Construction Safety Specialist (Field Based)

ERM; Cincinnati (OH); On-site; USD 88,000 - 106,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid time off

Medical, dental, vision

401(k) with company match

Life & disability insurance

Job summary

ERM is hiring a Construction Safety Specialist (Field Based) onsite at a data center project in Columbus, OH. The role focuses on establishing, implementing, and improving safety programs across the site.

Requires 5+ years in construction H&S, with data center experience preferred; CHST/CSP is a plus. Responsibilities include site inspections, risk assessments, incident investigations, and emergency planning. Full-time, 12 months, with potential extension.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in safety, occupational health, engineering, or related field.
• Minimum 5 years’ experience with H&S in the construction industry, 2 years of data center construction project experience preferred.
• CHST/CSP certification is a plus.
• Proficient with management of high-risk activities including electrical safety, excavation, fall protection, material handling, and crane operations.
• Experience communicating and solving problems as a team with subcontractors.

Responsibilities

• Champion a strong safety culture across the site and maximize personnel involvement.
• 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 and pre-task plans.
• Prepare and submit local, state, and internal reports as needed.
• Lead investigations into serious adverse events and monitor safety performance.
• Coordinate business continuity, emergency response, and crisis management plans and test them.

Skills

Safety program mgmt

Electrical safety

Fall protection

Crane operations

Team communication

Site inspections

Risk assessment

Incident investigations

Education

Bachelor’s degree in safety, occupational health, engineering, or related field

Tools

CHST/CSP

Job description

ERM is hiring a Construction Safety Specialist (Field Based) onsite at a key technology clients Data Center construction project in Columbus, OH. In this critical role, you will be responsible for establishing, implementing, managing, and continuously improving the safety programs. 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 a week), limited-term role for a duration of 12 months, extendable.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Champion a strong safety culture across the site and maximize personnel involvement in Safety related activities.
• 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 and pre-task plans.
• 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.
• Coordinate local business continuity, emergency response, and crisis management plans. Develop and test the plans.

REQUIREMENTS:

• A bachelor’s degree in safety, occupational health, engineering, or a related field is preferred.
• Minimum 5 years’ experience with H&S in the construction industry, 2 years of data center construction project experience preferred. CHST/CSP certification is a plus.
• Proficient with the management of high-risk activities, including electrical safety, excavation, fall protection, material handling, and crane operations.
• Experience in communicating and problem-solving as a team with subcontractors 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 Construction Safety Specialist position, we anticipate the annual base pay of $87,501 – $105,644, $42.06/hr – $50.79/hr USD, 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.

Who We Are:

As the largest global pure-play sustainability consultancy, we partner with the world’s leading organizations, creating innovative solutions to sustainability challenges and unlocking commercial opportunities that meet the needs of today while preserving opportunity for future generations.

At ERM we know that creating a diverse, equitable and inclusive work environment is an essential part of making our company a great place to build a career. We also see our diversity as a strength that helps us create better solutions for our clients. Our diverse team of world-class experts supports clients across the breadth of their organizations to operationalize sustainability, underpinned by our deep technical expertise in addressing their environmental, health, safety, risk and social issues. We call this capability our “boots to boardroom” approach for its comprehensive service model that allows ERM to develop strategic and technical solutions that advance objectives on the ground or at the executive level.

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