Construction Safety Manager

Job Description

UW Facilities manages the University’s buildings, infrastructure, and land with more than 1,100 employees in a variety of fields. The Asset Management group includes the Project Delivery Group (PDG), Engineering Services, Campus Architecture and Planning, and Sustainability. UW Facilities also includes units such as Maintenance & Construction, Campus, Energy, Utilities & Operations, Transportation Services, and Safety. Supporting these groups, as well as the Emergency Management and Real Estate teams, are the Business Intelligence & Information Technology group, and the Finance & Administration group.

The Project Delivery Group (PDG) comprises an executive director, directors, project and construction managers, contract administrators, design and construction partners, within the Asset Management unit in UW Facilities. PDG is responsible for the delivery of capital projects that help fulfill the University’s teaching, research, health care and innovation mission. From concept to completion to transition to occupancy, PDG leads the planning, design and construction required to execute and successfully complete projects ranging from small remodels to new buildings.

As respected industry leaders, PDG brings experience, knowledge, a collaborative mindset, and a focus on client service to comprehensively manage all aspects of the different project delivery methods including critical patient care rosters, job order contracting, design-bid-build, GC/CM, design-build and public/private partnerships.

Under the general supervision of the Director of Construction and Safety, the Construction Safety Manager serves as the University’s representative for portfolio safety program oversight, and capital construction risk management for the Project Delivery Group (PDG) at the University of Washington.

The Construction Safety Manager will be responsible for safety for all PDG sites, will work independently, will have decision making responsibilities that will directly impact the execution of multi-million-dollar contracts and will serve as the primary point of contact for safety-related expectations and issues.

The Construction Safety Manager will have full responsibility for program oversight and execution ensuring all state and University safety requirements are followed and incorporated into projects for PDG, a department that delivers capital projects for all University of Washington assets, spanning over 800 acres across the Seattle, Bothell, and Tacoma campuses. This includes more than 500 buildings, totaling over 20 million gross square feet, multiple hospital facilities such as the UW Medical Center, and critical infrastructure including power plants and utility systems.

The annual capital project expenditure is approximately $500 million.

This position executes the PDG safety program and quality oversight. This position's entire job is about independent safety management for any UW project where UW, via PDG, has responsibility and acts as the Owner (as opposed to the Employer). This relationship, and associated responsibility is critical, and defined by the contractual and legal obligations of General Contractors hired to perform capital construction work by UW/PDG.

The position collaboratively develops and oversees the execution of safety program requirements scaled to each project’s needs and operating standards. Additionally, this position collaborates within all team levels of the project, and University safety organizations, including the UW Facilities Safety Director and UW Environmental Health & Safety operations.

The portfolio of capital projects managed by PDG has historically led public and private sector safety metrics and strives for a culture of best-in-class safety practices. This position is responsible for driving the approach, practices, program development, communication, and culture for safety and quality management for our General Contractors UW construction projects. This role is also responsible for implementing a comprehensive safety program with responsibility for reporting PDG…