Corporate Safety Manager - Denton,TX

Corporate Safety Manager

Location
Flexible or hybrid, with travel to operating companies and customer sites

Department
Production

Reports to
VP of Operations

FLSA Status
Salary, exempt, full time

Travel
Approximately 30%

Overview
This is a corporate safety leadership role responsible for building, improving, and maintaining safety, health, and environmental programs across Group CBS operating companies. The Corporate Safety Manager serves as the enterprise safety authority for electrical service shops, field service teams, CBS ArcSafe operations, vacuum interrupter work, and customer site activity.

This role partners closely with operations, field leadership, engineering, quality, HR, and executive leadership to reduce risk, maintain compliance, strengthen safety culture, and support productive work without turning safety into a paperwork parade with steel toe boots. Source material provided in the uploaded job description.

What you will do

Enterprise safety leadership
• Establish and maintain a company wide safety management system aligned with OSHA, NFPA, NETA, PEARL, and applicable state and federal regulations
• Serve as the corporate subject matter expert for electrical safety, arc flash mitigation, energized work practices, and high voltage service environments
• Set safety strategy, annual objectives, KPIs, and continuous improvement initiatives across Group CBS businesses
• Provide safety performance reporting to executive leadership and private equity stakeholders
• Monitor regulatory and industry standard changes and update policies as needed

Field and shop safety programs
• Develop and support safety programs for PEARL certified breaker repair and reconditioning shops
• Support safety practices for NETA field testing, commissioning, and maintenance services
• Support CBS ArcSafe remote racking systems, demonstrations, and customer facing activities
• Support vacuum interrupter handling, testing, and replacement activities
• Ensure proper controls for energized work, lockout tagout, confined space, fall protection, crane and rigging, and high risk electrical tasks
• Partner with operations leaders to embed safety into SOPs, work instructions, and day to day execution
• Conduct field visits and attend major outages, projects, and customer sites to observe work practices, coach teams, and reinforce expectations
• Support outage leadership with job hazard analysis, pre job planning, and dynamic risk assessments

Compliance, audits, and documentation
• Lead internal and external safety audits and inspections
• Support PEARL, NETA, and customer safety audits, including documentation, corrective actions, and follow up
• Maintain OSHA logs, incident records, and regulatory filings
• Own and maintain corporate and business unit safety manuals
• Ensure safety documentation is consistent, controlled, current, and aligned across operating companies while allowing for operational differences where appropriate

Incident management and risk reduction
• Lead incident reporting, investigation, root cause analysis, and corrective action implementation
• Track and analyze safety metrics, near misses, and leading indicators
• Identify systemic risks and implement controls to reduce recordable incidents and lost time events
• Promote stronger near miss reporting, corrective action closure, and continuous safety improvement

Training and culture development
• Develop and deliver safety training for field technicians, shop personnel, supervisors, and leadership
• Ensure consistent onboarding and refresher training related to electrical safety, arc flash, PPE, and hazard recognition
• Build training that goes beyond compliance and includes leadership behaviors, hazard recognition, human performance principles, and safe decision making
• Coach supervisors and frontline leaders on safety ownership, accountability, and behavior based safety practices
• Promote a proactive safety culture built around accountability, learning, and continuous improvement

Cross functional support
• Collaborate with Quality, Engineering, HR, and Operations to align safety with operational excellence
• Support customer facing safety requirements and contractor safety coordination
• Assist with pre job safety planning for customer sites, outages, and field projects
• May be modified from time to time. Other duties, tasks, and work may be assigned

What success looks like
• Recordable and lost time incident rates are reduced
• PEARL, NETA, and customer safety audits are completed successfully
• Near miss reporting increases and corrective actions are closed timely
• Safety programs are adopted consistently across operating companies
• Safety documentation is current, organized, and aligned across the business
• Field and shop teams understand safety expectations and apply them in real work conditions
• Safety culture improves through stronger engagement, better coaching, and practical accountability

What we are looking for

Required qualifications
• 7 to 10 years of progressive safety or EHS experience in electrical services, power systems, industrial maintenance, or field service environments
• Strong working knowledge of OSHA regulations
• Strong working knowledge of NFPA 70E and electrical safety practices
• Experience with high voltage and medium voltage equipment environments
• Understanding of NETA field service operations
• Demonstrated experience supporting multi site, field based organizations
• Proven ability to influence frontline employees, supervisors, and senior leadership
• Practical, operations oriented mindset
• Detail oriented, organized, team focused, and able to work at a fast pace

Preferred qualifications
• Bachelor’s degree in Safety, Engineering, Industrial Technology, or a related field
• CSP, CHST, OSHA 30, OSHA 500, or related safety certification
• Experience supporting PEARL or NETA accredited organizations
• Experience in a private equity backed or multi operating company environment

Knowledge and skills
• Electrical and arc flash safety expertise
• Strong communication and training skills
• Data driven risk assessment and reporting ability
• Ability to balance compliance requirements with operational efficiency
• Credibility with technicians, supervisors, executives, and customer stakeholders
• Strong organizational skills and excellent attention to detail
• Clear written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to organize and write procedures in a logical and methodical manner
• Good time management skills with the ability to multitask
• Ability to work well in a team environment
• Ability to maintain confidential information
• Proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel, Access, and PowerPoint

Physical requirements
• Occasional reaching, overhead work, stooping, kneeling, crouching, or crawling
• Frequent walking
• Occasional lifting up to 75 pounds
• Frequent lifting up to 50 pounds
• Continuous lifting up to 25 pounds

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex including pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, or any other legally protected status. We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities and a workplace free from discrimination and harassment.

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