Safety Manager
Who We’re Looking For
This position is highly desirable for those individuals who:
- Want a high-growth opportunity
- Enjoy a highly collaborative work environment
- Are organized and are problem solvers
- Have strong time management and analytical skills
This is an excellent opportunity for an ambitious individual with great skills.
Safety Manager Attributes
Attributes preferred, not mandatory, of a top candidate include:
- Associate or Bachelor’s degree, or certification from trade/technical school
- Bilingual
- OSHA certifications beyond OSHA 30-hour
- CHST or OSHA 500 Instructor
- ASP or CSP
- 5-10 years related safety experience and or training
- Based out of the Denver office, significant field travel required
- Must be able to professionally communicate with internal (Howell) and external (client, subcontractor) stakeholders
- Ability to interpret and present technical instructions in mathematical or diagrammatical form
- Creative problem solving and critical thinking
- Ability to define problems, collect and collate data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions
- Complete knowledge of Microsoft Outlook/Excel/Word/PowerPoint, Bluebeam Revu, and Procore
- Valid Colorado Driver’s License
- Pass a background and MVR check
- Ability to work at elevations, climb ladders, use scaffolding, wear fall protection and work in inclement weather when necessary
- Ability to read, analyze, and interpret common scientific and technical journals and legal documents
- Respond to common inquiries or complaints from regulatory agencies or members of the business
community - Present information to our customers, project teams, senior management and groups of
subcontractors or employees of the organization
Position Responsibilities
Key responsibilities will include:
- Understand, apply and update Howell’s Health & Safety Program.
- Assist and lead teams in formulating site specific environmental & safety procedures, in compliance
with current local, state, and federal entities such as OSHA, EPA and CDPHE. - Conduct random safety observations to ensure projects comply with all applicable safety standards.
- Audit all portions of the jobsite to detect existing or potential accident conditions, health hazards,
environmental risks, including stormwater runoff potentials. - Make recommendations for corrective or preventative measures, where hazards are identified.
- Participate at all levels in developing and conducting safety training (both small and large groups).
- Work with the Howell Safety Committee to create/develop and implement training programs, and
other enhancements to the Howell Construction Health & Safety Program. - Track renewal requirements for mandatory training topics, on an individual employee basis.
- Coach project teams through incident/accident investigations.
- Assist in compiling required information to support the incident investigation.
- Lead in root cause analysis of accidents and injuries and cooperate in the preparation of material and
evidence for organizational use in training/lessons learned. - Analyze and prepare operational risk reports for management briefing, including support to enhance
the efficient collection and sorting of safety-related data in Power BI and Procore. - Monitor individual occurrences and trends, in order to provide support accountability to project
supervisors, and to foster adherence to Howell’s reporting requirements, which includes a demand for high-quality data entry. - Communicate effectively with the Operations Leadership Team and Safety Committee on all pertinent items as they relate to Howell policies/procedures and federal, state, local regulations associated with inspections, incidents, accidents, and injuries.
- Support and collaborate with Howell HR/Controller to properly manage injury after-math, return-to-work procedures, and other items necessary to bring Workers’ Compensation claims to closure.
- Participate in federal, state, local government, and third-party inspections/walk-throughs.
- Assist in project pre-planning and startup, relating to project safety.
- Perform onsite first aid requirements and recommend medical treatment when/if required.
- Build relationships and participate with governmental agencies, national and local associations at a
membership/committee level. - Perform additional assignments as requested by the General Manager and the Operations Leadership Team.
- Be a team player with a solutions-oriented mindset.
- Mentor and coach personnel regarding hazard recognition.
- Identify and support project management individuals who are struggling or in need of assistance,
training, or discipline. - Travel to multiple project locations, including but not limited to the Denver Metro areas, Ft Collins,
Colorado Springs, and the Eastern Plains. Most of our projects are along the I-25 corridor, south of
Boulder and north of Castle Rock. - Updating/publishing of OSHA Logs, yearly CHASE submission, other Safety tasks as required by
Operations Team - Assist in increasing Subcontractor Engagement on projects including JSA review(s), etc.
Salary | Compensation | Benefits
Compensation is competitive and commensurate based upon experience: base salary, bonus plan, company benefits, etc.
At Howell, we consider our employees family. We genuinely care about the work we do, the people we work with, and the community in which we live and work. In addition to competitive compensation and comprehensive benefits, Howell is committed to enhancing employees’ work/life balance through personal and professional development opportunities, team bonding activities, a dog-friendly office environment, company outings, holiday celebrations, community service opportunities, and an on-site fitness center, pickleball court, and golf simulator.
Next Steps
Interested and qualified candidates, please email your resume as a Word or PDF attachment to howelljobs@howelldenver.com. All inquiries