Associate Director, Safety

This is a senior safety leadership opportunity supporting a growing, geographically dispersed organization across the United States.
You’ll lead and develop a team of Regional Safety Managers while strengthening consistency, accountability, and execution across field safety programs.
The role combines strategic leadership with hands-on field engagement and direct oversight of safety operations.
You’ll partner closely with operational leaders and senior leadership to integrate safety into project planning, field activities, and business decisions.
The position is particularly suited to professionals with experience in utilities, infrastructure, electric transmission and distribution, power generation, or utility construction.
You’ll have significant influence over safety strategy, performance, training, risk management, and continuous improvement.
This is a remote U.S.-based position with approximately 50–75% travel, including frequent overnight travel.

• Bachelor's degree in Safety, Occupational Safety, Engineering, or a related technical field; a safety-focused degree is strongly preferred.
• 5–10 years of progressive professional safety experience, with 7–10 years preferred.
• Previous safety leadership experience at a manager, senior manager, or comparable level.
• Experience supporting safety operations across multiple sites and more than one state.
• Strong hands-on field safety experience.
• Experience in utilities, electric transmission and distribution, power generation, utility construction, infrastructure construction, or a closely related environment is strongly preferred.
• Demonstrated experience leading, coaching, or providing oversight to other safety professionals.
• Working knowledge of OSHA requirements and safety compliance practices.
• Experience with incident investigations, root-cause analysis, audits, inspections, risk assessments, and corrective actions.
• Familiarity with safety performance metrics, including leading and lagging indicators.
• Professional safety certification such as CSP, ASP, or CHST is strongly preferred.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to engage effectively with field employees, project teams, operational leaders, and senior executives.
• Strong leadership, accountability, organization, judgment, and relationship-building skills.
• Ability to balance strategic safety leadership with practical field-level problem solving.
• Willingness and ability to travel approximately 50–75%, including frequent overnight travel.
• A valid driver's license and ability to travel by road and air as required.