Safety Director in Nashville, Tennessee at Bonded Filter Company

FLSA status: Exempt

Revised date: 01/19/2026

• Own BFC’s safety vision, annual safety plan, and enterprise safety operating rhythm (KPIs, reviews, audits, field engagement cadence).
• Establish clear safety governance, including policies/standards, roles and responsibilities, escalation protocols, and accountability mechanisms.
• Develop and manage the safety budget, including vendor strategy, PPE, training platforms, and inspection/audit tools.

• Build and maintain practical safety programs for route-based technicians (e.g., driving/vehicle safety, ladders/fall prevention, lockout/tagout as applicable, tools and equipment, jobsite hazard identification, customer-site requirements).
• Partner with Regional Service/Operations Managers to integrate safety into daily huddles, route planning, and supervisor routines.
• Implement near-miss and hazard reporting processes that are simple, timely, and actionable; monitor closure rates and corrective actions
  Manufacturing / Facility Safety

• Lead safety programs for manufacturing and facility environments (e.g., machine guarding, LOTO, ergonomics, powered industrial trucks as applicable, chemical safety, PPE).
• Ensure site-level inspections, JSAs/JHAs, and corrective action tracking are completed on schedule and to standard. Compliance and Regulatory Management

• Ensure compliance with OSHA and relevant federal/state/local safety regulations; maintain readiness for inspections and respond to agency inquiries.
• Own OSHA recordkeeping (300/300A/301), incident classification, and reporting timelines; ensure consistent documentation practices.
• Develop and maintain safety policies, procedures, and training requirements consistent with company operations and applicable standards.

• Lead incident investigations (field and facility), root cause analysis, and corrective/preventive actions.
• Partner with HR and the workers’ compensation administrator/broker to improve claim outcomes, reduce reserves, and drive timely return-to-work practices.
• Analyze trends (by region, leader, job type, customer/site, tenure, time of day, etc.) and translate insights into prevention initiatives.

• Build a scalable safety training architecture: onboarding, recurring required training, supervisor training, and targeted refreshers.
• Develop safety communications and campaigns that resonate with frontline employees and reinforce expectations.
• Coach leaders on safety leadership behaviors, accountability conversations, and consistent enforcement of standards.

• Own enterprise safety dashboards and reporting (DART, TRIR, severity rates, near-miss volume, audit scores, corrective action closure, driver events, and training completion).
• Provide monthly/quarterly updates to ELT/SLT and operational leaders, including leading indicators and prioritized action plans.
• Lead continuous improvement efforts to standardize best practices across regions and reduce variation in safety performance.

• Manage relationships with key safety vendors (training, telematics/driver safety as applicable, PPE suppliers, audit platforms).
• Partner with Operations, HR, Fleet, and Training to ensure safety is embedded into processes (hire/onboarding, performance management, equipment standards, discipline, and recognition).

• Directly leads the Safety team (as structured), including Safety Managers/Specialists and/or regional safety resources.
• Provides functional leadership to field and site leaders regarding safety execution and standards.

• Bachelor’s degree in Safety, Industrial Hygiene, Occupational Health, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience).
• 8+ years of progressive safety leadership experience in multi-site operations; experience supporting dispersed/frontline field teams strongly preferred.
• Demonstrated success reducing incident rates and improving safety culture through operational partnership and accountability.
• Strong working knowledge of OSHA regulations and recordkeeping requirements; experience managing inspections and investigations.
• Proven capability building scalable programs, training, audits, and KPI cadences in high-growth or complex environments.
• Ability to travel regularly (often 30–50%) to support field operations and facilities.

• CSP (Certified Safety Professional), ASP, CHST, or equivalent safety certification.
• Experience in route-based services, construction trades, facilities maintenance, logistics/transportation, or manufacturing.
• Experience implementing leading-indicator programs (near-miss, observations, safety walks) and safety technology platforms.
• Familiarity with telematics/driver safety programs and fleet risk management (if applicable to BFC operations).

• Operational credibility and field presence; builds trust with frontline leaders and technicians.
• Data-driven and systems-oriented; converts metrics into practical, prioritized actions.
• Strong investigation and root cause skills; disciplined follow-through on corrective actions.
• Clear communicator who can influence without authority and drive consistent standards across regions.
• High judgment and integrity; balanced approach to coaching, accountability, and enforcement.

• Ability to access and safely navigate customer sites, job sites, warehouses, and manufacturing environments.
• Ability to wear required PPE and participate in field observations and facility inspections.
• Ability to sit/stand for extended periods and travel by air/car as needed.