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Integrated Security Technologies Safety Manager in Herndon, Virginia

Come join our team! At Unlimited Technology, we are committed to our company's core values of Passion, Collaboration, Innovation and Adaptability. With offices throughout the United States, we are a premier cyber and physical security specialty contractor, and we are growing at a rapid pace. We have a wide range of talented and experienced individuals that deliver cutting edge technology solutions to meet our customers’ ever-changing needs. We secure the facilities and networks of the world’s leading brands and critical infrastructure and are recognized leaders in the physical and IT security, cyber, and managed services industries. UT offers a rewarding career, great benefits, and the chance to learn and work with ground-breaking technology and premier clients.

Preference for candidates located in the Midatlantic region. HQ is located in Herndon, VA.

The safety manager performs various functions to ensure the safety of personnel at workplaces throughout the enterprise and customer locations.

The job description below shows examples of typical tasks, duties, and responsibilities majorly performed by safety managers:

  • In partnership with the Chief Compliance Officer, lead the company’s Safety Committee

  • Establish target areas and long-term accident prevention and cost-control goals

  • Prepare and maintain safety records, reports, and formulate correspondence relative to the job

  • The safety manager investigates safety incidents, identifying the root causes of accidents, near misses, and unsafe conditions to prevent future occurrences and ensure a safe work environment.

  • Monitor and organize special studies and/or analysis of safety programs and policies/procedures

  • Organize and take part in assessing already existing safety programs and policies, assessing accident/injury reports, and arranging accident/injury-related statistics

  • Establish procedures and recommend changes in policies if the need arises. Recommend solutions to issues, prevention measures, and other avenues for improvement

  • Identify the training and development needs of company staff and ensure that the needs are met and tracked for quarterly and annual reporting

  • As directed, inspect office and job-site locations for unsafe conditions

  • Track and manage the company's fire extinguisher and AED deployments

  • Work with identified third-party agencies to support the company’s safety program

  • Be regularly aware of new developments in safety regulations that are bound to affect the organization

  • Act as a representative of the company when it comes to society or industry safety programs

  • Provide leadership during safety-threatening crises at the workplace that ensures calmness.

Requirements – Skills, Abilities, and Knowledge

  • The safety manager must be someone who pays attention to the smallest of details to prevent accidents and/or injuries

  • Good communication and interpersonal skills are required. This is to enable relevant information about different situations to be processed properly and necessary actions to be taken

  • He/she must be able to work as a team member or even a team leader when needed to do so

  • Must possess and display a high level of organizational and coordinating abilities at all times

  • Must have good leadership skills and also exhibit an exceptional level of motivational abilities

  • He/she must be someone who is able to prioritize tasks (especially in the case of putting safety first at all times)

  • The safety manager must always be proactive and willing and able to tackle issues head-on.

  • Must possess the power of persuasion. Most of the time, it isn’t enough to be able to communicate but also to do so in an effective manner. In the process of explaining safety policies, good persuasion skills are needed to pass the message across properly

  • Possess BS or BA in safety management or in any other related field of study, while an MS will be an added advantage

  • A certified safety professional status is required

  • Recognized certification(s) in risk management and safety/health management

  • At least 5 years of working experience in a safety management environment.

Benefits

  • Health, dental, and vision coverage

  • Life insurance

  • 401 (k) w/company match 100% up to 3% and an additional 50% match of 2%

  • Paid time off

  • 11 Paid Holidays

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, creed, sex, age, national origin, disability, Veteran status, or any other category protected by federal, state, or local laws.

Integrated Security Technologies, Inc. does not discriminate on the basis of race, sex, color, religion, age, national origin, marital status, disability, veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other reason prohibited by law in provision of employment opportunities and benefits.

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