Project Health & Safety Manager

Forbes Bros. Group of Companies delivers transmission, distribution, substation, and related power infrastructure projects across Canada and the United States.

Our work spans field construction, project delivery, operations, and corporate support in an environment where safety, execution, and reliability matter.

Project Health & Safety Manager – Transmission Construction

Lead Safety on a Major Transmission Construction Project

We are supporting the delivery of a large-scale overhead transmission construction project near North Platte and Stapleton, Nebraska, and are seeking an experienced Project Health & Safety Manager to serve as the senior HSE authority on-site.

This is a field-driven construction safety leadership role requiring daily engagement with line crews, foremen, general foremen, superintendents, subcontractors and active work fronts. The Project HSE Manager will lead safety execution across multiple crews and contractors, integrating safety directly into construction planning, field operations and project delivery.

The successful candidate must understand how transmission, distribution or substation construction is planned and executed and be comfortable challenging work plans, coaching field leadership and stopping work when appropriate.

This is not a general industrial EHS or compliance-focused position. Direct field safety experience supporting transmission, distribution or substation construction is required. Experience in industrial, pipeline, oil and gas, renewable energy or heavy civil construction may complement, but does not replace, the required utility construction experience.

Candidates whose backgrounds are primarily manufacturing, warehousing, facility EHS or administrative compliance will not be suited to this role.

• Competitive hourly wage
• Comprehensive benefits package
• 401(k) eligibility
• Paid time off
• Project-eligible per diem of $200 per day worked
• Annual boot allowance of $250
• Annual clothing allowance of up to $900
• Company phone and laptop
• Long-term project opportunity
• Potential redeployment to future projects following project completion

Reporting to the Senior Project Manager, with a functional reporting relationship to the Director of Safety Operations, the Project Health & Safety Manager is responsible for leading all aspects of project HSE execution.

This position operates as the lead field safety authority and works directly with Project Management, Construction Management, line supervision, craft personnel, subcontractors and client representatives to support safe, compliant and efficient project execution.

The Project HSE Manager will maintain a strong daily field presence across multiple crews and simultaneous work fronts. The role requires a practical understanding of transmission construction activities, electrical hazards, heavy civil work and the relationship between safe execution, production planning and project performance.

• Lead implementation and ongoing execution of the project Health and Safety Management Plan.
• Serve as the senior HSE authority on the project.
• Maintain a visible daily field presence across crews, work locations and active construction fronts.
• Integrate safety requirements directly into construction planning, scheduling, sequencing and daily execution.
• Participate in planning meetings, coordination meetings, daily briefings and discussions concerning upcoming high-risk work.
• Work directly with superintendents, general foremen, foremen and crews to identify hazards and implement practical controls before work begins.
• Lead field audits, inspections, observations and corrective-action follow-up.
• Identify recurring hazards, operational trends and gaps in field execution.
• Reinforce stop-work expectations and intervene where work is not properly planned or controlled.
• Hold employees, subcontractors and field leadership accountable to company, client and project safety requirements.
• Ensure corrective actions are assigned, tracked and brought to completion.