Safety Manager

Job Description

Job Description

Company Overview :

Here at Fortis and throughout our family of brands, we value our employees and offer competitive benefits which include :

• 2 weeks of paid vacation
• 1 week of paid sick time
• 10 Company Paid Holidays
• Other paid time off (jury duty, bereavement)
• Competitive pay
• 401k with company match
• Medical, Dental, and Vision
• Company-paid Life Insurance
• Company-paid Short-term Disability
• Supplemental Long-term Disability and Life Insurance Packages
• Legal Insurance
• Pet Insurance
• Career Advancement Opportunities

Job Summary :

The Safety Manager is responsible for developing strategies for effective environmental, health, safety and security programs for the company. The role includes strategic and tactical leadership of EHS management systems, EHS regulations, and industry best practices. Primary responsibilities include management of environmental, health, and safety requirements for Fortis to build a strong safety and health culture, ensure compliance, reduce costs, and maintain consistency.

This position is responsible for training and developing leaders and employees in good safety practices and required EHS topics to improve EHS performance. Serves as the primary contact for EHS-related government agencies (i.e., OSHA, EPA, DOT, state agencies).

Key Responsibilities :

Supervisory Responsibility :

Required Skills & Qualifications :

Preferred Qualifications :

Work Environment :

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Safety Requirements :

All employees are expected to carry out their work functions in a healthy and safe manner, to encourage and support safe work practices at all times, and to report and / or rectify any unsafe conditions that may come to their attention immediately.

Physical Requirements :

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel and talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to reach with hands and arms and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee is frequently required to stand, walk, sit, and climb stairs, or balance. The employee must occasionally lift and / or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

Compensation :

$110,000 - $130,000 depending on experience

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed above are representative of the knowledge, skill, and / or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Fortis Fire & Safety Inc. is an EEO Employer. We select people on the basis of skill, training, ability, attitude, and character without discrimination with regard to age, sex, color, race, creed, national origin, religious persuasion, marital status, political belief, or a disability that does not prohibit performance of essential job functions.