Director of Safety & Health

MEP Holding Co, Inc; Indianapolis (IN); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Edwards Electrical & Mechanical, Inc. seeks a seasoned Safety Leader to drive the company’s safety strategy across active construction projects and facilities.

You will partner with executives and field leaders to integrate safety into planning, investigate incidents, and develop prevention actions with a focus on measurable improvements.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of progressive construction safety experience with leadership responsibilities.
• Proven ability to develop and implement company-wide safety programs and training.
• Strong knowledge of OSHA construction standards and safety practices.
• Experience conducting jobsite inspections, incident investigations, and root-cause analysis.
• Ability to translate safety data into practical corrective actions.
• Effective communication with executives, project teams, and field personnel.

Responsibilities

• Lead the safety leadership and strategy across projects and operations.
• Develop, implement, and improve the safety and health program.
• Establish standards, policies, and measurable safety goals; monitor performance.

Skills

Leadership

Safety programs

OSHA knowledge

Data analysis

Communication

Problem-solving

Education

CSP

CHST

OSHA 30-Hour Construction

First Aid/CPR/AED

Tools

Safety management systems

Job description

Safety Leadership & Strategy

• Develop, implement, and continuously improve the company's overall safety and health program.
• Establish company-wide safety standards, expectations, policies, and procedures.
• Partner with executive and operational leadership to integrate safety into project planning and execution.
• Provide safety leadership and guidance to project managers, superintendents, foremen, and field teams.
• Establish measurable safety goals and track performance across projects and business units.
• Build accountability for safety performance at every level of the organization.
• Promote a proactive safety culture focused on prevention, employee engagement, and continuous improvement.

Construction Safety & Field Operations

• Provide safety oversight across active construction projects and company facilities.
• Conduct regular jobsite visits, audits, inspections, and safety observations.
• Evaluate project-specific hazards and ensure appropriate controls are established before work begins.
• Partner with field leadership on job hazard analyses, pre-task planning, site-specific safety plans, and corrective actions.
• Ensure subcontractors and employees comply with company, client, and project safety requirements.
• Support safety planning for high-risk construction activities.
• Identify trends and recurring hazards and work with operations to eliminate or reduce exposure.

Compliance & Risk Management

• Ensure compliance with OSHA and applicable federal, state, local, client, and company safety requirements.
• Maintain required safety programs, documentation, recordkeeping, and regulatory reporting.
• Monitor regulatory developments and update company practices as requirements change.
• Maintain OSHA logs and other required safety records.
• Coordinate regulatory inspections and responses as necessary.
• Partner with leadership, HR, insurance, risk management, and legal resources on significant safety matters.

Incident Management & Prevention

• Lead or oversee investigations involving injuries, near misses, property damage, and other safety incidents.
• Ensure investigations identify root causes rather than simply documenting the event.
• Develop and track corrective and preventive actions through completion.
• Analyze incident trends, leading indicators, and safety data to identify opportunities for improvement.
• Communicate significant safety risks and incidents to executive leadership promptly.
• Support return-to-work and workers' compensation processes in coordination with HR and applicable partners.

Training & Employee Development

• Develop and maintain safety training programs for employees and field leadership.
• Ensure employees receive required OSHA, company, client, and task-specific safety training.
• Support new-hire safety orientation and project-specific onboarding.
• Coach superintendents, foremen, project managers, and other leaders on their responsibilities for safety performance.
• Identify opportunities to strengthen field leadership's ability to recognize hazards and intervene before incidents occur.

Safety Systems & Performance

• Establish meaningful leading and lagging safety indicators.
• Monitor incident rates, observations, inspections, corrective actions, training completion, and other safety metrics.
• Provide leadership with clear reporting on safety performance, emerging risks, and improvement priorities.
• Maintain safety management systems, documentation, and records.
• Evaluate technology and process improvements that strengthen safety performance and field visibility.
• Support prequalification, client reporting, insurance requirements, and safety-related business-development needs.

What We're Looking For

• 10+ years of progressive construction safety experience, including leadership responsibility.
• Demonstrated experience leading safety programs across active commercial, industrial, mechanical, electrical, or other complex construction environments.
• Strong working knowledge of OSHA construction standards and industry safety practices.
• Experience conducting jobsite inspections, audits, incident investigations, and root-cause analysis.
• Experience developing and implementing company-wide safety programs, policies, and training.
• Proven ability to work effectively with executives, project management, superintendents, foremen, and craft professionals.
• Strong understanding of construction means and methods and the hazards associated with field operations.
• Ability to analyze safety data and translate findings into practical corrective actions.
• Strong communication, leadership, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to travel to active project sites as required.

Preferred Certifications

• CSP – Certified Safety Professional
• CHST – Construction Health and Safety Technician
• OSHA 30-Hour Construction
• First Aid/CPR/AED
• Additional construction safety or occupational health certifications are a plus.

The Right Fit We're looking for a construction safety leader, not simply a compliance administrator. The right person understands how construction actually gets built and knows how to work alongside operations to reduce risk without losing credibility with the field. You'll need to be comfortable walking a jobsite with a superintendent in the morning, reviewing safety performance with executives in the afternoon, and stepping into an incident investigation when necessary. This position requires someone who can establish standards and accountability while also building the relationships needed to influence behavior across the organization.

What Success Looks Like

• Safety expectations are clear, consistent, and understood across the organization.
• Project teams proactively identify and control hazards before work begins.
• Field leadership takes ownership of safety rather than relying solely on the safety department.
• Incidents, near misses, and trends are investigated thoroughly and corrective actions are completed.
• Safety data is accurate, actionable, and used to improve operations.
• Regulatory and client requirements are consistently met.
• Employees feel empowered to identify hazards, stop unsafe work, and raise concerns.
• Executive and operational leaders have clear visibility into safety performance and emerging risks.

Founded in 1968, Edwards Electrical & Mechanical, Inc. has grown to become one of the largest electrical/mechanical contracting firms in Indiana and the Midwest. Our growth has been attributed to “providing quality work at or below market prices”. It is this business philosophy that has led to consistent double‑digit annual growth over the past decade for both our construction and service divisions. To support our dedication to long‑term, cost‑effective solutions, Edwards Electrical and Mechanical has established a supplier network to provide you savings through our negotiated buying power. Don and Ruth Edwards founded Edwards Electrical and Mechanical, Inc. in 1968. The company started out as a small union commercial shop based out of their garage. The business quickly grew and relocated to an old two‑story house on East Street in 1970. In 1972, Edwards Electric changed its operation to a merit‑based shop, and six short years later, Edwards Electric moved to a 2500 square foot building at the corner of East Street and Merrill. By 1981 this structure became too small, and working with a customer at the time, MacDougall and Pierce, 2500 square feet were added to the building. The company name changed to Edwards Electrical and Refrigeration in 1980, and refrigeration is still a part of our product portfolio. In 1998, FirstEnergy Corporation, a registered public utility holding company headquartered in Akron, Ohio, acquired Edwards Electrical & Mechanical. In 2006, Edwards was purchased by MEP Holding Company, converting it again to a privately owned business. Organically and steadily, Edwards grew from about 250 employees to its current size of over 465 employees. On December 31st, 2021, a national company called Comfort Systems USA acquired all the stock of MEP Holding Company, thereby making it the owner of MEP Holding Company’s subsidiaries. Comfort Systems USA went public as a company in June 1997 and is comprised of over 170 locations across the United States. With Comfort Systems as a parent company, Edwards now has a robust assortment of training resources and has access to national best practices. Today, Edwards is one of the largest electrical & mechanical companies in Indiana and is able to offer an extremely positive work environment for its highly skilled employees. Our service division specializes in preventative maintenance and offers HVAC, plumbing, refrigeration, generator and electrical services. Each office has it’s own service support staff and shares the same resources for Accounting, Human Resources, and Information Technology. Edwards’ Construction Division has capabilities to self‑perform Electrical, HVAC, and Plumbing trades ensure our customers that we will meet construction schedule for completion of projects and do so within the customer’s budget. Our mission to be a “one–stop merit shop” for all three trades has allowed us the flexibility to do more work with less people. We have been able to pass these efficiencies along to our customers. The “can do” attitude of the Edwards employee has been demonstrated repeatedly. The vision of our Company is to “Ensure tomorrow’s success by how well we service our customers today.”