Regional Safety Manager

Now Hiring an Experienced Waste Industry Safety Manager to support locations in SW Florida- Fort Myers area. Join a Growing and Dynamic team.

Everyday thousands of Waste Pro trucks serve millions of customers. It takes professional, experienced, hardworking and dedicated people, working together, to accomplish this task

If you are energetic, team oriented, love a challenge apply with Waste Pro and be the Distinguishable Difference!

The Regional Safety Manager (RSM) is responsible for improving divisional and regional safety culture. This position will strive to promote and deliver safety vigilance that meets Waste Pro USA's uncompromising commitment to providing and proactively ensuring hazard free workplaces. The Regional Safety Manager will provide safety direction, procedural training, safe practices enforcement, and required risk management leadership across a regional territory within multiple site locations/environments specific to the Waste Industry. Overall, the RSM will develop and promote strategies in partnership with the Corporate Safety leader aimed at proactively mitigating risk, driving continuous improvement, and making loss control enhancements. The RSM will function as liaison between offices, divisions, corporate safety, and their region operations.

- Promotes a strong culture of safety and environmental stewardship in compliance with applicable Company policies and procedures encompassing federal, state, local rules and regulations.

- Plans, organizes and coordinates employee safety, injury, and illness prevention programs.

- Directs and facilitates accident investigative processes, root cause analysis and efficient implementations of coaching, training and the reduction of risk.

- Trains supervisors and other regional staff on company policies, procedures, best practices, accident investigation, and risk/claims management.

- Manages and supports critical processes required in the investigation of motor vehicle accidents and injuries. Assists in gathering and preparation of material evidence for use in hearings, lawsuits and insurance investigations, and subrogation.

- Conducts ongoing safety audits/inspections e.g. facilities, operations, equipment and processes).

In concert with Human Resources and Corporate Safety Leadership, works to promote the well-being of the organization and the work force

- Functions as a consultative business partner and liaison as it relates to Workers' Compensation/Claims Management, Risk Management, Business Continuity, Loss Prevention, Medical Management and Drug Free Workplace Compliance.

- In partnership with Corporate Safety Leadership, establishes annual plans/objectives, defining clear goals, measures and schedules required to meet regulatory and organizational expectations.

- Completes quarterly safety review and shares report of findings with RVP/DVP and associated management team. This performance findings/scorecard includes Incidents (#/type), Investigations, Accident Frequencies, Road Observations, Risk/Loss Data, WC Claims, Mitigation Strategies, etc.).

- Manages and periodically delivers training safety sessions for preparedness as it relates to hazardous communication, driver safety, and fall protection, machine guarding, hearing and overall personal protective safety.

- Oversees drug testing program including regulated collection and proper chain of custody processing of samples.

- Implements effective safety communication plans using various multi-media methods.

- Holds regional accountability in partnership with RVP and RCM for shaping and developing a high-performance safety culture that shows a positive record of continuous improvement.

- Reviews trends and keeps current regarding technical, statutory, and regulatory legislation, policies, procedures and related business issues.

- Develops annual safety budget and analyzes data versus year-to-date and prior year budget.

- Leads weekly accident/injury review calls.

- Represents the organization in community or industry safety groups and programs.

- Meets weekly with the RCM.

- Attends Weekly Accident Review Calls.

- Attends Semi-Annual Claims Review.