Safety Director

Location: Nashville, TN (In-Office Required)
Schedule: Full-time, in-office at BFC’s Nashville office (with travel)
Travel: Frequent national travel (30–50%)
Job Type: Full-time | Exempt
Reports To: Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO)

About the Role

BFC Solutions is seeking a Safety Director to lead enterprise safety across a nationwide, route-based field workforce, manufacturing operations, and corporate teams—with a strong, day-to-day partnership with Fleet. This role is based in Nashville and requires regular in-office presence to support cross-functional collaboration, leadership visibility, and program execution. The Safety Director will build scalable programs, strengthen frontline execution, and drive measurable reductions in incidents, DART/TRIR, severity, workers’ compensation exposure, and fleet-related risk.

Why choose BFC Solutions

• Enterprise-level scope with the ability to influence outcomes across a national footprint.
• High visibility and direct partnership with senior leadership—your work will matter and move quickly.
• A growth-oriented environment where you can build, standardize, and scale programs that improve performance.
• Strong cross-functional collaboration across Operations, HR, Safety, Fleet, and Finance.
• Competitive pay and benefits, with opportunities for career growth as the company continues to expand.

What You’ll Do

Enterprise Safety Leadership

• Own the enterprise safety strategy, annual operating plan, and governance across field, manufacturing, fleet, and corporate environments.
• Establish consistent execution rhythms: KPI reporting, audits/inspections, corrective action tracking, and leader accountability.
• Manage the safety budget, vendors, tools, and PPE strategy.

Fleet & Driver Safety (Critical Partnership)

• Serve as the primary safety partner to Fleet leadership; co-own a fleet safety roadmap and outcomes (preventable incidents, driver behaviors, severity reduction).
• Lead fleet incident response and investigations in partnership with Fleet and claims partners, including preventability reviews and corrective actions.
• Partner with Fleet on readiness and compliance: vehicle inspections, maintenance adherence, and safety-critical standards.
• Use telematics and fleet data to identify trends and deploy targeted coaching and interventions.

Field Safety (Route-Based Operations)

• Implement practical, technician-ready safety programs (hazard identification, ladder/fall prevention, tools/equipment safety, customer requirements, LOTO as applicable).
• Embed safety into daily operations through partnerships with regional leaders and frontline supervisors.
• Build simple, effective near-miss and hazard reporting with strong follow-through and closure discipline.

Manufacturing / Facility Safety

• Lead safety programs for facilities/manufacturing environments (machine guarding, LOTO, ergonomics, PIT as applicable, chemical safety, PPE).
• Ensure site inspections, JSAs/JHAs, and corrective actions are completed to standard and on schedule.

Compliance, Training, and Culture

• Own OSHA recordkeeping and reporting (300/300A/301), incident classification, and inspection readiness.
• Build scalable training (onboarding, recurring requirements, supervisor training, and driver safety training).
• Drive safety communications and leader coaching to strengthen a consistent, accountable safety culture.

What You Bring

Required

• Bachelor’s degree in Safety, Industrial Hygiene, Occupational Health, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience).
• 8+ years of progressive safety leadership across multi-site operations; experience supporting dispersed/frontline field teams strongly preferred.
• Strong OSHA knowledge, incident investigation capability, and recordkeeping proficiency.
• Demonstrated success improving safety performance through operational partnership, field execution, and leader accountability.
• Experience partnering with Fleet on driver safety and fleet risk reduction (incident response, preventability, coaching, readiness/inspection discipline).
• Ability to travel nationally up to 30–50%.
• Ability and willingness to work primarily from BFC’s Nashville office (this role is not remote).

Preferred

• CSP, ASP, CHST, or similar certification.
• Experience in route-based services, facilities maintenance, construction trades, logistics/transportation, or manufacturing.
• Experience implementing safety technologies (audit platforms, learning tools, telematics/driver coaching systems).

How to Apply

Apply with your resume (and optional cover letter). Qualified candidates will be contacted for an initial conversation.

BFC Solutions is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate based on any legally protected status.