Safety Manager

Job Summary
The Safety Manager is responsible for managing and overseeing the City’s Safety, Health, Environmental, and Workers’ Compensation programs. This position ensures compliance with applicable federal, state, and local regulations; promotes a culture of safety across all City departments; and works proactively to reduce workplace injuries, illnesses, and environmental risks. The Safety Manager serves as the City’s subject matter expert on occupational safety, environmental health, and workers’ compensation administration.
Major Duties

• Develops and distributes safety, health, and environmental policies and procedures; reviews and updates as necessary; trains personnel as needed.

• Leads and directs incident investigations, including investigations of vehicle accidents, employee injuries, and near-misses; documents incidents and prepares related reports.
• Oversees and manages investigations of employee injury, vehicle accidents, property damage, and near misses.
• Analyzes incident trends, creates correlations between job tasks/descriptions, and tailors City wide communication to mitigate the known incident causation(s).
• Maintains incident reporting and investigation software for the City.
• Ensures root cause analysis, corrective actions, and documentation that all are completed accurately and promptly.
• Coordinates workers’ compensation program activities; documents and reports employee injuries; works with workers’ compensation administrators to ensure employees receive proper care.
• Conducts safety and health training; develops safety training programs including training documents; ensures the delivery of safety training courses.
• Develops and performs safety audits and inspections of various activities; inspects facilities; audits processes to verify the inclusion of safety activities; performs follow-up actions to ensure discrepancies are corrected.
• Leads and directs a variety of safety and health teams associated with the safety and health program; leads and directs the Safety and Health Committee; conducts meetings and training sessions for committee members, spill response teams, and supervisors.
• Develops and delivers safety newsletters; develops safety and health advisories as needed.
• Serves as the City’s primary point of contact for regulatory agencies and leads responses to inspections, citations, and compliance actions.
• Workers’ Compensation Oversight:
• Manages the City’s Workers’ Compensation Program, ensuring accurate reporting, timely claims management, and all coordination with third party administrators.
• Monitors injuries and employee participation in their own care plans to ensure prompt recovery while maintaining quality care and expedient closure of claims.
• Training and Education:
• Develops and delivers safety and health training programs for all Laboring City Departments (excluding Police and Fire unless necessary and requested by Safety Manager’s Direct Report).
• Ensure supervisors and employees receive required regulatory equivalent training (the City’s current stance is that we are not monitored or responsible to say, OSHA).
• Evaluates training effectiveness and updates materials as needed.
• Provides leadership skill training to Directors, Mangers, and Supervisors at least annually for root-cause analysis, proper response to incidents (to include investigations), and other topics as requested or realized in need.
• Inspections and Managing Risk:
• Plans and conducts safety “walk-abouts” focusing on: facility inspections, job hazard analysis, and focus on Citizen Safety to the same degree as Worker Safety.
• Tracks findings, creates Corrective Actions for implementation, and supports efforts with Departmental Budgeting and request from council (as needed).
• Monitors new employee’s progression through probationary period for safety consciousness and makes coaching recommendations when there is a need.
• Provides coaching recommendations to employees with multiple incidents (injuries or other).
• Leadership and Collaboration:
• Establishes and leads the City’s Safety and Health Committee and other safety-related teams.
• Communication & Reporting
• Develops safety newsletters, advisories, and communication materials.
• Prepares regular reports on safety performance, trends, and program effectiveness.
• Advises leadership on policy changes, emerging risks, and best practices.
• Performs related duties.
  

Minimum Qualifications

• Knowledge of employee safety and health management principles.
• Knowledge of workers’ compensation principles and practices.
• Knowledge of risk management principles.
• Knowledge of incident and accident investigation principles.
• Knowledge of safety and health training principles.
• Skill in the development and delivery of safety training.
• Skill in conducting accident investigations.
• Skill in decision making and problem solving.
• Skill in interpersonal relations and in dealing with the public.
• Skill in oral and written communication.
  

Supplemental Information
Guidelines

• Guidelines include OSHA regulations, EPA and ADEM regulations, NFPA life safety codes, the National Electric Code, and other state, local, and federal guidelines. These guidelines require judgment, selection, and interpretation in application.
  

Complexity/Scope of Work

• The work consists of varied program coordination duties. The variety of activities performed by employees of the city government contributes to the complexity of the position.
• The purpose of this position is to manager and oversee employee safety programs for the city. Success in this position contributes to the safety and health of employees.
  

Contacts

• Contacts are typically with co-workers, other city personnel, workers’ compensation representatives, and members of the general public.
• Contacts are typically to give or exchange information, to resolve problems, to provide services, or to negotiate or justify matters.
  

Physical Demands/Work Environment

• The work is typically performed while sitting at a desk or table or while intermittently sitting, standing, stooping, crouching, or walking. The employee frequently lifts light and occasionally heavy objects, climbs ladders, uses tools or equipment requiring a high degree of dexterity, distinguishes between shades of color, and utilizes the sense of smell.
• Work is conducted both indoors in an office setting as well as occasional field visits to external sites.
  

Supervisory and Management Responsibility

• None.
  

We offer a comprehensive benefits package to full-time employees including health care, dental, vision, retirement, deferred compensation plans, flexible spending accounts, life insurance, long-term disability, holidays, vacation, and sick leave.
01
Do you have a High School diploma or GED?

• Yes
• No
  

02
Do you have a Bachelor's degree or higher in Occupational Safety, Environmental Health, Industrial Hygiene, or a related field?

• Yes
• No
  

03
Do you have at least 5 years of professional work experience in safety management?

• Yes
• No
  

04
Do you have at least 5 years of professional work experience in workers' compensation administration including claim management, return-to-work coordination, and regulatory compliance?

• Yes
• No
  

05
Do you have professional work experience investigating workplace injuries and accidents?

• Yes
• No
  

06
Do you have professional work experience coordinating with legal counsel, department leaders, medical providers, and/or other agencies regarding workers' compensation claims?

• Yes
• No
  

07
Do you have at least 5 years of professional experience developing and delivering workplace safety and health training programs?

• Yes
• No
  

08
Do you have professional work experience developing and conducting safety audits and inspections, including follow-up on deficiencies?

• Yes
• No
  

09
Do you have professional work experience developing safety newsletters, communications, reports, etc.?

• Yes
• No
  

10
Which of the following describes your highest level of Microsoft Office (Microsoft Word, Excel, Powerpoint) proficiency?

• I have limited to no experience with Microsoft Office in a work setting.
• Basic
• Intermediate
• Advanced
  

11
Do you have or can you obtain a valid Alabama driver's license?

• Yes
• No
• Required Question