This isn\u2019t James Robles\u2019 first time in the safety ring. Prior to becoming JE Dunn\u2019s National Safety Director in January, James served as the regional safety director for the South Central region.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s been over nine years since James joined JE Dunn, onboarding with a background in safety from his previous job. Settling into his latest role, James brings over 17 years of experience in health and safety operations.<\/p>\n
James is the fourth national safety director at JE Dunn, and the first to have worked under all three previous national safety directors. \u201cMy intent is to use the best of all of them and continue on the journey that was started back with the first director,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n
Among the top focus areas James notes for 2023 are\u00a0the safety success of JE Dunn\u2019s trade partners, safety training, and leadership engagement from a regional level down to the jobsite level. To reach the next level as a department and company, he says, all levels of engagement are necessary to prevent complacency and stagnation in growth.<\/p>\n
\u201cWorking with the top clients in the country, safety is even more upfront and center,\u201d James says.\u00a0\u201cIt not only protects our people, but it’s good business and what our clients expect from us. The only way we can be successful is if we bring our trade partners along with\u00a0us, to be holistically successful as a team.”<\/p>\n
Originally from Houston, Texas, James found himself planting roots in Austin with his wife, Lenessa, where they are raising two young daughters, ages six and two. James comes from a family of construction workers; both his dad and uncles worked in the construction industry. Having someone look out for them and set these rules, he says, is part of the reason he has chosen to remain in safety all these years.<\/p>\n
\u201cSafety helps people go home at the end of the day,” James says. \u201cWhat has kept me in safety is now having a family, and I think of everyone on our project sites as someone\u2019s mother, brother, sister…. someone\u2019s relative is out there, and it\u2019s up to us to help make sure everyone goes home.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cBut, we want to know more<\/em> about James,\u201d you may say.<\/p>\n James enjoys marathon running and has run nine marathons so far. He admits this hobby has taken the backburner lately, but he is getting back into it. When he travels, he enjoys going on runs to explore the city. \u201cEvery city I visit, going for a run is a good way to wake up and see the city from a ground-level perspective.\u201d<\/p>\n When it comes to his job, James recognizes the impact of having thorough safety protocols and a solid team of safety professionals. \u201cIt’s a privilege of life, and if we\u2019re safe, we get to do it all a lot longer.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" It\u2019s been over nine years since James joined JE Dunn and he settles into his latest role with over 17 years of experience in health and safety operations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":18786,"template":"","meta":{"content-type":"","_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":""},"campaigns":[],"type-of-content_tax":[339],"class_list":["post-18785","blog","type-blog","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","type-of-content_tax-safety-content"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jedunn.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/blog\/18785","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jedunn.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/blog"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jedunn.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/blog"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jedunn.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/blog\/18785\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20837,"href":"https:\/\/jedunn.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/blog\/18785\/revisions\/20837"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jedunn.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18786"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jedunn.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18785"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"campaigns","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jedunn.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/campaigns?post=18785"},{"taxonomy":"type-of-content_tax","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jedunn.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/type-of-content_tax?post=18785"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}