Director of Safety
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Taylor's Construction, LLC
Chilhowie, VA, US
Summary
The Safety Director will lead the development and implementation of company-wide safety programs across telecommunications and utility construction operations. This role involves partnering with field leadership to identify operational risks, conduct site audits, and ensure compliance with OSHA and other regulatory requirements.
Job Description
About Us
With over 18 years of expertise at the forefront of the communications and construction industries, Taylor’s Construction, Inc. builds networks that fuel communities and drive innovation. From planning to execution to meeting budgets and deadlines, we excel in the intricate deployment of ariel and underground networks, maximizing efficiency and minimizing disruption. Whether it’s high speed-fiber optic installations, complex underground networks, or ensuring reliable connections to every doorstep, Taylor’s Construction Inc. delivers. We thrive on challenges, turning ambitious projects into success stories with our expertise in fiber optic technology and meticulous project management. Taylor’s Construction Inc., empowers businesses, homes, and entire communities with robust connectivity solutions.
About this Role
Taylor’s Construction, a Quanta Services company, is seeking an experienced Safety Director to lead the company’s safety strategy and programs across telecommunications and utility construction operations. This role is responsible for establishing consistent safety expectations, developing field leadership, and ensuring employees have the training, tools, and processes necessary to perform their work safely.
The Safety Director will work closely with executive leadership, operations, field management, and safety personnel to identify and reduce operational risk, strengthen safety performance, and maintain compliance across aerial and underground fiber construction, directional drilling, excavation, splicing, utility pole installation, and related field activities.
What You'll Do
- Lead the development, implementation, and continuous improvement of company-wide safety programs, policies, procedures, and field expectations.
- Partner with operations and field leadership to identify high-risk activities, strengthen pre-job planning, and integrate safety into daily construction execution.
- Provide safety leadership across the organization while building ownership and accountability among supervisors, foremen, and craft employees.
- Conduct and oversee field audits, jobsite assessments, and operational reviews across aerial, underground, HDD, excavation, and telecommunications construction activities.
- Lead serious incident and near-miss investigations, identify root causes and contributing factors, and ensure corrective actions and lessons learned are implemented across the organization.
- Ensure compliance with applicable OSHA, DOT, client, company, and state-specific safety requirements while maintaining readiness for customer and regulatory audits.
- Track safety performance, identify trends and emerging risks, and provide leadership with meaningful metrics and recommendations to improve field performance and reduce exposure.
What You'll Bring
- 10+ years of progressive safety experience in telecommunications, utility construction, infrastructure, or similar field-based construction environments, including 5+ years in a leadership capacity.
- Strong knowledge of construction safety practices related to aerial work, underground utilities, excavation and trenching, directional drilling, traffic control, heavy equipment, and utility pole operations.
- Demonstrated ability to lead safety programs across multiple crews, projects, and geographic locations.
- Strong working knowledge of OSHA regulations and applicable federal, state, and client safety requirements.
- Proven ability to influence field leadership, communicate effectively with craft personnel, and drive accountability throughout an organization.
- Experience leading incident investigations, corrective action programs, safety training, and performance improvement initiatives.
- CSP, CHST, CUSP, OSHA 500, or other recognized safety credentials preferred; ability to travel extensively to active project locations as required.
What You'll Get
As a Quanta Services employee, we offer a wide range of benefits to fit your needs.
- 401(k) with immediate matching and vesting
- Fully comprehensive benefits packages; Medical, Dental, Vision
- Your choice of PPO, HSA, FSA
- Short term and long term benefits
- Employee discounts on consumer goods
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Equal Opportunity Employer
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin or ancestry, sex (including gender, pregnancy, sexual orientation, and/or gender identity), age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, and/or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state or local law.We are an Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status. We prohibit all types of discrimination and are committed to providing access and equal opportunity for individuals with disabilities. For additional information or if reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application, interview, or hiring processes or to perform the essential functions of a position, please contact us the Company’s Human Resources department.
Taylor’s Construction is a Fiber Optic Cable installation company that services Virginia, and West Virginia. With offices in Chilhowie, VA, and Beaver, WV, Taylor’s Construction services the well know network providers in the area with: Cable placement: buried, aerial, and UG; Cable splicing, Utility Pole Placement; Trenching, Boring, Plowing.
Vision – To serve customers professionally, skillfully, and with integrity. Our employees are the cornerstone of everything we do. We strive to maintain an environment in which they can grow their skills, work positively and collaboratively, and deliver a quality service to our customers.
Safety – Our goal is to secure a safe environment and culture, ensuring our teams and everyone we come into contact with gets home safely everyday.
Performance – We continually challenge ourselves to improve performance by evaluating jobs past and present, comparing distances, equipment, logistics and workforce size to better serve our customers demands for a complete turnkey solution.
Company size
51-200 employees
Industry
Construction
Org type
Public Company
Headquarters
Chilhowie, VA
Taylor’s Construction is a Fiber Optic Cable installation company that services Virginia, and West Virginia. With offices in Chilhowie, VA, and Beaver, WV, Taylor’s Construction services the well know network providers in the area with: Cable placement: buried, aerial, and UG; Cable splicing, Utility Pole Placement; Trenching, Boring, Plowing.
Vision – To serve customers professionally, skillfully, and with integrity. Our employees are the cornerstone of everything we do. We strive to maintain an environment in which they can grow their skills, work positively and collaboratively, and deliver a quality service to our customers.
Safety – Our goal is to secure a safe environment and culture, ensuring our teams and everyone we come into contact with gets home safely everyday.
Performance – We continually challenge ourselves to improve performance by evaluating jobs past and present, comparing distances, equipment, logistics and workforce size to better serve our customers demands for a complete turnkey solution.
Company size
51-200 employees
Industry
Construction
Org type
Public Company
Headquarters
Chilhowie, VA