Construction Safety Specialist (Field Based)

Environmental Resources Management (ERM); Sunnyvale (CA); Hybrid; USD 92,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Environmental Resources Management (ERM) is seeking a Construction Safety Specialist in Sunnyvale, CA to establish and continuously improve safety programs across multiple construction projects. This is a full-time, fixed-term 3.5-month position focusing on site-wide safety systems and regulatory compliance.

The role requires 5+ years of construction H&S experience, strong communication with subcontractors, and expertise in high-risk activities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in safety, occupational health, engineering, or related field.
• 5+ years of H&S experience in construction, preferably commercial/office or large projects.
• CHST certification is a plus.
• Experience with high-risk activities safety management (electrical, excavation, confined spaces, etc.).
• Strong communication and teamwork with subcontractors.
• Experience with multi-employer worksites.
• Experience conducting site safety audits and investigations.
• Excellent written and verbal communication.

Responsibilities

• Champion a strong safety culture across the site and maximize personnel involvement in safety activities.
• Act as Owner’s representative while interfacing 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.
• Coordinate the completion of job safety analyses and risk assessments.
• Prepare and submit local, State, and internal reports as needed.
• Review and track investigations of injuries and near-misses to ensure root causes are addressed.
• Lead investigations into serious adverse events.
• Monitor and analyze safety performance and initiate corrective actions.

Skills

Electrical safety

Excavation safety

Confined spaces

Fall protection

Material handling

Rigging and crane ops

Contractor coordination

CHST certification

Education

Bachelor’s degree in safety/occupational health/engineering

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

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.

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.

ERM is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.

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. See your recruiter for more details.

Thank you for your interest in ERM! At ERM, sustainability is our business. We are the world’s largest advisory firm focused solely on sustainability, offering unparalleled expertise across business and finance. ERM partners with clients to operationalize sustainability at pace and scale, through our unique combination of strategic transformation and technical delivery capabilities. Our diverse global team of experts works with the world’s leading organizations to help them set clear sustainability targets, measure progress and operationalize strategy through deep implementation and business transformation. With more than 50 years of experience, our ability to integrate sustainability solutions and our depth and breadth of technical knowledge are why organizations choose to partner with us as their trusted advisor. Every one of us firmly believes in the potential to create value for our clients through an integrated approach to sustainability (because we have personally seen it and professionally achieved it). Our team members are passionate about client service. We work closely with our clients to help them operationalize their sustainability goals and meet their environmental, health and safety objectives while advancing ERM’s purpose through delivering tangible progress in what the United Nations coined The Decade of Action.