Safety Manager - St. Louis, MO

Construction Safety Manager

Location: St. Louis, MO

Duration: 1-2 Years (Start: 8/24)

Type: 1099 Contractor

Pay Rate: $56/hr (Local) | $49/hr (Non-Local)

Overtime: Paid After 40 Hours

Per Diem: $150/Day on seven days

Completion Bonus: $150/month

Pay Frequency: Weekly

Schedule: Monday-Friday | 7:00 AM - 5:00 PM | 10-Hour Days

Approximately 50 Hours Per Week

Join a contractor supporting a long-term construction project in St. Louis, MO. The Construction Safety Manager will provide hands-on field safety oversight with a primary focus on site housekeeping, excavation activities, pedestrian safety, access routes, and maintaining safe separation between workers, equipment, and active construction operations
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This position is ideal for a field-focused safety professional who understands that strong fundamentals-including housekeeping, site organization, and pedestrian controls-are critical to preventing incidents on a busy construction site.

• OSHA 30 Construction Certification
• Minimum 5 years of construction safety experience

• Excavation and trenching safety experience
• Excavation Competent Person experience
• Heavy civil or site development construction experience
• Heavy equipment and mobile equipment safety experience
• Experience developing pedestrian traffic and site access controls
• CHST, ASP, CSP, or other BCSP credential

• Provide daily field safety oversight throughout active construction areas
• Maintain a highly visible presence alongside craft personnel and project supervision
• Conduct routine site inspections, audits, field observations, and hazard assessments
• Monitor housekeeping and ensure work areas, access routes, and emergency pathways remain clear
• Provide safety oversight for excavation and trenching activities
• Monitor pedestrian walkways and employee access throughout the construction site
• Help maintain proper separation between pedestrians, vehicles, and heavy equipment
• Monitor excavation barricades, protective systems, access/egress, and spoil placement
• Identify slip, trip, fall, and struck-by hazards and drive timely corrective actions
• Review Job Hazard Analyses (JHAs), permits, and pre-task plans
• Monitor heavy equipment and mobile equipment operations
• Ensure compliance with OSHA regulations and project-specific safety requirements
• Provide field coaching and reinforce safe work practices with craft personnel
• Participate in incident investigations and corrective action implementation
• Maintain safety documentation, inspection records, and compliance reports
• Partner with project leadership to proactively identify and mitigate hazards

Candidates should have working knowledge of:

• OSHA Construction Standards
• Excavation & Trenching Safety
• OSHA Subpart P
• Construction Housekeeping Requirements
• Pedestrian & Vehicle Traffic Management
• Heavy Equipment & Mobile Equipment Safety
• Excavation Protective Systems
• Barricades & Controlled Access Zones
• Walking/Working Surfaces
• Slip, Trip & Fall Prevention
• Struck-By Hazard Prevention
• Site Access & Egress
• Job Hazard Analysis (JHA)
• Safety Inspections & Field Observations
• Incident Investigation & Corrective Actions
• Contractor Safety Management
• Construction Risk Assessment & Mitigation

The ideal candidate is a proactive, field-oriented safety professional who consistently identifies and addresses the everyday conditions that can lead to serious incidents.

Success in this role requires maintaining strong housekeeping standards, ensuring excavation activities are properly controlled, keeping pedestrian routes safe and clearly defined, and proactively managing worker interaction with vehicles and heavy equipment throughout the project.