Safety Manager

Construction Safety Manager

As the Construction Safety Manager, you will play a critical leadership role in creating, promoting, and maintaining a proactive safety culture across all project sites. This position goes beyond compliance, it's about building trust, driving behavioral safety, and ensuring that every worker returns home safely each day. You will act as a strategic advisor and hands-on leader, working closely with project teams, subcontractors, and senior leadership to implement robust safety protocols, ensure regulatory compliance, and continuously identify opportunities for safety improvements.

Through training, audits, and direct site engagement, you will shape safety standards that exceed minimum requirements and elevate overall project performance. This is a highly visible, high-impact role requiring strong technical knowledge, people skills, and an unwavering commitment to safety excellence.

• Lead Jobsite Safety Operations:
Serve as the primary safety authority on-site, conducting daily inspections, enforcing safety protocols, and responding to incidents with urgency and professionalism.

• Develop and Implement Safety Programs:
Lead the creation and execution of comprehensive site specific safety plans, ensuring alignment with OSHA regulations, company policies, and client expectations.

• Train and Educate Teams:
Deliver engaging safety training sessions, toolbox talks, and onboarding orientations to ensure all personnel understand and adhere to safety procedures.

• Collaborate with Project Stakeholders:
Partner with project managers, field supervisors, and subcontractors to address safety concerns, conduct risk assessments, and drive continuous improvement.

• Monitor Compliance and Regulatory Updates:
Stay current with evolving local, state, and federal safety regulations. Proactively update safety procedures and ensure consistent compliance across all job sites.

• Investigate and Resolve Incidents:
Lead root cause analyses of safety incidents and near misses. Develop corrective action plans and implement preventive measures to avoid recurrence.

• Maintain Accurate Safety Documentation:
Oversee the preparation and organization of safety logs, inspection reports, training records, and compliance documentation.

• Promote a Culture of Safety:
Champion behavioral-based safety practices and lead by example to foster a zero-incident work environment built on trust, accountability, and transparency.

• Provide Technical Support:
Leverage technical expertise in hazard identification, PPE use, and job hazard analysis to support construction activities safely and efficiently.

• Respond to Emergency Situations:
Be available after hours or weekends as needed to address emergencies, conduct incident investigations, or support time-sensitive project safety needs.

• May perform other duties as assigned.

• Ability to climb stairs, ladders, and navigate active construction sites

• Regularly required to stand, walk, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl

• May lift and/or move up to 50 pounds

• Visual abilities required: close vision, depth perception, peripheral vision, and ability to adjust focus

• Primarily on-site at active construction projects
• Exposure to moving machinery, heights, fumes, airborne particles, weather elements, and electrical hazards

• Noise levels range from moderate to very loud

• Reasonable accommodation will be made as needed for qualified individuals with disabilities

• 3–5 years of construction health & safety experience, with direct training and consultation

• Strong knowledge of environmental, health, and safety (EHS) standards and construction regulations

• OSHA 30-hour certification required; OSHA 500/510/511 certifications preferred

• Experience in OSHA outreach training is a plus

• Advanced communication and presentation skills

• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, Outlook)

• Ability to read and interpret construction documents, specifications, and schedules

• Demonstrated leadership and the ability to work independently or in a team setting

• Strong organizational and time management skills