Senior Director, Environmental Health & Safety

Layton Construction; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Health Savings Account

Healthcare Flexible Spending Account

Dependent Care Flexible Spending Cart

401(k) retirement plan with employer m

Life & AD&D Insurance

Long-term Disability Insurance

Short-term Disability Insurance

Critical Illness Insurance

Accident Insurance

Hospital Indemnity Insurance

Home & Auto Insurance

Family Support

Pre-tax Paid Parking/Public Transport

Paid time off

Time Away Benefits

Paid Holidays

Group Legal

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Identity Theft Protection

Pet Insurance

Employee Assistance Program

Job summary

Layton Construction seeks a Safety Director to lead and optimize the company’s ESH program, ensuring a safe, healthy, accident-free environment while protecting employees, clients, subcontractors, and the public.

The role partners with Senior Leaders to build a proactive safety culture, driving safety initiatives across multiple locations and aligning with regulatory requirements and corporate values.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in environmental health & safety, safety management, construction or related field preferred.
• Minimum 15 years of direct commercial construction safety experience.
• Board Certified Safety Professional designation preferred (CSP, ASP, or CHST).
• 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.
• Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• 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.
• 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 leadership

Communication skills

Problem-solving

Team leadership

Safety risk assessment

Interpersonal skills

Presentation skills

Microsoft Office

Education

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

Tools

MS Word

MS Excel

MS PowerPoint

Job description

Layton Construction seeks a Safety Director to lead and optimize the company’s ESH program, ensuring a safe, healthy, accident-free environment while protecting employees, clients, subcontractors, and the public.

The role partners with Senior Leaders to build a proactive safety culture, driving safety initiatives across multiple locations and aligning with regulatory requirements and corporate values.