Operational Risk Manager Jobs in Maine (NOW HIRING)

Application Instructions
All States Materials Group ® is a regional leader in road building, pavement preservation and distribution of road materials. We see the exciting in what most take for granted: the roads we drive on every day. We strive to be the best at what we do, and we seek to do it better every day, in a safe, environmentally responsible, and technologically advanced way.
Position Description
Position Summary:
The primary function of this position is to champion and promote occupational health and safety through an experience-based, risk-focused approach that emphasizes field engagement, operational partnership, and regulatory compliance. This role supports a seasonal, operations-driven business and focuses on meaningful risk reduction, using systems, documentation, and processes to support consistent and compliant execution.
As part of a centralized safety team, the Safety Manager is responsible for influencing the safety framework within their region and leads through credibility, professionalism, collaboration, and partnership. Operational divisions are key stakeholders, and the role works closely with regional and department leadership to ensure safety priorities are addressed appropriately. Our operational divisions include construction, materials (quarries and asphalt plants), and liquid asphalt terminals, with trucking and transportation a common element. Candidates should bring experience relevant to one or more of these operations, with the ability to quickly develop working knowledge across the broader operational footprint and apply it effectively in the field.
Essential Functions:

• Maintain a strong field presence during the operating season, serving as a visible, practical safety resource to operations across the region.
• Provide leadership, coaching, and advisory support to operational teams regarding safety and health programs, ensuring alignment with applicable local, state, and federal requirements.
• Identify, assess, and prioritize high-risk loss sources through field observations, incident trends, and data analysis; recommend and support implementation of effective prevention strategies.
• Build and maintain productive working relationships with regional operational leadership and internal and external partners in support of prevention activities.
• Support and manage regional safety programs to achieve and sustain compliance with applicable DOT, OSHA, MSHA, and other requirements, while accounting for the scale, geographic footprint, and operational demands of the business.
• Partner closely with the Program Administrator to ensure safety records, training documentation, and compliance tracking are accurate, timely, and maintained within the company's safety management system.
• Lead and support incident investigations and follow-up activities, focusing on root causes, corrective actions, prevention of recurrence, and accurate documentation.
• Use safety data, audits, inspections, and field insight to inform priorities, with emphasis on reducing incident severity and frequency through practical, hands-on strategies.
• Escalate significant or unresolved safety concerns to regional and department leadership as appropriate.
• Collaborate with other Safety Managers, the Program Administrator, and the EHS Technician to promote consistency, shared standards, and cross-regional support.
• Respond to safety-related emergencies or urgent operational needs as required.
• Travel regularly throughout the Maine region and occasionally to other regions to support operations, alignment, and continuity. Occasional overnight travel as needed.
• Participate in a planned transition and onboarding period, including shadowing and cross-regional exposure to build business knowledge and relationships.
• Support program development, training initiatives, data review, and local or regional safety projects in coordination with the broader safety team.

Position Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in a related field and/or a minimum of 7 years of professional experience in safety or risk management, preferably within the construction and/or mining industries
• Strong working knowledge of local, state, and federal safety regulations
• Demonstrated experience with MSHA compliance strongly preferred
• Working knowledge of OSHA and DOT regulations required
• CSP or ASP certification preferred, but not required
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office and general computer literacy required

Work Environment
When in an office setting, the work environment is temperature controlled with minimal noise. Field conditions may vary and require the ability to tolerate moderate to loud noise levels (PPE will be provided as required), heights, and varying weather conditions, including frequent exposure to extreme heat.
Physical Demands
The physical demands described below are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to stand, walk, drive, sit and use hands, see, reach with hands and arms, handle, feel, talk, and listen. The employee is occasionally required to climb or balance, stoop, kneel, bend, crouch or crawl. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to forty pounds.
Equal Opportunity Employer
The Company maintains a policy of non-discrimination and is fully committed to the principles of equality in employment and opportunity for all employees. It is the continuing policy to recruit and employ the best qualified individuals without discrimination because of race, color, religion, national origin, gender, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital or partnership status, status as a victim of domestic or sexual violence or stalking, pregnancy, physical or mental disability, protected military or veteran status, and/or any other protected characteristic as established by law.
This policy of Equal Employment Opportunity applies to all policies and procedures relating to personnel actions such as, but not limited to, recruitment and hiring, working conditions, benefits and compensation, training, apprenticeship, performance appraisals, promotion, transfer, discipline, termination and any and all other terms and conditions of employment. Decisions with regard to the above will be based on job related criteria, individual merit and qualifications.
It is the policy of the Company not to discriminate on the basis of gender, age, race, color, religious creed, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital or partnership status, status as a victim of domestic or sexual violence or stalking, physical or mental disability, and/or protected military or veteran status or other protected bases with regard to any employment practices, including recruitment, advertising, job application procedures, hiring, upgrading, training, promotion, transfer, compensation, job assignments, benefits and/or other terms, conditions, or privileges of employment, provided the individual is qualified, with or without reasonable accommodations, to perform the essential functions of the job. This policy applies to all jobs at the Company. The Company will continue to take affirmative action to employ and advance in employment women, minorities, individuals with disabilities, and protected veterans and to treat qualified individuals without discrimination based upon their gender, race, sexual orientation, gender identity, physical or mental disability, or protected veteran statuses, in all employment practices.