Director of Safety

Pankow is on the forefront of thinking about safety differently within the construction industry. As one of the first construction companies to apply Human and Organizational Performance (HOP) to our safety and operations, Pankow strives to understand the realities of how work is done by learning from our workforce. With this approach, we apply HOP principles to the learning process to solve the right problems and continuously improve our performance.

Our ideal candidate has key knowledge and experience in the following areas:

• A passion for all things HOP and a commitment to continued learning through conferences, books, round table discussions, podcasts, etc.
• A foundational understanding of HOP principles and experience applying them in an organizational setting.
• Preferred experience in leading learning teams to generate ideas and solutions to improve safety and operational performance.
• Skillful communicator that can collaborate and build consensus across project teams and corporate groups to carry out learning team enhancements.
• A candidate that is looking for a unique opportunity to be a HOP trailblazer in the construction industry and help Pankow continue to transform our approach to safety.

JOB SUMMARY

The Director of Safety provides leadership in support of Operational Excellence and is accountable for safety processes and procedures from Preconstruction to Project close-out. This is accomplished though partnering and collaboration with the Regional VPs, Regional Director of Operations and other functional areas/departments, and by providing a psychologically safe environment to encourage difficult issues to be raised and addressed. The primary client for the Director of Safety is Building Operations. Director of Safety "communicates, collaborates and communicates" with this primary client group as well as with its other partners. This position holds a critical role helping drive our culture of applying Human and Organizational Performance (HOP) Principles to solve the right problems and continuously improve our performance.

JOB SCOPE & ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

Primary Accountabilities

• Manage Staff
  • Lead and manage safety department personnel including regional safety managers and safety administrators
  • Develop safety staff to build capacity in support of Operational Excellence and being a Learning Organization
• Planning
  • Provide input to executives for safety related goals for 3-5 year corporate strategic plan
  • Create and drive Safety Annual Plan in collaboration with corporate strategic plan and ACIG safety initiatives (Project Life Saver)
  • Develop tools to measure progress of Safety Annual Business Plan
• Partnership and Collaboration
  • Partner with Directors of Operations to achieve Operational Excellence Collaborate to generate support for safety norms at a cultural level to positively impact buy-in and behavior
  • Develop trusting relationships with client groups and partners, engendering respect and regard for safety technical expertise and resourcefulness Demonstrate an understanding of the issues faced from the client's perspective
  • Approach issues considering the "big picture"
  • Creatively problem solve with Field Operations and Safety personnel to offer alternatives and options to address issues, while advancing safety culture
  • Create and maintain an environment that encourages issues to be raised, particularly, difficult and/or contentious issues. Address issues in a productive and skillful manner that increases trust and collaboration
  • Identify and capture lessons learned for sharing in future collaborations
  • Partner and maintain positive working relationship with ACIG to establish Pankow as best in class safety performer
• Safety Program
  • Establish and maintain company-wide Safety Program and related Safety Reference Manual and guidelines to meet all regulatory and compliance requirements
  • Work with ACIG and other professional groups to research, study and establish safety best practices
  • Work with other Directors to achieve optimal efficiencies for safety procedure
• Pre-Start Project Planning
  • Establish Company-wide guidelines for pre-job planning (PRP) and operational planning
  • Provide input to project team during preconstruction efforts
  • Develop check/adjust procedures for operational cycle
• Training
  • Establish and oversee Safety training including mandatory and project specific requirements
  • Produce materials that reinforce communication to ensure understanding of safety message and integration of safety culture in collaboration with Marketing and Communications department

QUALIFICATIONS

Work Experience

• Ten (10) years of safety management experience (with degree) including five (5) years of jobsite safety management, or fifteen (15) years of safety management experience