Safety Manager

Compensation $ - $/year

Do you want to help make a difference in building America’s infrastructure?

Since 1953, Miller Pipeline has been a leader in building and maintaining America’s infrastructure as a premier underground pipeline construction and repair contractor. Our workforce is made up of highly trained and skilled employees totaling over 5,000 with office locations in 23 states. While continually investing in gas infrastructure programs, Miller Pipeline’s revenues have continued to grow year over year.

Thinking about joining our team and building a career here? There is no better time than now!

At Miller Pipeline you will gain:

• Growth opportunities for career advancement (Grow Here at Miller Pipeline)
• Competitive wages and industry-leading benefits
• A team-oriented atmosphere centered around our core values of Safety, Quality, Commitment, and Reputation (Our Core Values )

We are hiring a Safety Manager to provide leadership to engage the operations teams, nurture a strong culture of safety, and build and maintain professional relationships with operations management and employees. This person will also implement company safety strategies and manage the performance and professional development of the safety staff.

• Act as technical expert and consultant to support regional operations in achieving and nurturing a strong safety and quality culture.
• Manage staff performance and facilitate their professional development through training, mentoring and coaching. Develop the team into high-performing safety professionals.
• Plan, develop and implement programs to train management staff and employees on worksite safety practices, fire prevention, material handling/lifting, equipment use and hazardous chemicals.
• Provide support to operations for all QA/QC-related tasks and functions that ensure the integrity of our work and adherence to customer/regulatory procedures and requirements.
• Develop working relationships with the regional management team and mentor them on company core values, with a focus on Safety, First and Foremost; and Quality in Everything We Do. Identify and develop high achieving champions within the management team.
• Effectively implement safety strategies and best practices. Ensure that regulatory and company requirements are being met for project sites and within facilities.
• Ensure safety resources are efficiently aligned within the region. Assign field resources to maximize time spent in the field.
• Provide safety team with effective train-the-trainer instruction for safety courses and inspections.
• Conduct thorough root cause investigations; document and collaborate with operations to develop reasonable/actionable corrective measures and communicate results.
• Conduct inspections to identify worksite- and facility-related hazards. Determine corrective or preventive measures where indicated, and follow up to ensure successful implementation.
• Coordinate fleet safety to meet compliance with company and DOT regulations. Monitor safe driving telematics daily and work with management to ensure issues are corrected.
• Manage all safety/quality observations, communicate them to superintendents and staff weekly, and ensure they are acted upon and closed in a timely manner.
• Assist in generating materials for monthly safety meetings. Tailor the monthly safety meeting agenda received from Corporate Safety to the needs and trends of each location. Mentor and coach regional management in leading effective safety meetings.
• Ensure all new employees complete new hire orientation and all driver safety requirements before starting work in the field.
• Perform safety and quality inspections on regional work crews.
• Meet expectations of safety and quality inspections as set by the department directors.
• Report and investigate incidents which includes reporting to our customers and 811.
• Perform root-cause analysis on any serious incidents; find preventive measures, and communicate the results to the management team.
• Perform detailed investigations on any incident that results in a task procedure departure, violation or failure.
• Work closely with department directors to discuss progress and…