Vice President of Safety

About This Role

This role provides enterprise-level leadership for safety, setting the vision, strategy, and direction for a leader-led, zero-injury culture at Interstates. The Vice President will partner with executive, operational, and field leaders to strengthen safety culture maturity and prevent serious injuries. This position is for a senior safety leader who thrives in high-risk environments and aims to make a lasting impact on people, culture, and the organization.

Responsibilities

• Establish and lead a multi-year enterprise safety vision and strategy aligned with Interstates’ core values and business objectives
• Serve as the executive owner of safety culture, ensuring consistent expectations, language, and leadership behaviors
• Elevate safety as a core leadership responsibility, fully integrated into business planning and decision making
• Provide executive insight into emerging risks, industry trends, and evolving client and regulatory expectations
• Lead the evolution of a leader-led, behavior-based zero injury culture built on trust, accountability, and learning
• Own and advance the enterprise SIF (Serious Injury & Fatality) prevention strategy
• Ensure compliance with OSHA and other applicable regulations across operating geographies
• Develop safety leadership capability across the enterprise and mentor the safety team
• Represent Interstates with clients, industry partners, and professional organizations
• Communicate safety performance, risks, and cultural insights to executive leadership and the Board

Requirements

• 10+ years of progressive safety leadership experience, including enterprise or multi region responsibility
• Proven success leading safety culture transformation and reducing high risk exposures
• Deep experience in high hazard industries such as industrial construction, mining, oil & gas, or similar adjacent fields
• Demonstrated ability to lead through organizational change and influence at the executive level
• Strong grounding in human performance, systems thinking, and safety leadership models
• Bachelor’s degree in safety, human behavior, or a related field (or equivalent experience)
• OSHA certification and strong working knowledge of regulatory environments
• Executive level communication, coaching, and stakeholder influence skills

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in safety, human behavior, or a related field (or equivalent experience)
• 10+ years of progressive safety leadership experience, including enterprise or multi region responsibility

Nice to Have

• Experience leveraging data, leading indicators, and analytics to influence behavior and guide decision making
• Forward looking mindset with interest in evolving safety technology, systems, and predictive insights
• Track record of translating data into meaningful leadership action and cultural change

Benefits

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