Safety Supervisor

Safety Supervisor – Job Description

Position: Safety Supervisor Employment Status: Full-Time, Salaried Exempt  Primary Territory: NH, MA, ME, RI & CT

Position Summary

The Safety Supervisor is responsible for supporting, evaluating, and continuously improving the safety culture of Optiline Enterprises.

This position serves as a safety leader, coach, educator, and resource for field employees, foremen, supervisors, project managers, and company leadership.

The Safety Supervisor will maintain a regular presence in the field, conduct safety observations and audits, provide employee training and coaching, manage training through the company's Learning Management System (LMS), participate in project planning and customer meetings, and work collaboratively with operations to identify and correct potential safety concerns.

The goal of the position is not simply to identify violations, but to develop employees, improve behaviors, prevent incidents, strengthen accountability, and build a culture in which everyone takes ownership of safety.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Safety Training & Employee Development

• Conduct new-hire safety orientations and ongoing employee safety training.

• Conduct refresher and remedial training when employees require additional coaching or retraining.

• Manage and utilize the company's Learning Management System (LMS) to assign, document, monitor, and maintain employee training records.

• Monitor training completion and identify expired or upcoming employee qualifications and certifications.

• Identify training gaps based on field observations, employee performance, incidents, near misses, audit results, and operational needs.

• Assist supervisors and managers in developing employees' understanding of safe work practices and company expectations.

• Develop and update safety presentations, toolbox talks, training materials, and other safety-related educational resources.

Field Safety Walks & Observations

• Maintain a consistent safety presence at Optiline Enterprises jobsites throughout the assigned territory.
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• Conduct regular safety walks, inspections, and field observations.

• Observe employees performing work and provide immediate coaching when appropriate.

• Recognize and reinforce employees demonstrating positive safety behaviors.

• Identify unsafe conditions, behaviors, or work practices and work collaboratively with employees and supervisors to correct them.

• Verify employees are properly utilizing required PPE, tools, equipment, procedures, and safety controls.

• Document significant observations and corrective actions.

• Follow up on identified concerns to verify that corrective actions have been completed.

Coaching & Counseling

• Provide professional safety coaching to employees, foremen, supervisors, project managers, and management.

• Counsel employees regarding unsafe behaviors, repeated safety concerns, or failure to follow established safety procedures.

• Work with operations leadership regarding corrective actions and employee retraining when appropriate.

• Help employees understand both what safety requirements apply and why those requirements are important.

• Encourage employees to communicate hazards, unsafe conditions, near misses, and opportunities for improvement.

• Maintain a professional, respectful, fair, and solutions-oriented approach when addressing safety concerns.

Safety Culture Auditing

• Evaluate and audit Optiline Enterprises' overall safety culture.

• Conduct formal and informal safety audits of jobsites, facilities, work practices, documentation, vehicles, and equipment as appropriate.

• Identify recurring trends, behaviors, training deficiencies, and opportunities for improvement.

• Develop recommendations for improving safety performance and employee engagement.

• Track corrective actions and verify completion.

• Provide company leadership with meaningful feedback regarding safety performance, trends, and emerging concerns.

Premobilization, Handoff & Kickoff Meetings

• Attend customer premobilization meetings as required.

• Represent Optiline Enterprises regarding project safety expectations, employee qualifications, training requirements, and safety procedures.

• Review customer-specific safety requirements before employees mobilize to a project.

• Attend internal Optiline Enterprises project handoff and kickoff meetings.

• Review project scope, anticipated hazards, staffing, customer expectations, employee qualifications, training requirements, and project-specific safety concerns.

• Work with project and operations teams to identify hazards and establish appropriate safety controls before work begins.

• Help communicate project-specific safety expectations to field employees and supervisors.

Incident & Near-Miss Investigation

• Participate in investigations of workplace incidents, injuries, property damage, vehicle incidents, and near misses.

• Assist in identifying root causes and contributing factors.

• Work with leadership to develop appropriate corrective and preventive actions.

• Track corrective actions through completion.

• Assist in communicating lessons learned throughout the organization when appropriate.

• Identify recurring trends that may require additional training, procedural changes, or operational improvements.

Safety Documentation & Compliance

• Maintain accurate, timely, and organized safety documentation.

• Maintain employee training, inspection, safety meeting, corrective action, and related records.

• Assist with maintaining and updating company safety policies, procedures, and programs.

• Support compliance with applicable OSHA requirements, customer safety standards, and Optiline Enterprises policies.

• Assist with customer safety documentation, prequalification requests, audits, and related safety information.

• Maintain appropriate confidentiality regarding employee, incident, disciplinary, customer, and company information.

Safety Communication

• Develop and deliver safety meetings, toolbox talks, safety alerts, and company safety communications.

• Participate in company safety and operations meetings as appropriate.

• Promptly communicate significant or urgent safety concerns to appropriate management.

• Share lessons learned and best practices throughout the company.

• Recognize and communicate examples of positive safety performance.

• Help ensure safety expectations are communicated consistently across projects and departments.

Continuous Improvement

• Review incidents, near misses, observations, audit findings, employee feedback, and safety trends to identify opportunities for improvement.

• Recommend improvements to company safety policies, procedures, training programs, and field practices.

• Work collaboratively with operations and field leadership to develop practical and effective safety solutions.

• Help develop a culture in which employees and supervisors take personal ownership and accountability for safety.

• Stay informed regarding applicable safety regulations, industry best practices, customer requirements, and training standards.

Travel Requirements

Regular regional travel is an essential component of this position.

The Safety Supervisor will travel to jobsites, customer locations, company facilities, meetings, and training locations throughout:

• New Hampshire

• Massachusetts

• Maine

• Rhode Island

• Connecticut

Travel frequency will vary based on active projects and company needs.

Qualifications & Expectations

The Safety Supervisor should demonstrate:

• Strong leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills.

• Ability to communicate effectively with field employees, supervisors, project managers, customers, and company leadership.

• Practical understanding of construction, utility, telecommunications, electrical, or similar field operations.

• Strong coaching and employee-development skills.

• Ability to address difficult safety situations professionally and respectfully.

• Strong organizational and documentation skills.

• Computer proficiency and ability to effectively utilize an LMS and other company software.

• Ability to work independently and effectively manage a flexible schedule.

• Sound professional judgment and ability to identify hazards and recommend practical corrective measures.

• Commitment to developing a positive and proactive safety culture.

• Ability and willingness to regularly travel throughout the assigned New England territory.

• Valid driver's license and satisfactory driving record consistent with company requirements.

Preferred Qualifications

Preferred qualifications include:

• Previous construction, utility, telecommunications, electrical, or related field experience.

• Previous experience in a safety leadership, safety management, or supervisory position.

• OSHA 30-Hour Construction certification.

• First Aid/CPR/AED certification.

• Competent Person or other relevant industry-specific certifications.

• Experience conducting incident and near-miss investigations.

• Experience administering employee training through a Learning Management System.

• Familiarity with OSHA regulations and construction safety requirements.

• Experience working directly with customers regarding project safety requirements.

Performance Expectations

Success in the Safety Supervisor position will be evaluated based on factors including:

• Quality and consistency of employee safety training.

• Completion and documentation of required training and retraining.

• Frequency, quality, and effectiveness of field safety observations and audits.

• Timely correction and follow-up of identified safety concerns.

• Quality and effectiveness of employee and supervisor coaching.

• Communication and collaboration with operations and project leadership.

• Accuracy and completeness of safety documentation.

• Follow-through on corrective actions.

• Reduction of recurring unsafe behaviors and preventable incidents.

• Employee engagement and participation in the company's safety program.

• Customer relationships as they relate to project safety.

• Continued improvement in Optiline Enterprises' overall safety culture.

General Expectations

The Safety Supervisor is expected to serve as a coach, educator, resource, and safety leader while maintaining appropriate accountability for Optiline Enterprises' safety requirements.

The responsibilities described in this job description are intended to describe the general nature and level of work associated with the position and are not intended to represent an exhaustive list of all duties.

Responsibilities may be modified based on business, customer, regulatory, project, and operational requirements.

Optiline will conduct a crimimal background check for this position upon offer acceptance.