Director of Environmental Health and Safety- West Business Unit

Company Description

AWP Safety, is North America’s leading traffic control specialist. Our team of over 9,000 professionals helps secure 2,000 work zones every day – ensuring customer crews, drivers, and our own teams get home safely. We protect those who operate, maintain, and upgrade infrastructure in the energy, broadband, and transportation sectors and provide traffic control for major events like the Boston Marathon.

Since our founding in 1981, we have served customers through the talent of extraordinary team members committed to customer focus, growth, valuing each other, safety and quality, and a sense of urgency

Job Description

The EHS Culture starts with you. As our Business Unit EHS Director, you set the tone for our growing and dynamic company. Your role is a combination of reducing risk, preventing injuries, monitoring environmental and safety compliance, and creating an EHS culture. You’ll be part of a team environment – working directly with the EHS, Risk, Corporate, Business Unit, and other supporting leadership. You are accountable for helping create, develop, and administer the EHS strategy and operating rhythms. You are encouraged to be innovative and collaborative.

Overview:

The Business Unit EHS Director provides leadership within the West Business Unit locations and its functional framework, while partnering with The AWP Safety Leaders to establish vision and strategy and advance a culture of EHS throughout these locations. This individual will support planning and implementation of various programs to ensure a safe, healthy, and incident free work environment for every team member. The role will also provide technical and compliance expertise, support the day-to-day business unit operations of health and safety, and ensure proper reporting practices of all injuries, health and safety concerns, environmental regulatory compliance, audit/inspection corrective actions, safety matters, and motor vehicle collisions. The Business Unit EHS Director will work directly with AWP Safety Company Leaders from various lines of business, as well as the Corporate VP of Safety, EHS and Risk Teams, to ensure the best possible outcomes are achieved.

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Additional Information

Key Performance Indicators:

Compensation: $180K- 195K + 20% AIP bonus + Company Vehicle

The base pay offered will take into account internal equity and also may vary depending on the candidate’s geographic region, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience among other factors. A bonus and/or long-term incentive units may be provided as part of the compensation package, in addition to the full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the level and position offered.

AWP Safety is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE). Women, minorities, veterans, and individuals with disabilities are encouraged to apply. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their race, color, age, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status or disability.