Construction Safety Program Manager

Responsibilities

• Works with the site to develop practical methods to integrate High Potential Exposures (HPE) mitigation tools at the project level.
• Coach, develop, and onboard Project Personnel, Contractor Staff, and Trade Partners with safety values, standards, and priorities.
• Lead the development of best-in-class safety strategies and policies for the projects and contractor management.
• Promote strong safety practices, with a focus on Serious Injury and Fatality (SIF) Prevention.
• Work with Site Safety to ensure the program meets Contractor safety standards and The North American Contractor Safety Guidelines, and the pre‑qualification/monitoring of onsite contractors.
• Lead the program safety committee, tracking, addressing, reporting, and responding to onsite contractor safety statistics and formally reporting monthly.
• Evaluate trends, identify opportunities, and manage the safety continuous improvement program, driving project safety initiatives to completion.
• Work with the construction management team and their contractors to ensure their safety programs are in alignment with site and program expectations.
• Oversee and support company field representatives and their daily support of construction safety.
• Oversee and deliver site safety leadership training and awareness programs for project leaders, construction management, and contractor supervision teams.
• Partner with contractors and project staff to deliver transparent audits that will assure adherence to Corden values, standards and safety‑first culture.
• Maintain project monthly metrics to track, trend, and measure safety performance from audits, incidents, and proactive activities at the project site.
• Support Site and Program leadership teams implementing field walks and action tracking.
• Other duties as assigned.

• Bachelors degree from a university with ideally a focus on Safety, Engineering, or Project Management is preferred.
• A recognized safety membership or qualification, CSP, ASP, CHST or equivalent is preferred.
• Minimum 10 years of progressive experience in the field of Health, Safety and Security with functional and team managerial / leadership experience including 5 years in site safety leadership on large complex brownfield industrial projects.
• Experience at API/PSM‑subject facilities preferred.
• Experience with large scale CAPEX industrial projects and disciplines such as heavy civil, structural, mechanical, and electrical scopes.
• Technical Skills & Abilities :
  Experience with process equipment and commissioning activities.
• Sector experience in an industry where Engineering / Construction / Operations / Projects are key business driver.
• Heavy Industrial construction with a Prime Contractor, EPC, or owner‑side major projects group experience would be ideal for this position.
• Experience working as a project team member contributing to H&S strategy development, balancing technical expertise with sound business decisions.
• Excellent understanding of risk management / assessment and H&S concerning large capital projects and contractor management.
• Understanding of H&S matters in project management regulatory applications (OSHA CFR 1926), reporting, environmental as related to large capital projects.
• Ability to establish, influence and foster relationships and cooperation of key internal and external stakeholders working across all levels of employment from field level to site management.
• Strong customer service‑oriented approach to dealing with objectives, conflict, and balancing priorities.
• Ability to influence decision making within a project team.
• Excellent oral and written communications skills and ability to communicate at all levels of the organization.
• Ability to engage with other employees at a strategic level to articulate safety vision and priorities.
• Frequent interaction through video and tele conferences.
• Prior experience developing standards, policies and procedures for safety and security.
• Proven experience in root cause analysis of incidents.
• Experienced in using TEAMS, Outlook, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Visio and PowerPoint.
• Believes in building a positive safety culture where reporting a near miss is considered a good catch rather than a negative situation.
• Displays Interpersonal Effectiveness.
• Demonstrates Courage and values different perspectives and can navigate between perspectives to arrive at a win/win path forward.
• Delivers Results Through Others.
• Focuses externally.