Corporate Safety Operations Lead - West

Ameresco, Inc. (NYSE:AMRC) is a leading energy solutions provider dedicated to helping customers reduce costs, enhance resilience, and decarbonize to net zero in the global energy transition. We are a trusted, full-service partner to public sector and government entities, K-12 schools, higher education, utilities, and healthcare customers across the U.S., Canada, the U.K., and Europe. 

At Ameresco, we show the way by developing, constructing and operating tailored smart energy efficiency solutions, distributed energy resources, and infrastructure upgrades that drive cost savings, resilience, decarbonization, and innovation. Our comprehensive portfolio is built to address the challenges of today and adapt the future, ensuring long-term sustainability and success for our customers.

The Corporate Safety Operations Lead will manage enterprise safety operations programs and provide strategic operational support to the Ameresco Office of Safety & Risk Management. This position will oversee safety systems, performance reporting, documentation governance, compliance management, training oversight, and cross-functional program coordination supporting Ameresco’s Western U.S.-based safety teams. NOTE: Preference will be given to candidates who reside within the Western US region.

Responsibilities:

• Manage enterprise-level safety operations programs and provide strategic operational support to the Vice President of Safety & Risk Management, Corporate Safety leadership, and Ameresco business units, establishing priorities across Western region safety teams.

• Establish and oversee department trackers, action-item registers, compliance schedules, and accountability processes for safety initiatives, program deliverables, audit findings, corrective actions, training requirements, document reviews, and reporting deadlines.

• Partner with Regional Safety Managers, business-unit leaders, project teams, and the counterpart Corporate Safety Operations Lead to drive consistent implementation of safety programs, communications, systems, and compliance expectations across the organization.

• Serve as the enterprise system owner and subject-matter resource for Vector Solutions EHS and LMS, overseeing user governance, organizational structure, employee and project assignments, data integrity, system workflows, reporting functionality, and continuous platform improvement.

• Evaluate safety training matrices, course assignments, completion data, certification expirations, refresher requirements, qualification records, and compliance reports to identify gaps, assess risk, and recommend appropriate actions.

• Collect, analyze, and interpret safety-performance data and develop dashboards, scorecards, trend analyses, executive summaries, presentations, and periodic reports that support leadership oversight and informed business decisions.

• Establish and oversee document-control and governance requirements for corporate safety manuals, programs, procedures, templates, forms, Site-Specific Safety Plans, Job Hazard Analyses, Activity Hazard Analyses, emergency plans, training documents, and related safety records.

• Evaluate project safety documentation during project startup, ongoing operations, and project closeout to determine whether required documentation is complete, current, properly approved, accessible, and aligned with corporate and regulatory requirements.

• Monitor incident reports, near misses, first-aid cases, recordable injuries, vehicle incidents, property damage, environmental events, investigations, and supporting records; analyze trends and recommend improvements to reporting, investigation, and prevention processes.

• Oversee corrective-action processes resulting from incidents, inspections, audits, client reviews, and safety findings; evaluate closure documentation, escalate overdue or insufficient actions, and develop lessons learned and leadership status reports.

• Assess subcontractor safety prequalification information, onboarding records, training documentation, safety plans, project-specific submittals, audit findings, corrective actions, and closeout records, and provide risk-based recommendations to safety and project leadership.

• Lead cross-functional safety meetings and leadership reviews by establishing agendas, presenting performance information, documenting decisions, assigning follow-up responsibilities, resolving operational issues, and communicating outcomes to appropriate stakeholders.

• Develop, implement, and enhance standardized safety workflows, reporting methodologies, digital workspaces, templates, systems, and departmental processes to improve efficiency, consistency, accountability, and overall program effectiveness.

• Identify emerging operational and compliance risks and recommend corrective, preventive, and continuous-improvement strategies to Corporate Safety leadership.

• Perform other related duties consistent with the scope, responsibility, and organizational level of the position.

• Perform other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in occupational safety, environmental health and safety, business administration, construction management or a related field; or an equivalent combination of education and relevant work experience.

• Minimum of five (5) years of experience in safety operations, environmental health and safety, safety program management, construction safety, compliance management, risk management, or a related operational role.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in construction, renewable energy, solar, battery energy storage systems, utilities, federal contracting, engineering, operations and maintenance, or EPC operations.

• Experience supporting regional, multi-state, national, remote, or enterprise-level teams is preferred.

• Strong understanding of safety documentation, training records, incident tracking, audit findings, corrective actions, and compliance-related recordkeeping.

• Experience supporting safety leadership, project leadership, regional managers, business-unit leaders, or corporate operations teams.

• Experience using or administering safety management systems, learning management systems, EHS software, training platforms, or compliance tracking tools.

• Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Office, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Teams, and SharePoint is required.

• Strong ability to maintain spreadsheets, dashboards, tracking logs, action-item registers, training matrices, document control systems, and executive summaries.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

• Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities, deadlines, stakeholders, and deliverables is required.

• Demonstrated ability to work independently in a remote environment while maintaining consistent communication with leadership and team members is required.

• Ability to handle confidential information with professionalism, accuracy, and discretion is required.

• Strong attention to detail, follow-through, accountability, and document-control discipline.

• Familiarity with one or more of the following: OSHA, Cal/OSHA, EM 385-1-1, NFPA 70E, heat illness prevention, fall protection, lockout/tagout, electrical safety, subcontractor safety management, and project safety documentation.

• Experience with Vector Solutions EHS, Vector Solutions LMS, IndustrySafe, RedVector, TargetSolutions, or similar safety technology platforms is preferred.

• Experience managing LMS training assignments, course completion tracking, refresher training schedules, certification records, and compliance reports is preferred.

• Experience supporting EHS software modules related to incident management, inspections, audits, corrective actions, hazard reporting, safety observations, job safety analysis documentation, and safety dashboards is preferred.

• Experience preparing executive-level safety reports, presentations, dashboards, and leadership summaries.

• Project Management Professional, Associate Safety Professional, Graduate Safety Practitioner, Certified Safety Professional, Construction Health and Safety Technician, OSHA 30-Hour, or similar safety/project management credentials preferred but not required.

The anticipated base salary range for this role is $92,000 - $134,000 (presented in good faith). In addition to base pay, employees receive a comprehensive benefits package, such as health insurance, retirement plans, and paid time off, and may be eligible for performance incentives, bonuses, commissions, or equity, depending on the role.

Actual pay will depend on factors such as internal equity, skills, experience, education, certifications, and location. This range supports our commitment to pay transparency and compliance with applicable laws. Compensation may vary by work location, including remote arrangements.

We disclose salary ranges and benefits in all required external and internal postings and will provide further details upon request at any stage of the hiring process. Applications are accepted on a rolling basis until the position is filled.

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