Construction Safety Specialist (Field Based)

Real Estate & Construction
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in safety, occupational health, engineering, or related field preferred.
  • Minimum 5 years' experience in Health & Safety within the construction industry, preferably in large projects.
  • Proficient management skills related to high-risk activities (e.g., electrical safety, confined spaces).
  • Experienced in team communication and problem-solving with subcontractors.
  • Background in working with specific trades such as electricians or ironworkers is a plus.
  • Understanding of multi-employer worksite complexities.
  • Experienced trainer in construction safety topics, comfortable across various trades.

Responsibilities

  • Champion a strong safety culture and maximize team involvement.
  • Act as Owner's representative in contractor interactions.
  • Provide daily on-site safety observations and evaluations.
  • Deliver high-quality technical support for safety-related matters.
  • Conduct regular workplace inspections for compliance monitoring.
  • Coordinate and prepare job safety analyses and risk assessments.
  • Lead investigations into serious safety incidents and monitor performance trends.

Benefits

  • Paid time off
  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance
  • 401(k) plan
  • Life and disability insurance
  • Limited benefits package for fixed-term employees who meet eligibility criteria.
Full Job Description
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.

RESPONBILITIES:

  • 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, pipefitters 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 - $109,990.40, $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.

You can apply for this role through https://www.erm.com/careers/apply/ or through the internal careers portal if you are a current employee.

Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, determinable, and payable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, or any other form of compensation that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company's sole discretion, consistent with the law.

Please submit your resume and brief cover letter. Based on review of these responses, shortlisted candidates will be invited for interviews.

ERM does not accept recruiting agency resumes. Please do not forward resumes to our jobs alias, ERM employees or any other company location. ERM is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.

Thank you for your interest in ERM!

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