Safety Director

Location: Atlanta, GA
Position Type: Full-Time | Direct Hire
Salary: $130,000-$140,000 per year
Travel: Regular travel to project sites and operational locations

Medcor Safety is recruiting an experienced Safety Director on behalf of one of our clients, a growing specialty construction organization supporting complex crane, rigging, steel erection, heavy transportation, and industrial projects.

This is a senior leadership opportunity for a proven safety professional who can operate at both the strategic and field levels
-setting the direction of the safety program while partnering closely with executive leadership, operational teams, and field leaders to reduce risk and strengthen safety performance across the organization.

This is a direct-hire position with our client
, with Medcor Safety managing the recruitment and candidate selection process.

This is more than a role maintaining an established safety program. The Safety Director will have the opportunity to:

• Shape enterprise-wide safety strategy across a growing specialty construction organization
• Partner directly with executive leadership on business-critical safety and operational initiatives
• Influence decision-making across field operations, project leadership, and senior management
• Build, mentor, and develop a high-performing safety team
• Support complex crane, rigging, steel erection, heavy transportation, and specialty construction projects
• Develop scalable safety systems that support continued organizational growth
• Help create a safety culture that strengthens both operational performance and the client's competitive position

• Lead the company's overall safety strategy across operations, projects, and business units
• Partner with executive and operational leadership to strengthen safety performance and operational excellence
• Develop, implement, and continuously improve enterprise safety programs, policies, standards, and management systems
• Coach operational leaders and build accountability for safety throughout the organization
• Conduct executive-level safety reviews, audits, field assessments, and operational evaluations
• Lead investigations involving serious incidents, near misses, and high-potential events
• Drive root cause analysis and ensure corrective actions are effective and sustainable
• Monitor leading and lagging safety indicators to identify trends, emerging risks, and opportunities for improvement
• Ensure compliance with OSHA standards and other applicable regulatory and client requirements
• Identify and proactively address organizational and project-level risk
• Mentor and develop safety professionals while building a culture of ownership, engagement, and continuous improvement
• Partner with field leadership to ensure safety expectations translate into consistent execution at the project level

• Bachelor's degree in Safety, Construction Management, Engineering, Industrial Hygiene, Risk Management, or a related field
• OSHA 30-Hour Construction Certification
• 10+ years of progressive construction safety experience, including leadership responsibility
• Experience leading safety programs across multiple projects, locations, or business units
• Strong knowledge of OSHA Construction Standards (29 CFR 1926)
• Demonstrated experience leading serious incident investigations and root cause analysis
• Experience partnering directly with executive, operational, and field leadership
• Strong leadership, communication, coaching, and organizational skills
• Ability and willingness to travel regularly to project sites and operational locations

• OSHA 500 Construction Outreach Trainer
• CSP, CHST, CIH, or comparable professional safety certification
• Experience supporting crane and rigging operations,…