Safety Manager, North America

**Safety Manager, North America**
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**Alert Rescue LLC**

**Department:** Safety, Health & Risk Management
**Reports To:** Vice President of EHS
**Location:** United States; travel throughout North America as required
**Employment Type:** Full-Time

**Position Summary**
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Alert Rescue LLC is seeking an experienced **Safety Manager, North America** to lead occupational health and safety programs across its North American operations. This position supports teams delivering onsite medical care, occupational health services, emergency medical services, fire protection, technical rescue, safety staffing, and training.

The Safety Manager will establish consistent safety practices, support field leadership, and strengthen accountability across client locations and company facilities. The successful candidate will combine practical field experience with the ability to develop programs, investigate incidents, evaluate risk, and communicate effectively with employees, clients, and executive leadership.

**Key Responsibilities**
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### **Safety Leadership and Program Management**

* Develop, implement, and maintain company safety policies, procedures, and operating standards.
* Establish consistent safety expectations across projects while addressing site-specific hazards and client requirements.
* Partner with operations leaders to integrate safety into staffing, project planning, mobilization, procurement, and daily work.
* Advise executive leadership on significant risks, safety performance, resource needs, and corrective actions.
* Promote employee participation, timely hazard reporting, and accountability at every level.

### **Business Development**

* Identify and pursue new business opportunities for Alert Rescue’s safety consulting, safety staffing, training, and related services throughout North America.
* Build relationships with prospective clients, general contractors, project owners, procurement teams, and safety leaders to secure safety service contracts.
* Conduct prospective client meetings and site assessments to understand needs and recommend appropriate services.
* Develop proposals, scopes of work, pricing recommendations, and presentations in coordination with executive and operations leadership.
* Support contract negotiations and obtain required internal approvals for pricing and contractual commitments.
* Maintain an active sales pipeline, document outreach and follow-up, and report progress toward established sales and revenue goals.
* Coordinate the transition of awarded contracts to operations, ensuring staffing, service commitments, and client expectations are clearly understood.
* Expand existing client relationships through contract renewals and additional safety service opportunities.

### **Field Safety and Risk Assessment**

* Conduct site inspections, safety audits, job hazard analyses, and operational risk assessments.
* Evaluate hazards associated with construction, manufacturing, data centers, energy facilities, medical clinics, emergency response, and technical rescue assignments.
* Review controls for confined spaces, excavation and trenching, falls, hazardous energy, electrical exposure, respiratory hazards, heat stress, and hazardous materials, as applicable.
* Assess employee exposure to bloodborne pathogens, sharps, workplace violence, patient handling, fatigue, and vehicle-related risks.
* Verify appropriate selection, availability, inspection, and use of personal protective equipment.
* Exercise stop-work authority when conditions present an unacceptable risk and coordinate safe resumption of work.

### **Compliance and Client Coordination**

* Monitor applicable occupational health and safety requirements in the jurisdictions where Alert Rescue operates.
* Maintain a compliance calendar and coordinate required inspections, training, documentation, and reporting.
* Support regulatory inspections, client audits, contractor qualification processes, and corrective action responses.
* Review client safety requirements during contract planning and project mobilization.
* Coordinate with clinical, legal, human resources, and operations leadership when safety matters overlap with professional licensing, patient care, employment requirements, or contractual obligations.

### **Incident Management and Prevention**

* Lead or support investigations of injuries, illnesses, vehicle incidents, near misses, property damage, and hazardous conditions.
* Identify contributing factors and implement corrective actions that address underlying causes.
* Track corrective actions through completion and verify their effectiveness.
* Coordinate injury response, claims support, and return-to-work activities with Human Resources, clinical leadership, and insurance partners.
* Support accurate injury and illness documentation and reporting.
* Protect employees’ ability to report hazards, injuries, and concerns without retaliation.

### **Training and Emergency Preparedness**

* Develop and coordinate employee safety orientation, refresher training, supervisor education, and site-specific instruction.
* Verify required safety training and qualifications before personnel are assigned to applicable work.
* Support emergency action plans, evacuation procedures, drills, and coordination with client emergency management teams.
* Partner with medical, fire, EMS, and rescue leaders to evaluate responder safety, operational readiness, and lessons learned.
* Maintain training records and identify gaps requiring additional instruction or competency assessment.

**Required Qualifications**
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* Bachelor’s degree in occupational safety, environmental health and safety, risk management, or a related field; an equivalent combination of relevant education and experience may be considered.
* At least five years of progressively responsible occupational safety experience, including responsibility for multiple locations or projects.
* Experience supporting construction, industrial operations, emergency services, healthcare, or other high-hazard work environments.
* Working knowledge of U.S. occupational safety requirements and the ability to identify and coordinate jurisdiction-specific requirements for other North American operations.
* Demonstrated experience conducting audits, investigating incidents, developing safety programs, and delivering training.
* Strong written communication, presentation, documentation, and analytical skills.
* Ability to influence operational decisions, address unsafe conditions professionally, and build trust with field personnel.
* Valid driver’s license and ability to meet company driving requirements.
* Willingness to travel and support urgent operational needs when required.
* **Certified Safety Professional (CSP), Associate Safety Professional (ASP**
* Completion of current OSHA Outreach Trainer authorization.
* Demonstrated ability to develop client relationships, prepare service proposals, and secure safety consulting, staffing, training, or related service contracts.
* Strong sales presentation, negotiation, and account management skills.

**Preferred Qualification**
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* Experience with onsite occupational medical services, EMS, fire services, confined space rescue, or trench rescue.
* Experience supporting operations in Canada and/or Mexico.
* Familiarity with contractor qualification platforms, safety management software, and insurance loss-control processes.
* English/Spanish bilingual proficiency.

***Relocation is Not offered.***

**ITAR REQUIREMENTS:**

* To conform to U.S. Government export regulations, applicant must be a (i) U.S. citizen or national, (ii) U.S. lawful, permanent resident (aka green card holder), (iii) Refugee under 8 U.S.C. § 1157, or (iv) Asylee under 8 U.S.C. § 1158, or be eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State. Learn more about the ITAR here.

**Notice to Third-Party Vendors and Agencies**
Alert Rescue does not accept unsolicited resumes, applications, or candidate profiles from third-party vendors, recruiters, or employment agencies for this position. We only review applications submitted directly by the candidates themselves. Any unsolicited resumes or materials sent to our hiring team or employees will become the property of Alert Rescue, and we will not pay any fees or compensation associated with those submissions, and they will not be considered.