Safety Manager

Field Construction Safety Manager

Location: New Albany, OH

Duration: 3+ Months (Start: 8/24)

Type: 1099 Contractor

Pay Rate: $52/hr

Per Diem: $125/Day (7 Days Per Week)

Completion Bonus: $150/month

Pay Frequency: Weekly

Schedule: Day Shift | 40 Hours Per Week

Join a contractor supporting a large-scale data center construction project in New Albany, OH. This role provides hands‑on field safety oversight across multiple active scopes of work, including trenching, excavation, concrete construction, site development, and potentially electrical activities
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The Field Construction Safety Manager will maintain a strong field presence while working directly with craft personnel, subcontractors, and project supervision to identify hazards, ensure OSHA compliance, and support safe execution of multiple construction activities in a fast-paced data center environment.

• CHST Certification
• OSHA 510 Certification
• OSHA 30 Construction Certification
• Minimum 5 years of construction safety experience
• Experience supporting excavation, trenching, and concrete construction activities

• Data center or mission‑critical construction experience
• Excavation/Trenching Competent Person experience
• Heavy civil or site development experience
• Concrete construction safety experience
• Electrical construction safety experience
• NFPA 70E and Lockout/Tagout (LOTO) knowledge

• Provide daily field safety oversight across multiple construction scopes
• Maintain a highly visible presence throughout active work areas
• Monitor trenching, excavation, concrete, and site development activities
• Support electrical construction activities as project scope progresses
• Conduct routine site inspections, audits, field observations, and hazard assessments
• Monitor heavy equipment and mobile equipment operations
• Verify excavation protective systems, access/egress, spoil placement, and changing site conditions
• Monitor concrete placement, reinforcing, formwork, and related activities
• Review Job Hazard Analyses (JHAs), permits, and pre-task plans
• Ensure compliance with OSHA regulations and project-specific safety requirements
• Identify unsafe conditions and coordinate timely corrective actions
• Provide field coaching and reinforce safe work practices with craft personnel
• Participate in incident investigations and corrective action implementation
• Maintain required safety documentation, inspection records, and compliance reports
• Coordinate safety activities with subcontractors, project supervision, and site leadership
• Promote a proactive safety culture throughout the project

Candidates should have working knowledge of:

• OSHA Construction Standards
• Data Center Construction
• Excavation & Trenching Safety
• OSHA Subpart P
• Concrete Construction
• Heavy Civil & Site Development
• Heavy Equipment & Mobile Equipment Safety
• Excavation Protective Systems
• Underground Utility Construction
• Material Handling Operations
• Electrical Construction Safety
• NFPA 70E Awareness
• Lockout/Tagout (LOTO)
• Fall Protection & Elevated Work
• Job Hazard Analysis (JHA)
• Incident Investigation & Root Cause Analysis
• Contractor Safety Management
• Construction Risk Assessment & Mitigation

The ideal candidate is a hands‑on, field-oriented safety professional who is comfortable overseeing multiple construction scopes simultaneously. Success in this role requires proactively identifying changing hazards, maintaining a strong field presence, effectively communicating with craft personnel and supervision, and ensuring trenching, excavation, concrete, and other construction activities are safely executed.