Construction Safety Trainer

FINITETEK INC; Greenville (SC); On-site; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental, and vision coverage

Paid time off (80 hours) and holidays

Paid parental leave

Job summary

FINITETEK INC. is seeking a Construction Safety Trainer to own and deliver our high-hazard, competent-person course portfolio across the Southeast.

You’ll train crews, supervisors, and safety officers in practical, on-site settings, adapting content to client needs and ensuring defensible, results-driven outcomes. This field-facing role requires 5+ years of construction experience, knowledge of OSHA 1926 standards, and travel 25–50%.

Qualifications

• 5+ years hands-on construction experience.
• Competent-person or qualified-person in at least one priority area: Crane Rigging/Signal, Scaffolding, or Confined Space.
• Working knowledge of OSHA 1926 standards in your area(s).
• Experience teaching or leading others (trainer, foreman, superintendent, or crew lead).
• Willing to travel 25–50% across the Southeast, including overnight.
• Able to perform the physical requirements of the job, including climbing and lifting up to 50 pounds.
• Valid driver's license with driving record that meets insurer requirements.

Responsibilities

• Deliver classroom and hands-on training to construction crews and management.
• Adapt curriculum to client jobsites, trades, and skill levels — practical, not academic.
• Conduct field hazard recognition, demonstrations, and competency evaluations.
• Help build and refine course content, exercises, and assessments.
• Represent UFSS professionally on client sites and reinforce our reputation for defensible, results-driven training.
• Occasionally lend technical credibility on client scoping calls.

Skills

Hands-on construction

Competent/qualified person

OSHA 1926 knowledge

Trainer experience

Travel 25-50%

Physical ability

Valid driver's license

Job description

Our client is a veteran-owned construction safety consulting, training, and staffing firm headquartered in Greenville, SC. We train the crews and companies who do the highest-risk work in construction — practically, on the jobsite, in language that works. From serving our country to serving your company, our mission is simple: send people home safe.

About the Role

We're hiring a full-time Construction Safety Trainer to own our high-hazard, competent-person course portfolio: Crane Rigging & Signal, Scaffolding, Confined Space, Fall Protection, and Excavation. This is a field-facing role — you’ll be in client training rooms and on active jobsites across the Southeast, teaching working crews, supervisors, and safety officers how to recognize the hazards that kill and apply the controls that prevent it.You'll be the technical specialist on our training bench, working alongside the trainer who owns equipment, First Aid/CPR, and leadership development. If you know these standards cold and can teach them to skeptical tradespeople, this seat is yours to own. Southeast Travel 25–50%

What You'll Teach

Primary courses

• Confined Space (permit-required)
• Fall Protection (competent person / user)
• Excavation / Trenching (competent person)
• OSHA 10/30 Construction, silica, and other OSHA 1926 topics.

What you'll do

• Deliver classroom and hands-on training to construction crews and management.
• Adapt curriculum to client jobsites, trades, and skill levels — practical, not academic.
• Conduct field hazard recognition, demonstrations, and competency evaluations.
• Help build and refine course content, exercises, and assessments.
• Represent UFSS professionally on client sites and reinforce our reputation for defensible, results-driven training.
• Occasionally lend technical credibility on client scoping calls.

Required Skills

• 5+ years hands-on construction experience.
• Competent-person or qualified-person experience in at least ONE of our priority areas: Crane Rigging& Signal, Scaffolding, or Confined Space (Fall Protection and Excavation experience is a plus).
• Working knowledge of OSHA 1926 standards in your area(s).
• Experience teaching or leading others (trainer, foreman, superintendent, or crew lead).
• Willing to travel 25–50% across the Southeast, including overnight.
• Able to perform the physical requirements of the job, including climbing, working at height, entering permit-required confined spaces, and lifting up to 50 pounds, with or without reasonable accommodation.
• Valid driver’s license and a driving record that meets our auto insurance carrier’s requirements.

Preferred Skills

• OSHA 500 (Construction Outreach Trainer), current.
• Multiple competent-person areas.
• NCCCO Rigger Level I or Level II, and/or NCCCO Signalperson certification.
• Scaffold or Excavation Competent Person certification.
• Confined space rescue / attendant background.

What we offer

• Group health, dental, and vision coverage, with eligibility no later than the 90th day of employment.
• 80 hours (2 weeks) paid time off per year, plus 5 paid holidays.
• Paid parental leave (after 12 months of service), bereavement, jury duty, and military leave per company policy.
• Per diem and company-covered travel (lodging and fuel card) on overnight assignments.
• Certification and continuing-education reimbursement (e.g., OSHA 500, NCCCO renewals), at company discretion.
• Retirement contribution option.
• Opportunity to grow into a lead trainer or train-the-trainer role as we scale.
• A veteran-owned team that takes the mission seriously — the work you do sends people home safe.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Our client is a veteran-owned, equal-opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, and gender identity), national origin, age 40 or older, disability, genetic information, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.