Kokosing Industrial

Safety Manager - West Virginia

Charleston, WV · Contract

Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 8 days ago

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About the role

Kokosing (www.kokosing.biz) is one of America's 50 largest General Contractors and services a broad spectrum of clients in both the private and public business sectors.
Kokosing's services include heavy civil/industrial construction such as highways, bridges, underground utilities, water/wastewater facilities, and marine construction.
With over $2.8 billion in annual sales and a commitment to its workforce, Kokosing is the winning team.

Drive continuous improvement initiatives across their area of influence.
Incident Investigation and Analysis: Lead in investigating injury, illness, and general liability incidents, and is involved with the creation of strategies to reduce future occurrences.
Mitigation Strategies: Partner with operations managers to develop and execute strategies targeted at reducing injuries, illnesses, and incidents, ensuring the achievement of business objectives.
Data Analysis: Analyze safety data from audits, inspections, conversations, incidents, and training to provide insights to operations management to support continuous improvement.
Training and Communication: Based on upcoming operations, ensure safety staff identifies, initiates, coordinates and leads safety meetings and training programs to communicate company policies and distribute safety correspondence.
Partner with operations managers to develop and execute strategies targeted at reducing injuries, illnesses, and incidents, ensuring the achievement of business objectives.
Analyze safety data from audits, inspections, conversations, incidents, and training to provide insights to operations management to support continuous improvement.
Provide coaching to safety staff and operations managers to communicate and support the implementation of corrective and preventative actions.

Exceptional personal computer skills (MS Suite, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, SharePoint, Phone Apps, Power BI, etc.).
Demonstrated ability to coach safety staff to apply business unit operational means and methods, including leading and lagging indicators
uses this understanding to achieve results.
Competency in risk mitigation strategies and policy/procedure development.
Leadership Skills:
Demonstrated leadership skills and ability to proactively coach and guide safety staff.
Ability to set priorities for the safety staff to ensure timely and effective completion of safety assignments.
Applies good judgment to identify, troubleshoot and resolve day-to-day technical and operational problems for safety staff.
Fosters an environment of growth by identifying opportunities for learning and development.
Excellent communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills.
Ability to convey safety concepts effectively to diverse audiences, promoting a shared understanding of safety goals and practices.
Stays updated with industry trends and actively pursues opportunities for growth and improvement.

With over $2.8 billion in annual sales and a commitment to its workforce, Kokosing is the winning team.

Lead and manage the company's efforts to meet regulatory compliance as outlined in the Company's Safety and Health Management System.
Supervise, mentor, and manage safety staff to ensure the effective application of the Safety and Health Management System.
Build a collaborative and supportive environment that encourages continuous learning, development, and leadership among safety staff.
Ensure safety staff initiates, performs, and documents safety and health audits, inspections and safety conversations.
Facilitate operations' involvement with the safety and health audit, inspection, and conversation processes.
Bachelor's degree in safety and health or equivalent combinations of technical training and experience.
10+ years of experience with safety and health in the construction industry preferred.
Education/Experience:
Coach, implement, and monitor the Company Safety and Health Program at assigned location or locations.
Lead and Monitor: Coach, implement, and monitor the Company Safety and Health Program at assigned location or locations.

Lead in investigating injury, illness, and general liability incidents, and is involved with the creation of strategies to reduce future occurrences.
Coach safety staff and ensure quality and timely investigation, analysis and coding of workers' compensation and general liability incidents into the company's data management system.
Work closely with safety staff to ensure there is partnership with operations managers that has a positive impact on future results.
Based on upcoming operations, ensure safety staff identifies, initiates, coordinates and leads safety meetings and training programs to communicate company policies and distribute safety correspondence.
Provide guidance to safety staff to examine incident trends and inspection data to recommend training solutions.
Work with the operations managers at the projects, facilities, or regions to share knowledge and leverage best practices.
Under the guidance of a Company Safety Manager, Director or VP of Safety, at times serve as a point of contact for any federal, state, or municipal safety or risk management authority and/or personnel, (i.e. OSHA, MSHA, EPA, etc.).
Serve as the point of contact with the client.
Assist corporate insurance personnel in investigating and managing incidents to minimize loss.

This listing is sourced directly from Kokosing Industrial's careers page and normalized into a canonical job model.