Safety Director

Ferguson Construction is a $220m (and growing) General Contractor that has been in business for over 100 years. Based in Sidney, Ohio, Ferguson has vast experience in the heavy and light industrial, commercial, healthcare, and institutional markets. Along with our in-house design department, Ferguson self-performs concrete, masonry, steel erection, general carpentry, sheet metal roofing and siding trades. We are growing, and nicely diversified with regional offices in Sidney, Dayton and Columbus, Ohio and Indianapolis, Indiana.

This is an on-site position. We prefer it be based in Sidney or Dayton, Ohio.  This position reports directly to a respected President, and supports regional Vice Presidents and their teams in all regions.

This is a unique opportunity for the right leader to join a best in class commercial construction organization - that truly is a great place to work. We are looking for someone with the integrity, confidence, communication skills and technical experience to lead a team of 4. Reporting to the Director will be Safety Managers in Sidney, Columbus, and Indianapolis, and a Safety Coordinator. The Coordinator handles training, certifications, workers compensation and provides overall department support. This will make it easier to balance leadership priorities with daily tactical demands.

The position comes with a highly competitive base salary, performance bonuses, profit sharing, company vehicle and fuel card.

What you will be doing

• Provide overall department leadership
• Maintain close relationships with all regional operations leaders
• Ensure operations leaders enforce all safety policies
• Ensure accidents and incidents are addressed responsively and comprehensively
• Lead monthly Safety Committee meetings
• Perform and document job site safety audits
• Attend Operations meetings as needed
• Attend Pre-(steel) erection meetings on project job sites
• Interact daily with Operations leaders, employees and other Safety Managers
• Address complaints and resolve problems
• Write and update safety policies
• Perform / write job hazard analyses
• Conduct new-hire orientations and train employees
• Lead incident investigations
• Write job site specific safety plans

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in EHS, Occupational Health Management or similar, required

CSP, or ability to obtain in 2 years, required

At least 3 years of Safety experience required

Prior construction experience preferred, but not required

CHST, OHST, GSP, ASP, CSP preferred

Proficient writing and communication skills

Able to communicate effectively with management and field employees

Able to drive to all regions regularly as needed Ability to travel daily to regional job sites

Excellent leadership, organizational, communication, and problem-solving skills

The Safety Manager will need to complete OSHA 510 Occupational Safety and Health Standards for the Construction Industry after 3 months of on the job experience. In the future, when prequalification's are met, this person will be required to take the OSHA 500 to become an OSHA Outreach Instructor to teach the OSHA 10 & 30 for Construction (unless they bring those credentials to the position). They will also need to obtain credentials through the Board of Certified Safety Professionals as a CHST or OHST (after 3 years of experience).