Regional Safety Manager #6491

GROW WITH US

As the largest 100% employee-owned company in the resource recovery industry, Recology has a unique workplace culture that guides how we support employees, interact with our customers, service our communities, and care for our environment.

We are a team of trusted advisors and partners committed to superior customer service. We are a diverse group with a shared commitment to excellence and providing high caliber service. We are a collaborative and supportive team and looking for a motivated self-starter to join us!

We encourage Recology employees to G.R.O.W. with Us professionally and personally by:

• Giving Back to our communities.
• Recovering Resources to achieve their best and highest use.
• Owning a company that provides quality service and protects the environment.
• Working Together to achieve our common vision, a world without waste.

You can G.R.O.W. with Us by becoming our Group Safety Manager

THE ROLE

Manages the planning, direction, and implementation of the occupational safety and health and fleet safety programs, with oversight and management of Drug and Alcohol Abuse Policy for multiple subsidiary companies. Carries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organization's policies and applicable laws. 

ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE, AND ARE NOT LIMITED TO:

• Manages the planning, direction, and implementation of the occupational safety and health and fleet safety programs, with oversight and management of Drug and Alcohol Abuse Policy for multiple subsidiary companies. Carries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organization's policies and applicable laws.
• Manages the occupational safety and health program elements and activities to achieve safety goals and objectives while ensuring each company maintains a comprehensive safety program fitted to its unique operations and exposures, and complies with applicable regulatory agency and corporate requirements. Ensures the following duties are carried out by subordinate safety personnel and by performing the duties personally as needed.
• Ensures implementation of methods or procedures designed to identify, evaluate, and correct unsafe conditions or behaviors that could result in personal injury or illness, violations of safety and health codes or regulations, or property damage.  Develops countermeasures to resolve problems identified by inspections, safety observations, investigations and accident trend analyses.
• Ensures compliance with regulations promulgated by regulatory agencies such as Cal/OSHA, federal OSHA, The Department of Transportation, and applicable consensus standards such as the American National Standards Institute (ANSI).
• Ensures the occurrence of safety training of supervisors, managers, and hourly employees.  Provides programs and instruction designed to give employees the knowledge and skills necessary to perform their job tasks safely, and carry out their safety responsibilities effectively.
• Investigates accidents to establish facts related to their causation, and obtain information useful in preventing recurrences of similar accidents. Reviews accident investigation reports prepared by supervisors or managers. Analyzes accident investigation reports to identify loss trends.
• Ensures the timely reporting of workers’ compensation and liability claims to the appropriate Third Party Administrator (TPA).  Coordinates and monitors the claims administration practices of the TPA to facilitate expedient and cost-effective resolution and closure of claims.

QUALIFICATIONS 

Any combination of education and experience that would likely provide the required knowledge, skills and abilities is qualifying.  A typical way to qualify is:

• Six years of experience in occupational safety program management.
• Principles of personnel training, supervision and evaluation.
• Supervisory techniques, resource allocation, planning and budgeting.
• Technical and professional principals, practices, laws, applications and programs in position related area including state and federal safety regulations, general occupational safety and commercial vehicle safety management principl