Safety & Human Resources Business Partner

The Safety & Human Resources Business Partner is responsible for orchestrating key Safety and HR initiatives across our diversified New York operations, including mining, hot mixed asphalt plants, and a full service ready-mixed concrete business.

This role transcends traditional oversight—it's a clarion call to instill a collaborative safety culture, to delve deep into human behaviors, and to sculpt our workforce into safety-conscious, engaged pillars of excellence.

Essential Functions

Safety


* Implement and oversee Site Safety Team (SST) gatherings and strategies, fostering teamwork and collaboration in devising safety solutions to minimize risks and reduce undesirable trends.


* Lead the charge in Behavioral-Based Safety (BBS) programs and metrics, placing emphasis on understanding, predicting, and steering coworker behaviors toward optimal safety.


* Lead activities to achieve best-in-class safety performance throughout aggregates, hot mixed asphalt plants, and ready-mixed concrete operations.


* Drive Company health and safety strategies and tactics within the New York Region.  


* Work closely and collaborate with regional, area and site management to improve safety systems, reduce risks, and help assure effective and consistent implementation of company safety processes and best practices.


* Lead the incident investigation process.

Assist with developing incident reports, root cause analysis, corrective action plans, and incident communications.


* Recommend solutions to issues, improvement opportunities, or new prevention measures.


* Conduct proactive audits and assessments to identified opportunities for improvement.


* Manage third-party safety and health services, such as hearing tests, occupational health sampling, and specialized training. 


* Conduct occupational health sampling.  Manage medical surveillance as needed. 


* Maintain complete and accurate regulatory and departmental safety and health records.


* Support an injury free workplace by:
+ Participating in safety meetings and discussions, employee engagement and recognition.
+ Leading site audits, area inspections, and equipment inspections.
+ Organizing and leading safety training.
+ Organizing, capturing, and communicating proactive safety activities and measures.
+ Facilitating continuous improvement activities.
+ Ensuring contractor compliance and auditing on the job practices.


* Ensure safety compliance with standards for:
+ The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) and The Occupational Safety and health Administration (OSHA).
+ State & Local Municipalities

Training & Development


* Lead and manage all aspects of safety training, including but not limited to determining training needs, coordinating training classes, developing lesson plans and materials, conducting training sessions, teaching safety courses, and ...