Risk and Safety Coordinator - All States Materials Group : Job Details

About All States Materials Group

ASMG is one of the leading providers of highway construction materials in the northeast, as well as a leading heavy highway contractor. With more than 700 employees, and more than 65 years of experience, ASMG has developed a reputation as a great place to work, and a reliable contractor. We have grown dramatically since the beginning of the millennium through acquisitions, organic growth initiatives, and building plants from the ground up.

Job Summary

As the Risk and Safety Coordinator, you will play a vital role in aligning our team's efforts to support colleagues across the company in maintaining and enhancing our strong safety culture and our record as a best-in-class performer in workplace health and safety. You will provide support to the Health & Safety Team and the Director of Risk Management, emphasizing effective communication and collaboration.

Key Responsibilities:

• Assist in coordinating and facilitating regular Health & Safety department meetings and events, including taking notes and issuing meeting minutes.
• Support Safety Managers with incident investigations, document management, standardization, and other tasks as they arise.
• Provide comprehensive support for insurance claims by collaborating with Human Resources, the Risk Manager, and insurance carriers to input, process, and track claims. Conduct regular QA/QC checks to ensure data accuracy and compliance.
• Support claim-related investigations as needed and maintain detailed, organized records of claims, incidents, and investigations using systems such as B2W and Vista. Ensure consistency, accuracy and timely reporting across all records as part of our compliance requirements.
• Collaborate with the Director of Risk Management to identify key reporting metrics, perform data analysis, and develop graphs and presentations for regular meetings.
• Support cross divisional insurance related tasks, e.g., pre-qualifications, leases & rentals, certificates of insurance, etc.
• Work with others to coordinate training for front-line and supervisory staff, including in-person, computer-based, etc. This may also include reserving space, speakers, and other resources.
• Responsible for maintaining the documentation for Health & Safety related training and certifications of ASMG staff. This will include coordination with the Safety Managers and supervisory staff across the company.
• Provide support to the Director of Environmental Engineering & Compliance Department as needed.
• Support and monitor Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) purchasing. Work with the Safety Managers to define and maintain required standards and templates. Work with other departments and vendors to align purchasing and distribution of PPE with our department standards.
• Following established protocols, create and maintain compliance information binders for facilities throughout our organization, ensuring accuracy, organization, and accessibility of all relevant information.
• Support implementation of programs, policies, and procedures.

Minimum Qualifications:

• A bachelor's degree in Safety & Health, Risk Management, Civil Engineering, Construction, or related field. Alternatively, an associate's degree in a related field with a directly applicable Safety or Risk certification.
• Minimum of two years' experience in a related role, preferably within the insurance, safety, and/or construction industry.
• Demonstrates the ability and strong commitment to continuously expanding knowledge of regulatory requirements relevant to our business operations, such as OSHA, MSHA, etc.
• Ability to maintain and protect confidential information.
• Perform related and unrelated duties as required. Also is accountable to collaborate with local leadership to accomplish goals.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office, both desktop and cloud-based versions.
• Demonstrated skill in independently validating work and ensuring data integrity, including the ability to thoroughly review your own work and to verify data logs. Strong attention to detail and commitment to accuracy.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to interact professionally and effectively with diverse groups of people.
• Ability to properly don and doff personal protective equipment (PPE), travel to job sites, and navigate facilities, including climbing ladders, walking on uneven ground, and maneuvering through construction sites or industrial environments as required.
• Ability to give and receive feedback in a constructive and productive manner.
• Driver's license and a clean driving record required.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in the construction and/or safety industry. Familiarity with the tools, equipment, and dynamics of a construction team and job site.
• A history of collaboration with other parties of differing perspectives to achieve understanding towards implementation of mutually beneficial goals.
• Experience working with insurance policies and claims.

Physical Demands:

• Frequently must stand, walk, sit, and use hands, reach with hands and arms, feel, talk, see, and listen.
• Frequently work at a computer for extended periods of time.
• Occasionally required to climb or balance, stoop, kneel, bend, crouch, or crawl.
• Frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.

Work Environment:

• Many hours are in the corporate headquarters in West Springfield, Massachusetts
• Plants and job sites often have exposure to sustained noisy machinery, dust, heat, cold, rain and snow, low light (night work), and other hazardous conditions (PPE will be provided and must be worn as required by the location and conditions)

Travel:

• The work location is the headquarters at 11 Interstate Drive in West Springfield, 90+% of the time.
• Occasional travel to other regions of our company, with the most distant being New York state and Maine. This may very occasionally include overnight travel.