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If you’d like the chance to make your mark with the world’s largest equipment rental provider, come build your future with United Rentals!

The Region Safety Manager ensures compliance with all Company and governmental safety and environmental health regulations by managing a decentralized regional safety function. They manage the planning, development, implementation, and administration of safety policies, programs, and training for assigned region(s).

What you’ll do:

• Protects the Company’s employees, customers, and assets against losses, injuries, and accidents by directing, implementing, and overseeing the administration of safety and key loss prevention programs. Responsible for monitoring and communicating safety-related, regional/divisional profit and loss by establishing and delivering claim cost reduction and containment metrics.

• Ensures safety compliance by overseeing OSHA, DOT, and other compliance-related activities. Protects the Company’s employees, customers, and assets against losses, injuries, and accidents through the enforcement of safe work practices. Prevents accidents and other safety exposures by investigating, identifying causes, and developing preventative measures and practices.

• Builds successful business partnerships by communicating with the corporate Safety department, customer safety managers, and regional management and employees. Reports to business boards on regional safety issues and performance.

• Meets safety and environmental health goals by developing and implementing training programs consistent with governmental regulations and business and customer needs. Coordinates on-site worker and supervisory safety training programs with the insurance carrier, broker, and other outside vendors.

• Mitigates risk exposure by identifying sources of safety and environmental risk and developing needed programs, policies, and procedures. Avoids legal challenges by understanding current and proposed legislation. Assists with safety and environmental health acquisition due diligence and coordinates post-acquisition safety rollout programs.

• Ensures internal and external customer satisfaction by recommending best practices. Drives, implements, sustains, and develops quality process improvements that focus on safety, financials, operations, and customer service.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree, preferably relating to Safety and Health. Master’s degree preferred.

• Requires three (3) to five (5) years progressively responsible professional-level safety-related experience.

• Ability to persuasively communicate with all levels of management. Strong training and presentation skills. Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite applications and other operations applications.

• Maintain currency in all areas of OSHA and ANSI, including, but not limited to, CFR 1910 and 1926, as well as legislation affecting these areas. Maintain current knowledge in all areas of FMCRs as they relate to the rental industry.

• Occupational Health-Safety and/or accredited professional certification preferred.

• May travel up to 50% of work time.

This position is deemed Safety Sensitive for purposes of United Rentals’ policies and procedures.

Why join us?

We don’t just “talk the talk!” We’re an award-winning company (recently named a Glassdoor Best Place to Work in 2026) that truly cares about our people - That’s why we offer best-in-class benefits and perks that will support you and your family. In addition to our health and financial plans, we also offer:

• Paid Parental Leave

• United Compassion Fund

• Employee Discount Program

• Career Development & Promotional Opportunities

• Additional Vacation Buy Up Program (US Only)

• Early Wage Access through Payactiv (US Hourly Only)

• Paid Sick Leave

• An inclusive and welcoming culture

Learn more about our full US benefit offerings here.

United Rentals, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer and makes employment decisions regardless of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, genetic information, citizenship status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or any other status protected by law. If you need a reasonable accommodation at any point of the application process, please email [email protected] for assistance.

At United Rentals, we proudly hire active duty members, veterans, reservists, and their families. The values that define your service—leadership, discipline, integrity, and teamwork—are the same values that drive our success. With many veterans already part of our team, we’re ready to help you transition into a rewarding career.

United Rentals consists of a wide variety of roles with different duties and responsibilities. The actual pay rate offered to candidates varies depending upon a wide range of factors including specific position, location, education, training, experience, skills, and ability.