or of Rose Paving LLC. All Rose Paving employees are expected to have a willingness to share in the responsibilities and duties of others when necessary to "get the job done" and to contribute their particular skills or expertise, however possible, for the benefit of the company. This will require that the employee develop and maintain a good rapport with all members of the Rose Paving LLC Team. Such ability will be to the benefit of the employee and will not go unnoticed by the company.

Salary
Competitive salary commensurate with experience. Includes comprehensive benefits package.

Contact
Rose Paving LLC
7300 W. 100th Place
Bridgeview, IL 60455
www.rosepaving.com