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Construction Safety Specialist; Field Based

Job in Sunnyvale, Santa Clara County, California, 94086, USA
Listing for: ERM
Full Time, Part Time position
Listed on 2026-08-29
Job specializations:
  • Construction
    Occupational Health & Safety, Regulatory Compliance Specialist
Salary/Wage Range or Industry Benchmark: 91998 USD Yearly USD 91998.00 YEAR
Job Description & How to Apply Below
Position: Construction Safety Specialist (Field Based)

Construction Safety Specialist

We are hiring a Construction Safety Specialist for a key technology client in Sunnyvale, CA. In this critical role, you will be responsible for establishing, implementing, managing, and continuously improving the safety programs for several ongoing construction projects. The Construction Safety Specialist will have broad knowledge of Safety compliance programs and, where required, Safety specialty areas. This is a tactical role for site-wide Safety systems, Safety regulations, and best practices.

This is a full-time (40 hours), fixed-term position for a duration of 3.5 months.

Responsibilities:
  • Champion a strong safety culture across the site and maximize personnel involvement in Safety related activities.
  • Act as Owner's representative while inter-acting with contractors.
  • Provide daily observations of on-site safety practices.
  • Provide timely, high quality Safety technical support.
  • Carry out regular workplace inspections to monitor compliance with site rules, procedures, etc.
  • Coordinate the completion of job safety analyses, risk assessments.
  • Prepare and submit local, State, and internal reports as needed.
  • Review and track investigations of injuries, illnesses, environmental releases, non-injury accidents and near-misses to ensure that they are effective, and that they identify and resolve root causes. Lead investigations into serious adverse events. Monitor and analyze Safety performance and initiate action to support or correct trends.
Requirements:
  • Bachelor's degree in safety, occupational health, engineering, or related degree is preferred.
  • Minimum 5 years' experience with H&S in the construction industry, preferably with commercial/office building construction or large projects. CHST certification a plus.
  • Proficient with the management of high-risk activities including electrical safety, excavation, confined spaces, fall protection, material handling, rigging and crane operations.
  • Experienced in communicating and problem solving as a team with sub-contractors is required.
  • A background and knowledge working with specific trades such as electricians, ironworkers, pipe fitters etc. is a plus.
  • Understanding of the complexities of multi-employer worksites.
  • Experienced trainer on construction safety topics and comfortable working with a wide variety of trades.
  • Demonstrated experience conducting construction site safety audits and inspections.
  • Experience conducting incident investigations and can follow reporting processes.
  • Excellent written and verbal communicator who understands the importance of timely communications and reporting.

Pay Transparency:

For the Field Safety Inspector position we anticipate the annual base pay of $91,998.40 – $, $44.23– $52.88/hr, limited-term, non-exempt. An employee's pay position within this range will be based on several factors including, but not limited to, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, geographic location, performance, shift, travel requirements, sales or revenue-based metrics, and business or organizational needs. We also may have instances where employee's fall outside of the range based on the factors noted above.

This job may be eligible for bonus pay (casual and fixed term/Flexforce employees are NOT bonus eligible).

We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off, medical, dental, vision, 401(k), life & disability insurance to benefits eligible
* employees.

* Benefits Eligibility is limited to Regular employees regularly scheduled to work 20 or more hours per week. Fixed-Term employees (including Flexforce) who are regularly scheduled to work 20 hours a week or more are eligible for a limited benefits package. Casual employees are NOT benefits eligible. See your recruiter for more details.

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