Construction Safety Representative and CQV Field Safety

Construction Safety / CQV Field Representative - Pharma Manufacturing Facilities/Capital Projects

Carteret, NJ Area, On-Site Position

The Spear Group has an exciting opportunity for an experienced Construction Filed Safety and CQV Safety Professional to support our client partner on the owner / stakeholder side with pharma manufacturing project sites in NJ as a site field safety specialist. This Spear Group field safety employee role supports our top-tier pharma facilities client with various site activities around capital project construction, commissioning, qualification, and validation (CQV) projects with strong field safety leadership and expertise for the Owner inclusive of contractor partnership and oversight and effective integration of safety expertise throughout the projects’ life cycles.

This full-time, onsite Spear position supports projects at the global pharma client’s NJ site/campus and is intended for a hands-on safety professional who can coach contractors, identify changing field risks, build trust, and promote a Zero Harm environment across construction and CQV activities.

This Owner’s Side Construction Field Safety / CQV Safety Representative Position with The Spear Group will work alongside our client’s Safety Departments providing owner safety oversight during construction, commissioning, qualification, validation, system turnover, and startup activities. The representative will support high-risk work planning, contractor safety performance, assist with incident investigations, and the safe transition of systems from construction through CQV and into operations.

The ideal safety professional candidate must demonstrate strong field hazard recognition, practical knowledge of construction safety, and the ability to identify risks introduced by energization, testing, temporary configurations, equipment startup, and simultaneous construction and CQV activities.

• Implement Pharma Client / Owner’s Side Corporate Safety Programs in alignment with the owner / stakeholder safety requirements, applicable company/corporate standards, and federal, state, and local safety regulations.
• Serve as a visible field safety resource and provide owner safety oversight of contractors, EPCM partners, and project teams.
• Coach contractor leadership, supervisors, safety professionals, and craft personnel to strengthen hazard recognition and field risk management.
• Review JSAs, SPAs, work permits, and high-risk work plans to verify that hazards, interfaces, and controls are clearly addressed.
• Conduct regular documented field inspections, coordinate project safety walks, and verify timely corrective action closure.
• Support incident investigations, root-cause analysis, CAPA development, effectiveness reviews, and closure tracking.
• Monitor safety observations, near misses, first-aid cases, incidents, leading indicators, KPIs, trends, and contractor safety performance.
• Support project onboarding, orientations, Tier meetings, safety reviews, peer audits, pre-bid discussions, and pre-award safety evaluations.
• Participate in Management of Change, construction-completion, system-turnover, commissioning-readiness, and qualification-readiness activities.
• Review safety considerations associated with system energization, equipment startup, functional testing, pressure testing, flushing, cleaning, chemical introduction, and temporary system configurations, as applicable.
• Help define and verify system ownership, hazardous energy-control boundaries, work authorizations, permits, and escalation paths during construction-to-CQV transitions.
• Identify and address risk created by simultaneous construction, commissioning, qualification, maintenance, and operating activities.
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