Site Safety Manager

Job Title:

Site Safety Manager (Owner’s Representative)
Job Description

• Maintain a consistent field presence across all major construction activities, including civil work, turbine erection, crane operations, and electrical and commissioning activities.
• Verify that contractors execute approved safety plans such as Job Hazard Analyses (JHAs), lift plans, rescue plans, and other critical work procedures.
• Identify and communicate risks related to changing weather conditions, schedule changes, workforce turnover, and simultaneous operations, ensuring these risks are clearly understood and addressed by project stakeholders.
• Interface regularly with EPC contractors and subcontractor safety teams and field leadership to support a strong safety culture and collaborative risk management.
• Participate in safety meetings, pre-task planning sessions, and toolbox talks as an advisor, offering guidance on best practices and risk controls while maintaining Owner‑representative boundaries.
• Promote timely correction of unsafe conditions and behaviors through coaching, feedback, and escalation when necessary, without assuming direct supervisory authority over contractor personnel.
• Monitor contractor compliance with OSHA 29 CFR 1926, applicable state regulations, and contractual safety requirements, ensuring alignment with Owner expectations.
• Conduct site audits and inspections focused on critical risks, including work at height, lifting operations, electrical and energized work, confined space entry, and weather exposure.
• Document audit and inspection findings, track corrective actions, and verify closure of identified issues to drive continuous improvement.
• Support the review of near‑misses, incidents, and injuries by providing safety expertise and helping identify contributing factors and systemic issues.
• Participate in incident investigations with an emphasis on system improvement and SIF prevention, rather than individual blame.
• Assist with safety trend analysis by collecting and analyzing leading and lagging indicators and sharing lessons learned with project teams.
• Provide routine safety reports to project leadership summarizing observations, trends, leading indicators, and key risks.
• Review root cause analyses and corrective actions for effectiveness and provide feedback to ensure they address underlying causes.
• Track recurring risks and systemic safety issues and help develop strategies to mitigate or eliminate them.
• Attend coordination, planning, and safety meetings as the Owner’s safety representative to ensure safety considerations are integrated into project decisions.
• Partner with construction, environmental, and quality teams to identify and address cross‑functional risks that may impact safety performance.
• Support alignment of safety expectations and standards across the Owner, EPC, and contractor organizations to foster a unified safety approach.

• 5–7+ years of construction safety experience in field‑based roles.
• Experience supporting power generation, energy, heavy industrial, or large‑scale construction projects.
• Strong knowledge of high‑risk construction activities, including civil construction, turbine erection, crane operations, and electrical and commissioning activities.
• Hands‑on experience with Job Hazard Analyses (JHAs) and Job Safety Analyses (JSAs), including development, review, and verification of implementation.
• Experience with lift plans, confined space procedures, and other critical work procedures in complex construction environments.
• Proven ability to influence safe behaviors and decisions without direct supervisory authority over contractor personnel.
• Strong communication skills, including the ability to clearly convey safety expectations, risks, and recommendations to diverse project stakeholders.
• Strong documentation and reporting skills, with the ability to produce clear, accurate, and timely safety reports and records.
• Knowledge of OSHA 29 CFR 1926 and relevant state safety regulations applicable to construction.
• Demonstrated ability to identify, assess, and communicate risk in dynamic, high‑risk construction environments.

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