Senior Director, Safety

ICON is looking for a Senior Director of Safety to join our team. As the Senior Director of Safety at ICON, you will be responsible for implementing and improving our safety procedures at our ICON facilities and ICON construction sites. This role is based on ICON’s Austin, TX campus.

 RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Manage and maintain HSE policies, plans, and procedures.
• Design safe workspaces and create policies for employees to follow that minimize job-related hazards.
• Be a resource to the construction project management team and provide guidance, assistance, and direction regarding EHS requirements.
• Ensure compliance with Local, State, and Federal health and safety regulations.
• Implement, and maintain ICON’s EH&S policies, plans, and procedures.
• Establish safety meetings cadences with construction management, contractor safety representatives, and ICON’s internal self-performing construction groups.
• Participate in project kick-off meetings and describe EHS site-specific expectations.
• Provide field safety oversight of construction work activities.
• Conduct project walks focused on safe work practices and conduct coaching conversations with workers when corrections are required.
• Participate in reviews for high-hazard work prior to execution including critical lifts, confined space entries, high voltage work, pressure testing, fall protection plans, etc.
• Present material and information to the ICON construction management team and contractors during safety meetings.
• Review JHAs and Pre-Task Plans to ensure tasks, hazards, and mitigations are in alignment with the work being performed in the field.
• Participate in and contribute to project planning to address hazards from multiple work crews in one area and impact/protect production workers.
• Lead and document accident/incident investigations to determine root causes, prevention, and corrective measures.
• Perform frequent combined safety and environmental inspections and procedural audits in the field and have the skills, knowledge, and ability to take immediate corrective action if required.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• 10+ yrs of Field Safety Experience in the construction industry or related field. 
• Working knowledge of OSHA, UBC, ISO, ANSI, RIA, NFPA, GB, codes.
• Ability to multi-task, prioritize and work in an extremely fast-paced and changing environment.
• Ability to communicate clearly and interface with team members.

PREFERRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:

• Bachelor's Degree in Occupational Health and Safety or a related discipline.
• A designation as Certified Safety Professional (CSP); Associate Safety Professional (ASP); or Construction Health Safety Technician (CHST)