Director, Environmental Health & Safety (Construction)

STO Building Group; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

401(k) with employer match

Life & AD&D Insurance

Long-term Disability Insurance

Short-term Disability Insurance

Paid time off

Paid Holidays

Job summary

Layton Construction seeks a Safety Director to proactively plan, direct, and implement the Company’s ESH program across multiple sites, ensuring a safe environment for employees, clients, subcontractors, and the public. You will partner with senior leaders to build a proactive safety culture and successful environmental, health, and safety initiatives.

The role involves leading EHS programs, incident investigations, hazard assessments, and safety training with extensive travel across locations

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in environmental health & safety, safety management, construction or related field preferred.
• Minimum 15 years of direct commercial construction safety experience.
• OSHA 510 Certification obtained within the last 24 months.
• Thorough understanding and application of construction safety regulations, risk management principles, industrial hygiene practices, workers' compensation, and general liability.
• Demonstrated ability to identify, evaluate, and mitigate safety risks while developing effective safety strategies and solutions.
• Excellent problem-solving, critical thinking, and decision-making skills.
• Exceptional written, verbal, interpersonal, and presentation communication skills, with the ability to effectively influence and gain buy-in from diverse audiences.
• Demonstrated ability to delegate effectively and lead high-performing safety teams in a director-level capacity.
• High level of integrity consistent with Layton's “Constructing with Integrity” values.
• Extensive travel to multiple locations will be required.

Responsibilities

• Champions “The Layton Way” by delivering predictable outcomes for internal teams, external teams, and customers.
• Ensures that “Constructing with Integrity” is delivered by working with honesty, unity, safety, and quality of work.
• Reports directly to the VP ESH and supports the SBU leadership team.
• Understand our Contractor Controlled Insurance Program (CCIP) and how we manage trade partners through our contractor selection process.
• Client facing leader that helps support and implement EHS programs, plan work, and respond to root cause analysis investigations.
• Implement organizational learning by sharing lessons learned from near-misses and close calls with staff and leadership to prevent future occurrences within the operating business unit.
• Oversees safety staff and provides support to ensure compliance with all aspects of safety
• Supports teams to manage hazard assessment activities by 1) conducting and/or supervising safety inspections, and 2) analyzing inspection and incident data to identify opportunities to develop preventive and corrective practices
• Leads teams in the effective implementation and execution of critical safety systems, including the Corrective Action Plan, Pre-Mobilization, Weekly Focus Walks, Pre-Task Plan engagement, and the Injury Management Program.
• Act as corporate contact for any federal, state, or municipal safety or risk management authority and/or personnel, including, but not limited to OSHA
• Lead the incident investigation process, including root cause analysis by reviewing accident and incident reports
• Prepares monthly safety reports to present to management, owners, and parent company
• Ensures completion of required OSHA recordkeeping and reporting
• Create, plan, and implement programs to train employees in work site safety practices that align with business expectations

Skills

Leadership

Safety program management

Communication skills

Problem solving

Decision making

Team leadership

Integrity

Interpersonal skills

Presentations

Influencing others

Education

Bachelor’s degree in environmental health & safety, safety management, construction or related field

OSHA 510 Certification

Board Certified Safety Professional designation (CSP/ASP/CHST)

Tools

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

Layton Construction seeks a Safety Director to proactively plan, direct, and implement the Company’s ESH program across multiple sites, ensuring a safe environment for employees, clients, subcontractors, and the public. You will partner with senior leaders to build a proactive safety culture and successful environmental, health, and safety initiatives.

The role involves leading EHS programs, incident investigations, hazard assessments, and safety training with extensive travel across locations