Position Purpose: The Health and Safety Senior Manager leads health and safety programs across the Mid-Atlantic Division, protecting employees, visitors, and contractors while ensuring compliance with Veolia H&S standards and all applicable regulations. This role provides strategic leadership for division-wide H&S initiatives and directly manages one H&S professional. Oversees risk assessments, audit programs, training initiatives, incident investigations, and injury case management across multiple facilities. Partners with Division and Business Unit leadership to implement behavioral-based safety programs, drive safety culture improvement, and provide senior-level health and safety expertise for operations and new business pursuits. Develops predictive analytics to identify critical risks and implements preventative strategies. Serves as the primary H&S authority for the Mid-Atlantic Division, requiring regular field presence to provide operational support, oversight, coaching, and strategic direction while developing H&S team capabilities.Primary Duties/Responsibilities: Develops, implements, and manages comprehensive H&S policies, procedures, and program elements across the Mid-Atlantic Division to drive safety culture transformation and behavioral excellence in alignment with Veolia Standards.Leads the Mid-Atlantic Division Health & Safety leadership team in developing corporate H&S standards, strategic planning, budget development, and goal setting; provides executive-level mentorship to H&S professionals and Project Safety Coordinators while serving as primary liaison between Division Operations and corporate HSS management.Directs the development of division-wide HSS training resources and oversees field coaching programs; manages one H&S professional to ensure consistent delivery and effectiveness across all locations.Oversees division-level risk assessments and develops comprehensive H&S risk reduction strategies to systematically reduce injuries and incidents across multiple facilities and operations.Manages H&S audit programs and worksite inspection protocols across the Mid-Atlantic Division; serves as senior subject matter expert in health and safety disciplines (OSHA regulations, LOTO, JSA, Confined Space, PSM/RMP) and provides technical guidance to operations leadership.Oversees division-wide H&S training compliance, monitors training effectiveness metrics, and ensures regulatory compliance across all Mid-Atlantic facilities through direct management of H&S staff and training initiatives.Directs incident investigation processes for injuries, vehicle incidents, and significant events across the division; ensures thorough root cause analysis, prepares executive-level investigation reports, and coordinates with workers' compensation coordinators and legal counsel.Leads effective case management strategies for employee injuries across the division and manages workers' compensation claims to optimize outcomes and control costs.Designs and implements division-wide behavioral-based safety programs customized to diverse operational environments and specific site needs.Establishes and maintains division-level H&S data management systems, analyzes trends across multiple facilities, reviews consolidated OSHA logs, and delivers strategic H&S performance reports to senior operational management.Provides H&S consultation to Engineering and Operations departments for capital projects and operational changes across the Mid-Atlantic Division.Leads project management for strategic H&S initiatives across the division, including resource allocation, timeline management, and stakeholder coordination.Work Environment:Office environment with daily exposure to water and/or wastewater plant environment (exposure to chemicals and moving equipment), field visits with crews working on highway settings (traffic exposure), exposure to outside weather conditions (winter - summer).The noise level around heavy equipment and plant environments varies (hearing protection may be required).
