Company Summary

The Ferreira Group is a consortium of privately held and commonly owned, large-scale construction companies that perform civil, site, drilling, pile driving, electrical transmission and distribution (overhead and underground), specialty underground cable, traffic signalization, underground utility (gas, water, and sewer), marine, renewable energy, and related services in the utility, transportation, industrial, and commercial sectors across the United States. The Ferreira Group is a hundred-million-dollar-plus network nationwide. In its rich 35-year history, The Ferreira Group companies are consistently ranked on the ENR top contractors list.

The Ferreira Group focuses on developing and maintaining the proper safety culture through training and policy to effectively satisfy our “Zero” incident objective and appropriate regulatory compliance. Dedication to employee safety is a core value.

Position Description

The corporate EHS director reports directly to ownership and works with the individual affiliate company safety directors to develop and maintain a safety program that establishes the core operational environmental, health, and safety Ferreira Group standards. In addition, the corporate safety director works directly with and manages the affiliate company safety directors to develop and maintain the affiliate company safety program which may contain operational-specific content to satisfy company applicable health and safety protocol and requirements. In addition, the corporate EHS director will work with ownership and senior management to promote Ferreira Group health and safety culture and protocol to clients and other external entities. This role is responsible for unifying/standardizing safety processes across the group of companies, overall safety expenditures and budgeting, along with overseeing the safety performance of the affiliate companies. The corporate safety director will be responsible for managing and mentoring the affiliate companies’ safety departments, overall safety training of the management and crafts, and keeping the safety manual and related policies ahead of the curve. The position will be required to conduct audits, analyze safety incidents and data, work alongside the insurance department, and implement corrective actions after root causes are identified.

Position Requirements

• Graduate degree in appropriate discipline such as administration or management, construction, engineering, health or safety, medicine, science, etc. Alternately, a bachelor’s degree with five additional years of relevant senior management level experience may be substituted for a graduate degree.
• At least 10 years of relevant construction or industrial safety experience, with at least five years of relevant senior management level experience. Knowledge of underground utility, foundation (pile driving and drilling), overhead transmission and distribution electric, and highway/bridge work.
• Applicable health or safety certification or licensure including but not limited to a Certified Safety Professional (CSP)
• Other abilities, expectations, knowledge, or skills include the following.
• Professional Federal (OSHA), state (Cal OSHA), and civil, electric, and marine industry health and safety regulatory compliance knowledge.
• Excellent communication, presentation, professional or technical writing, and professional interaction skills.
• Common business computer skills.
• The corporate safety director is a full-time (40+ hour/week) dedicated position. The corporate safety director needs to be available 24/7 to address emergencies or priority health and safety related issues.
• The corporate EHS director may be a hybrid position based at any of our offices throughout the United States. Periodic travel throughout the United States required.