Safety Director (Manufacturing and Construction)

Klover Contracting; Quakertown (Bucks County); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Medical Gap Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Basic Life and AD&D Insurance

Basic Short-Term Disability

Voluntary Long-Term Disability

Employee Assistance Program

401K

Employee Referral Program

Job summary

Klover Contracting seeks a Safety Director to develop and lead company safety programs across prefabrication and field installation teams. You will partner with executives to embed safety into planning and production, driving proactiveness and accountability at all levels.

The role oversees incident prevention, training, and claims management, ensuring OSHA compliance and policy adherence. A 7–10 year safety leadership track is preferred.

Qualifications

• Associates or bachelor’s degree in Occupational Safety, Environmental Health, Industrial Engineering, or related fields.
• OSHA 30 Construction Industry and/or General Industry Certification
• CSP, CSD, OSHA 500, CHST (preferred)
• 7–10 years’ experience in a safety leadership role.

Responsibilities

• Promote a Safety Culture across all levels and drive a think safe, work safe mindset.
• Lead safety initiatives to embed ownership at crew level and ensure planning includes safety.
• Oversee incident prevention, training, and claims management to reduce risk.
• Develop and update health and safety policies in line with regulations.
• Monitor safety KPIs and report trends to leadership.

Skills

Safety leadership

Risk assessment

Training delivery

Regulatory compliance

MS Office 365

Communication skills

Education

Associates or bachelor’s in Occupational Safety, Environmental Health, Industrial Engineering

Tools

N/A

Job description

GeneralSummary of Position

The Safety Director is responsible fordeveloping, implementing, and continuously improving the company’s safety andrisk management programs across both prefabrication operations and fieldinstallation crews. This role leads theorganization in creating a best-in-class safety culture focused onproactiveness, and accountability embedded directly into production. This role minimizes risk exposure and reducesincident rates and EMR through effective incident prevention, training,enforcement, and claims management practices ensuring compliance withregulatory requirements and company policy.

The Safety Director operates at both astrategic and operational level, partnering with executive leadership, field& prefab facility operations, and project teams to embed safety into allaspects of work execution.

Essential(Core Competencies) Duties

Promote a Safety Culture: Championa "think safe- work safe" culture across all levels of theorganization and collaborate with management and employees to motivate andensure engagement and accountability in safety initiatives.

Establish and communicate a clearcompany-wide safety vision, strategy, and expectations aligned with“best-in-class” performance.

Drive a behavior-based safety culture thatemphasizes safe production is the expectation- not a tradeoff. Employees at all levels are:

Expected to identifyhazards

Empowered to initiate improvements orstop work

Held accountable forunsafe behaviors

Lead initiatives that reinforce dailysafety ownership at the crew or jig level.

Partner with operations leadership toensure safety is integrated into planning, scheduling, and productionexpectations (not treated as a parallel function).

Drive consistency across multiple crews,foremen, and jobsites simultaneously, often under varying GC-controlledenvironments.

Align internal culture with external siterules (GCs/owners) while maintaining company standards.

Ensure immediate correction of unsafebehaviors, unsafe conditions, non-compliance with company or GC standards.

Create a structured system for progressivediscipline and corrective action tracking..

Risk Assessment and Mitigation:Conduct regular site and prefab facility inspections, audits, and job hazardanalyses (JHAs) to proactively identify potential hazards and implementcorrective measures to eliminate or minimize risks

Training and Education: Oversee thedevelopment of safety training programs for employees, managers, andsubcontractors on safe work practices, hazard recognition, emergency response,and proper handling of materials or equipment.Develop front line supervisors’ safety leadership so that safety isowned at the crew level, not just by the safety staff.

Claims Management & Risk Control:

Actively manage WC,GL, Auto claims acrossinsurance carriers, third party administrators, legal, and internalHR/Operations.

Implement best practicesin reducing claim severity and return to work programs.

Identify root causes tofeed changes back to training & enforcement.

Policy and Program Development:Create, implement, and update comprehensive health and safety policies,procedures, and manuals in compliance with regulatory requirements.

Data Analysis and Metrics: Overseetracking, analysis, and reporting on safety Key Performance Indicators (KPIs),trends, and incident rates to leadership to drive continuous improvement

Oversee Safety Manager’s development ofproject and task specific safety programs such as JSA’s.

Attend Safety Manager led Safety Committeemeetings to receive feedback and drive safety initiatives.

Oversee Safety Manager pre-planningjobsite meetings. Attend or conductmeetings when required.

Ensure that all employees achieve theproper training requirements as per the OSHA and company standards. If necessary, facilitate training for sitepersonnel for compliance.

Stop at once any violation or unsafepractice.

Oversee Safety Manager led investigationof incidents, root cause analysis, reporting, trend development, and correctiveactions.

Annually Review and update the companyHealth and Safety Program to ensure compliance with Local, State, and FederalRegulations and Requirements.

Other

Other duties and projects as assigned.

Required to adhere to all Klover policies and procedures.

Supervisory/ Management Requirements:

Oversee safety manager

Oversee admin services staff with partial safety adminresponsibilities.

Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, anindividual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Therequirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/orability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individualswith disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Required Education and Experience

Associates or bachelor’s degree inOccupational Safety, Environmental Health, Industrial Engineering, or relatedfields.

OSHA 30 Construction Industry and/orGeneral Industry Certification

CSP, CSD, OSHA 500, CHST (preferred)

7-10 years’ experience in a safetyleadership role proven to establish and improve safety culture.

Proficiency in MS Office 365

Prior experience in conducting safetytraining both on-site and in a classroom setting

Prior experience in a field constructionrole preferred.

Preferred Experience andCertifications

Knowledge in advanced manufacturing technology and welding.

Previous work in an industrial construction environment.

Key Competencies

Strong ability to drive behavior changeacross field and prefab facility operations.

Deep understanding of trade contractoroperations

Experience with multi-site, crew-basedproduction environments

Expertise in claims management and costcontrol

Ability to bring structure and consistencyacross decentralized operations teams

Balance of enforcement + coaching +operational alignment

The ability to improve the immediateperformance of others, facilitate their skill development and give feedback ina manner that facilitates confidence and maintains self-esteem.

The need to be self-motivated to growpersonally and professionally through on-going education as a result of therate of change in the position.

The ability to sense the feelings, needs,perspectives and concerns of another party (employees & customers) andthereby build a relationship.

The ability to build a relationship withanother person or group through effective communication skills (listening,speaking & behaving).

The ability to evaluate, select and act onvarious methods and strategies for solving problems and meeting objectivesbefore being asked or required to do so.

The ability to communicate to a group orindividual for purposes of educating and/or influencing a decision.

The ability to convince others to accept aposition, proposal, plan of action, etc.

The ability to develop and use effectivestrategies, change management and interpersonal skills to influence otherstoward the accomplishment of identified objectives.

The ability to Identify or participate inidentifying changes & new approaches to items such as procedures, methods,models, products, services, theories, concepts, technologies, etc. that benefitemployees, customers and/or the organization.

Physical Requirements Continued

Due to the physical nature of theposition, employee must have full dexterity of their hands and arms.

Employee must be able to see objects closeand far away

At times, multiple sounds can be heard asemployee is working on job, employee must have the ability to focus on thesound in particular that is associated with the task they are completing. Employees with any sort of hearing impairmentwould not be considered fit for duty to perform this position.

Due to the safety sensitive nature of theposition, at all times, employee must be fit for duty and not report to workunder the influence of a mind altering or performance altering substance. At no time, should employee be found to bepossessing or using a mind or performance altering substance while performingany Company task.

Company Standards

The employee will represent the Company ina positive, professional manner with fellow employees and within thecommunities served.

The employee will encourage and maintainteamwork throughout the company and will communicate all pertinent informationin a timely and effective manner.

The employee will endeavor to maintain ourintegrity by embracing high ethical standards and adhering to company policies.

Consistently demonstrates Company’sGuiding Values of Quality, Customer Satisfaction, Integrity, Teamwork, andCommunity.

Acknowledgement

Position duties and expectations changeover time. This job description is notintended to be an all-inclusive, exclusive or exhaustive list of the jobfunctions that an employee in this position may be asked to perform from timeto time. The employee may perform otherrelated duties as assigned to meet the ongoing needs of the Company. If thereis ever a time that you are unsure what is expected of you, you are expected tomeet with your manager and ask questions. If you are unsure how to perform acertain task, ask your manager before performing.

Klover Benefits

Medical Insurance

Medical Gap Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Basic Life and AD&D Insurance

Basic Short-Term Disability

Voluntary Long-Term Disability

Employee Assistance Program

401K

Employee Referral Program

The following PA Act 153 clearances, orproof of application of clearances, are required beginning employment and as acondition of continued employment: Pennsylvania Child Abuse History ClearancePennsylvania State Police Criminal Record Check FBI Fingerprint CriminalBackground Check Obtaining the required clearances is completed as part of thenew hire process.

Klover Contracting Inc. expresslyprohibits any form of workplace harassment of any kind. Klover is committed toproviding equal employment opportunities and employing an inclusive and diverseworkforce.

Klover Contracting, Inc. provides equalemployment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employmentwithout regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, nationalorigin, age, gender identify, veteran or disability status. In addition tofederal law requirements, Klover Contracting, Inc. complies with applicablestate and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in everylocation in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all termsand conditions of employment.

KLOVER 1121 THIS POSITIONIS FULLTIME MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY SCHEDULE.