Vice President, Safety

General Job Description:

This leadership position is responsible for leading the safety department to ensure the safety and health of all union and non-union employees across all locations. Directly supervises safety directors.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities: column for each role

• Oversee the overall safety and health of all union and non-union employees across all locations.
• Lead the development of a positive safety culture through stakeholder engagement, implementation of company safety standards and procedures, and strategically manage injury and return-to-work processes for optimal outcomes.
• Implement a data-driven approach, evaluating leading and lagging indicators to continuously improve, effectively mitigating risk/liability, and minimizing employee injuries. Engage in strategic thinking to plan, evaluate, and determine how to improve ACCO's safety metrics.
• Build and empower high-performing safety teams through effective hiring, training, and mentorship, ensuring optimal resource allocation and driving individual and team growth through targeted support and accountability.
• Develop and strengthen strategic partnerships with internal and external stakeholders, including meeting with client's safety staff and actively participating in key industry safety organizations.
• Proactively monitor and interpret evolving local, state, and federal regulations, ensuring strict adherence and timely, accurate responses to all compliance requirements, effectively mitigating organizational risk.
• Enhance employee safety awareness through engaging and innovative programs and ensure the effectiveness of safety training by continuously reviewing and updating content to meet organizational and regulatory requirements.
• Work closely with leadership to align safety expectations, ensure clear communication and effective implementation of safety policies, deliver performance-based feedback, and serve as the company's safety expert for all employees.
• Facilitate review of serious injuries and incidents to analyze and determine appropriate corrective actions and preventive measures needed.
• Stay abreast of natural disasters, environmental, and societal risks to ensure timely communication on safety measures needed are distributed to employees.
• Participate in evaluating customer safety programs and project-specific hazards to proactively identify and mitigate risks, ensuring contractual safety compliance.
• Other tasks and duties assigned by Executive management.

Position Requirements (Skills, Work Experience, Education, Certifications, Licenses, etc.):

• Associate degree (public safety/construction safety)
• Bachelor's degree preferred (health science/physical safety)
• Minimum 10 years of experience in construction safety management and leadership
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Effective conflict resolution skills
• Strong leadership, mentoring, and team engagement skills to facilitate a positive team environment
• Strong understanding and experience in implementing industry best practices
• Strong understanding of current government regulations as it pertains to occupational health and safety
• CHST or equivalent from Board of Safety Professionals

ACCO Competencies:

• Proactivity / Initiative: Recognizes what needs to be done and accomplishes it in a manner appropriate for one's level/position and with minimal supervision.
• Perseverance: Shows wherewithal to fight for difficult goals despite challenges and to bounce back from adversity.
• Insight: The ability to gather and make sense of information that suggests new possibilities.
• Engagement: Shows a knack for using emotion and logic to communicate a persuasive vision and connect with people.
• Teamwork: The ability to effectively work toward common goals with others by supporting, encouraging, and sharing information in an authentic and approachable manner.
• Big Picture: Understands and contributes to organizations' short- and long-term business strategy. On a personal level has independently developed a vision for short- and long-term career success.
• Motivation / Dedication: Commits to excellence in pursuing unselfish goals. Initiates action with collective goals, takes responsibility and shows personal humility.
• Technical Curiosity / Willingness to Learn: Interest in seeking out new experiences, knowledge, and candid feed, back; demonstrating an openness to learning and change.
• Problem-Solver: Ability to identify, analyze, and solve a problem in support of personal, group, department, or organizational objectives.

Physical Requirements:

(The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.)

• Must regularly lift and /or move up to 30 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 100 pounds.
• While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel and reach with hands and arms.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include Close vision and Ability to adjust focus.
• The employee is frequently required to sit and talk or hear.
• The employee is occasionally required to climb or balance and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
• The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
• You are a responsible person with the ability to multi-task. You understand that regular & routine attendance is required.

Travel:

0-25% of the time to and from the assigned office location to regional branch offices and/or to project/customer site(s).

Competitive Wages:

$170,000 to $250,000 Annual Salary. Applicants please note that actual compensation is determined by several factors that are unique to each candidate, including but not limited to job-related skills, depth of experience, certifications, relevant education or training, and specific work location, among others. The offered wage or salary is only one aspect of an employee's total compensation.

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