Sr Manager Safety & Compliance

Arium Networks builds and operates small cell networks that are shaping the future of wireless connectivity. As demand for faster, more reliable wireless coverage continues to grow, small cell technology is becoming essential to how communities stay connected. Our company brings together an established infrastructure, existing client base, and deep industry expertise, while offering the rare opportunity to step into an early‑stage environment where your ideas matter and your contributions shape what comes next - helping define how we work, what we build, and how we scale. Joining Arium Networks allows you to grow your career while building technology that will influence how people connect in the years ahead.

ABOUT THE ROLE

The Senior Manager, Safety and Compliance is responsible for proactively elevating and maturing the Company’s existing enterprise safety and compliance program. This leader will assess current capabilities, identify emerging regulatory and operational risks, and strengthen the governance, policies, controls, audit processes, training, recordkeeping, and performance measures required to protect teammates and assets and maintain compliance with Company standards and applicable federal, state, and local requirements, including OSHA.

Serving as the enterprise subject-matter leader for occupational safety and compliance, this role will advise executive, operational, field, Legal, Human Resources, Business Support, Procurement, and Business Line leaders on regulatory obligations, compliance exposure, and practical risk mitigation. The Senior Manager will embed safety and compliance into business decisions and daily operations while fostering a culture of ownership, accountability, prevention, accurate reporting, and continuous improvement.

WHAT YOU WILL DO

• Lead the continuous improvement of the existing enterprise safety and compliance program, including its governance framework, policies, procedures, controls, training, standards, tools, reporting, and multi-year roadmap.
• Maintain an enterprise compliance framework that identifies applicable legal, regulatory, contractual, and Company requirements; assigns accountable owners; and verifies implementation across business lines and locations.
• Monitor changes to OSHA and applicable federal, state, and local requirements; evaluate business impacts; and coordinate timely updates to policies, controls, training, and operational practices.
• Develop and execute a risk-based safety and compliance audit plan covering field operations, facilities, fleet, equipment, contractors, records, training, and high-risk work activities.
• Establish consistent processes for documenting findings, assigning corrective actions, tracking remediation, validating evidence, escalating overdue items, and confirming sustainable closure.
• Oversee required safety records, logs, permits, certifications, inspection documentation, training records, regulatory reports, and other compliance evidence to support accuracy, retention, and audit readiness.
• Lead or oversee investigations of significant injuries, near misses, vehicle events, contractor incidents, and suspected compliance failures; apply root-cause analysis and ensure corrective and preventive actions are implemented across relevant operations.
• Strengthen contractor and supplier safety compliance by establishing qualification criteria, monitoring performance, addressing non-compliance, and partnering with Procurement and Operations on remediation, suspension, or reinstatement decisions.
• Advance leading and lagging indicators, dashboards, and executive-ready reporting that identify trends, measure program effectiveness, highlight compliance exposure, and support risk-based decisions.
• Govern enterprise safety and compliance training, onboarding, communications, and awareness programs; verify required training completion and assess whether learning is effectively applied in the field.
• Partner with operational and field leaders to improve controls for small cells, utility, telecommunications construction, RF exposure, fleet, equipment, and other high-risk activities.
• Champion a culture in which leaders and teammates understand their safety and compliance responsibilities, report concerns without delay, stop unsafe work, and take ownership of corrective actions.
• Lead safety and compliance initiatives, resources, vendors, and priorities; influence without direct authority and provide direction to safety professionals, program managers, and cross-functional teams assigned.

WHAT YOU WILL NEED TO SUCCEED

Education / Certifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Occupational Safety, Environmental Health and Safety, Engineering, Compliance, Business, or a related discipline; an equivalent combination of education and highly relevant experience may be considered.
• Certified Safety Professional (CSP), Associate Safety Professional (ASP), Construction Health and Safety Technician (CHST), Certified Industrial Hygienist (CIH), or comparable credential preferred.
• OSHA 30-hour training required; OSHA 500 Instructor certification preferred.

Skills and Experience

• Twelve (12) or more years of progressive safety and compliance experience, including significant leadership responsibility in complex, geographically dispersed, field-based operations. Leading safety or compliance professionals, program managers, cross-functional teams, or major enterprise improvement initiatives preferred.
• Demonstrated success assessing, elevating, and maturing an established enterprise safety and compliance program, including governance, audit readiness, regulatory adherence, culture, risk controls, and measurable outcomes.
• Proven experience interpreting and operationalizing OSHA and other applicable regulatory requirements through policies, controls, training, audits, records, and field execution.
• Deep experience with hazard identification, compliance risk assessment, audits and inspections, incident investigation, root-cause analysis, corrective-action management, regulatory reporting, claims, metrics, and executive reporting.
• Experience managing contractor or supplier safety compliance in a distributed operating environment.
• Experience in fiber, small cell, utility, telecommunications construction, or another high-risk industry strongly preferred.

Other Skills/Abilities

• Enterprise-minded leader who can move fluently among safety strategy, regulatory interpretation, compliance governance, field execution, and sustained adoption.
• Strong executive presence, judgment, and written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to translate complex regulatory and operational risks into clear business decisions.
• Advanced knowledge of OSHA requirements, consensus standards, safety management systems, compliance controls, recordkeeping, and field-construction practices.
• Strong audit, analytical, and problem-solving capabilities, including risk prioritization, trend analysis, evidence review, control effectiveness assessment, and development of actionable reporting.
• Demonstrated change-management and stakeholder-influence capabilities across diverse functions, geographies, and levels of leadership.
• Excellent program and organizational management skills, with disciplined documentation, escalation, and follow-through.
• Ability to build trust with field teammates while maintaining independence, consistency, and accountability in compliance decisions.
• Demonstrated discretion in handling confidential teammate, incident, claim, investigation, regulatory, and legal information.
• Ability and willingness to travel regularly to field locations and Company facilities.

Additional Preferred Skills

• Experience implementing or enhancing safety management systems, compliance management systems, audit programs, and enterprise-wide leading-indicator programs.
• Experience preparing for and coordinating regulatory inspections, investigations, and formal responses in partnership with Legal.
• Experience developing safety and compliance training curricula and validating training effectiveness in field operations.
• Experience selecting and managing safety or compliance technology, third-party consultants, vendors, and audit resources.
• Track record of reducing serious incidents, repeat findings, overdue corrective actions, and regulatory exposure while improving safety culture, reporting quality and teammate engagement.

Where you will work

This role falls into our hybrid work model, which is 2-days work from home (Friday and Monday) and 3-days in the office (Tuesday through Thursday) to optimize collaboration, relationship building and key stakeholder engagement and may require some travel as needed.

Compensation

The pay range offered for this position is $124600 - $171300 annually. A candidate’s offer is determined by various factors including but not limited to, depth of experience, role-related knowledge and skills, relevant education or training, internal alignment, and work location. Depending on the position offered, the compensation package may also include incentive compensation opportunities in the form of a discretionary annual cash bonus or commissions, and equity incentives

YOUR COMPANY BENEFITS

At Arium Networks we do our best to ensure you have access to the resources you need to live a healthy and happy life no matter where you are in life. Our benefits are built around your individual needs, covering physical, mental, and financial health and designed to enhance your quality of life.

We are proud to offer a full suite of health and wealth benefits for you and your loved ones. Below are a few of the key highlights of the many benefits we provide.

• Comprehensive healthcare plans with highly company subsidized premiums and annual company contribution to your Health Savings Account (HSA base plan for employee and dependents).
• Market-leading 401(k) plan, which includes up to 10% company contributions through our 5% match and 5% profit sharing program (based on employee contributions).
• New-child leave up to 8 weeks of 100% paid leave upon birth or legal adoption of a new child. Birth mothers are eligible for up to 8 weeks of additional 100% paid medical leave.
• Tuition reimbursement for eligible tuition and fees.
• Generous paid time-off for eligible full-time employees (minimum 18 days per year based on years of service).
• 10 company holidays plus 2 floating holidays.

Pursuant to the Los Angeles County and San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.

If you are interested in joining our team, please visit the Arium Networks careers site to apply. We do not accept resumes from agencies, headhunters, or other third-party suppliers who have not signed a formal agreement with us. This position will remain posted until filled.

Equal Employment Opportunities

We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all persons regardless of race, color, ancestry, citizenship, national origin, religion, veteran status, disability, genetic characteristic or information, age, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, family status, pregnancy, or other legally protected status (collectively, “protected statuses”). We do not tolerate unlawful discrimination in any employment decisions, including recruiting, hiring, compensation, promotion, benefits, discipline, termination, job assignments or training.