Area Safety Manager

Summary
At WM safety is more than a priority; it is a core value without compromise forming the foundation of every action we take as we value every voice protect our communities and ensure every team member gets home safe each this field engaged role the Area Safety Manager strengthens this culture by partnering proactively with leaders operators and frontline teams to align safety strategies support compliance and drive meaningful data driven improvements across the Market Area. By building trusted relationships with internal customers including drivers site managers and senior leadership you will champion WMs safety values through hands on engagement coaching and risk reduction initiatives that empower teams to work safely confidently and consistently.

Candidates must also be comfortable traveling throughout the Market Area which spans from San Diego County to Fresno County to support multiple sites as needed.

II. Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Essential Function

Corporate/Market Area Safety Strategy: Works closely with Corporate and Market Area Senior Leadership Teams to understand support and align safety strategy goals and objectives at both the Corporate and Market Area levels.

Drive Cam System Management: Oversees manages and consults with Market Area and Site leaders on Drive Cam System Management. This includes analysis reporting coaching interventions and may include ride alongs with site managers and or front-line drivers.

Serious Injury and Fatality (SIF) Prevention Program Management: Identify reduce and ultimately eliminate tasks that present a high risk for serious injury and or fatality. Apply SIF logic to identify job tasks activities and situations that present a high SIF risk. Conduct Protection Validation Studies on each SIF situation to identify and close protection gaps.

Safety Communications: Works closely with EH&S team to ensure appropriate dissemination and implementation of EH&S policies corporate safety communications and risks and monitors Market Area safety trends to create and deploy appropriate safety awareness messaging.

Incident Management: Determines severity and initiates formal investigation as necessary. Ensures all relevant incident data is captured in the WM EH&S portal. Creates and disseminates both qualitative and quantitative reports on Site and or Market Area incidents analyses. Works closely with Third Party Risk Administrator to ensure all required information is documented and transferred appropriately. Determines level of Root Cause Analysis to be performed. Works with People Team as required.

District Specific Safety Plan: Analyzes incident trends and works closely with both Market Area and Site Leadership to ensure DSSP is in place and operational.

Hazardous Energy Control Program: Has oversight of the WM Hazardous Energy Control Program and is able to direct train and coach others on the relevant topics to ensure HECP protocols are being followed.

Regulation (DOT OSHA etc.) Management: Has knowledge of Federal State/Provincial DOT/OSHA regulations as they pertain to WM operational requirements. Works closely with internal and external Subject Matter Experts to ensure WM is in adherence to all required standards and regulations.

WM / Customer Facilities Compliance Management: Management capabilities to oversee site/safety management systems (e.g. fire protection/detection/alarms (burglar CNG etc.)). Can conduct reviews of new equipment installs. Ensures inclement weather / natural disaster preparedness plans are in place. Conduct Safety Audits / Inspections and assist with commercial insurance management issues.

Safety Recognition Program Management: Establish performance criteria/thresholds and feedback mechanism for effectiveness evaluation.

Employee Health Management: Works closely with Corporate Subject Matter Experts to ensure all sites are following the Medical Monitoring Program and are in adherence to the WM Industrial Hygiene Program Management.

Personal Protective Equipment Management: Considered the SME on WM PPE policies and procurement for their Market Area. Works closely with corporate supply chain to ensure Market Area is supplied appropriately.

People Development (Safety specific): Must be able to constructively develop and coach others on overall risk management and safety topics. Provide developmental opportunities based upon incident investigations DriveCam events Employee Observations SIF Observations etc. to improve and advance their safety skills knowledge and performance.

Employee Observations: Can coach and train Market Area Safety Specialist market area leaders (DMs RMS etc.) on safety trends from EH&S Portal DriveCam and SIF data to be use in conducting effective employee observations and coaching conversations.

Leadership Competencies:

Execution: Ensuring others contribute to organization strategies by focusing them on the most critical priorities measuring progress and ensuring accountability against those metrics.

Planning & Organizing: Establishing an action plan for self and others to complete work efficiently and on time by setting priorities establishing timelines and leveraging resources.

Influencing: Using effective involvement and persuasion strategies to gain acceptance of ideas and commitment to actions that support specific work outcomes.

Driving for Results: Setting high goals for personal and group accomplishment; using measurement methods to monitor progress toward goals; tenaciously working to meet or exceed goals while deriving satisfaction from that achievement and continuous improvement.

Coaching & Developing Others: Providing feedback instruction and development guidance to help others excel in their current or future job responsibilities; planning and supporting the development of individual skills and abilities.

Facilitating Change: Encouraging others to implement better approaches to address problems and opportunities leading implementation and acceptance of change within the workplace.

Building Customer Relationships: Ensuring that the customers internal or external needs are met; building productive relationships with high-priority customers; taking accountability for customer satisfaction and loyalty; using appropriate and interpersonal techniques to prevent and resolve escalated customer complaints and regain customer confidence.

III. Supervisory Responsibilities
The highest level of supervisory skills required in this job is the management of non-supervisory employees. This includes:

• Direct supervision of 2 full-time employees including: Safety Coordinators.

IV. Qualifications
The requirements listed below are representative of the qualifications necessary to perform the job.

A. Education and Experience

• Education: Bachelors Degree (accredited) or in lieu of degree High School Diploma (accredited) and four (4) years of relevant work experience
• Experience: 5 yearsto seven (7) years in Safety or Operations Management (in addition to education requirements)

B. Certificates Licenses Registrations or Other Requirements

• Certified Safety Professional (CSP) Preferred
• Certified Industrial Hygienist Preferred
• Professional Engineer (PE) License Preferred
• Qualified Environmental Professional (QEP) Preferred
• Registered Environmental Manager (REM) Preferred
• Certified Hazardous Materials Manager (CHMM) Preferred

C. Other Knowledge Skills or Abilities Required

Strong knowledge in Safety Rules & Regulations including DOT and OSHA strong communication and leadership skills and public speaking experience required.

V. Work Environment
Listed below are key points regarding environmental demands and work environment of the job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the job.

• Required to use motor coordination with finger dexterity (such as keyboarding machine operation etc.) most of the workday.
• Required to exert physical effort in handling objects less than 30 pounds rarely.
• Required to be exposed to physical occupational risks (such as cuts burns exposure to toxic chemicals etc.) part of the workday.
• Required to be exposed to physical environment which involves dirt odors noise weather extremes or similar elements part of the workday.

Normal setting for this job may include one or more of the following: office setting shop landfill/outdoor MRF/outdoor transfer station.

The expected base pay range for this hybrid position is $111205.00 - $144440.00. This range represents a good faith estimate for this position. The specific salary offered to a successful candidate may be influenced by a variety of factors including the candidates relevant experience education training certifications qualifications and work addition this position is eligible for incentive pay.

Benefits
At Waste Management each eligible employee receives a competitive total compensation package including Medical Dental Vision Life Insurance and Short-Term Disability. As well as a Stock Purchase Plan Company match on 401K and more! Our employees also receive Paid Vacation Holidays and Personal Days. Please note that benefits may vary by site.

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