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Safety Director

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Headquartered in the Twin Cities, RJM Construction has more than 150 staff members and an annual construction volume of $256 million. We specialize in community, healthcare, corporate, and multifamily projects, serving clients throughout Minnesota and neighboring states. Our expertise includes general contracting, construction management, design-build, and preconstruction services. Currently RJM has an opening for a construction Safety Director. If you want to be at the forefront of building - including your career - let's talk!

RJM Construction was founded on a simple principle: to serve the client. We deliver extraordinary spaces driven by our client's vision, made possible by our people. At RJM Construction, our employees are the heart of our company. We are committed to providing our team with a safe, supportive and inclusive work environment that nurtures their growth and development while ensuring they possess the necessary skills and knowledge to deliver exceptional results. We also like to play. And support and engage in company-sponsored and individually-driven community volunteerism. If you want to make a difference and see the results of your work (and play), we'd love to hear from you!

PURPOSE: RJM is ready to welcome a dynamic and collaborative Safety Director with a passion for developing connections with our team members. The Director plays a vital role cultivating and communcating a best in class safety culture, ensuring OSHA compliance and other industry standard compliance. This role leads the development and implementation of company-wide stafety intiatives and KPI's policies and procedures to ensure the ongoing health and safety of our employees, partners and clients.

  • The successful candidate is self-motivated with a positive and engaging approach to building credibility and safety accountability throughout the company.
  • Uses a whole life approach integrating safety into everything we do using Culture of Care, equity, inclusion and mental health attention and collaboration with all departments.
  • Leads development of and clearly articulates Company’s safety vision, objectives, strategies, policies, and procedures in order to build a safety culture dedicated to behaviors which lead to best-in-class results.
  • Provides proactive leadership and assumes ownership of building a best-in-class safety culture by 1) anticipating problems & providing solutions, 2) sharing knowledge with, and providing training, to all levels of management, field staff, preconstruction, and project teams, 3) through interactions with clients, subcontractors, and inspectors, and 4) creating an environment of learning, mentoring, and empowerment in order to promote employee engagement.
  • Uses logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions and conclusions, and monitors results to make improvements or take corrective action.
  • Ensures safety & health training meet the needs of internal and external (client & regulating entities) requirements, so staff has the safety training to safely perform tasks and jobs.
  • Leads incident investigations.
  • Reviews and comments on crane pick plans
  • Interacts with OSHA representatives in connection with both scheduled and unscheduled site visits and investigations
  • Manages hazard assessment activities by 1) conducting and/or supervising safety inspections, and 2) analyzing inspection and incident data to identify opportunities to develop preventive and corrective practices.
  • Develops annual plans and budgets for safety & health initiatives, including training.
  • Leads and manages the safety staff; develops a high-performance, customer-oriented work team, through hiring, motivating, coaching, appraising, rewarding & disciplining, and addressing complaings and resolving issues related to staff.

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