Position Summary

The Knoxville Safety Manager reports directly to the Corporate Director of Safety and provides safety and health leadership, direction, and technical support to assigned operations and job sites. The Safety Manager is responsible for implementing and reinforcing corporate safety and health programs, monitoring regulatory compliance, evaluating safety performance, identifying and mitigating workplace hazards, and partnering with operations and field leadership to continuously improve safety performance and strengthen the company’s safety culture.

Principal Accountabilities

• Leads, coaches, and supports employees and operational leadership within assigned operations to ensure consistent implementation of BESCO’s safety policies, programs, procedures, and expectations.

• Partners with operations management, field leadership, employees, and Corporate Safety to promote a proactive, people-focused safety culture and reinforce individual accountability for safe work practices.

• Implements regional safety objectives, initiatives, and action plans in alignment with corporate safety strategies and organizational goals.

• Provides technical safety and occupational health guidance to field personnel, supervisors, managers, and other organizational stakeholders within the scope of assigned responsibilities.

• Reviews safety performance data, incident trends, inspection and audit findings, leading and lagging indicators, and corrective-action status to identify trends, areas of concern, and opportunities for continuous improvement.

• Leads or participates in investigations involving occupational injuries and illnesses, vehicle incidents, property damage, near misses, and other significant safety events. Facilitates root-cause analysis and ensures appropriate corrective and preventive actions are identified, assigned, documented, and tracked to completion.

• Monitors assigned operations for compliance with applicable federal, state, and local occupational safety and health requirements, as well as company policies, procedures, and established safety standards.

• Supports the Corporate Director of Safety in evaluating regulatory and industry changes and communicating their potential impact to affected operations and leadership.

• Conducts job-site safety audits, field inspections, observations, risk assessments, and other compliance activities and follows corrective actions through resolution.

• Partners with operations and field leadership to identify and implement appropriate engineering controls, administrative controls, work-practice controls, and personal protective equipment to eliminate or reduce workplace hazards.

• Provides technical guidance regarding the selection, inspection, proper use, maintenance, and limitations of required personal protective equipment and specialized safety equipment.

• Coordinates and delivers safety and health training as required and supports employee awareness through safety meetings, toolbox discussions, written communications, targeted training programs, and other appropriate methods.

• Participates in company safety and health committees and facilitates regional or project-specific safety meetings, committees, or forums as assigned.

• Supports implementation and maintenance of hazard communication, safety reporting, inspection documentation, training records, and other required safety and regulatory documentation.

• Monitors occupational injury and illness trends, lost-time incidents, workers’ compensation activity, and other key safety-performance indicators for assigned operations. Partners with Corporate Safety, Human Resources, Risk Management, and operational leadership as appropriate to identify trends and preventive measures.

• Maintains effective professional relationships with employees, operational leadership, corporate departments, outside consultants, insurance representatives, customers, and regulatory agencies within the scope of assigned responsibilities.

• Establishes and monitors processes to ensure required life-safety equipment and protective devices assigned to the region are inspected, maintained, available, appropriately documented, and used in accordance with manufacturer requirements, applicable standards, and company procedures. Equipment may include, but is not limited to, arc-rated and flame-resistant protective equipment, atmospheric monitoring equipment, confined-space entry and rescue equipment, fall-protection equipment, and electrically insulated protective equipment.

• Exercises stop-work authority when an imminent danger, serious safety concern, or material violation of company safety requirements is observed and coordinates corrective action with the appropriate operational leadership.

• Performs other safety and health responsibilities as assigned by the Corporate Director of Safety.

Qualifications for Success

• Three to Five years of progressive occupational safety and health experience, including demonstrated responsibility for construction, industrial, or multi-site safety programs.

• Bachelor’s degree in occupational safety and health, environmental health and safety, construction management, engineering, or related discipline preferred.

• Demonstrated working knowledge of applicable federal and state occupational safety and health requirements, including OSHA construction industry requirements.

• Experience implementing, managing, and evaluating safety programs across multiple job sites, projects, or operational teams.

• Demonstrated ability to conduct incident investigations, perform root-cause analysis, evaluate workplace hazards, and develop effective corrective and preventive actions.

• Strong leadership, coaching, and relationship-building skills, with the ability to influence employees, supervisors, project leadership, and senior management.

• Ability to effectively plan, prioritize, and manage multiple job-site activities, investigations, training responsibilities, corrective actions, and safety initiatives in a fast-paced environment.

• Demonstrated ability to work independently while collaborating effectively across operational and corporate teams.

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to communicate safety expectations, present safety-performance information, and provide practical recommendations to operational and corporate leadership.

• OSHA Authorized Construction Trainer designation preferred.

• Professional safety certification such as CSP, ASP, CHST, or equivalent recognized safety credential preferred.

• Ability to travel regularly to assigned job sites and operational locations and to respond to significant safety events as business needs require.