Data Center Safety Lead - Owner's Rep (1099)

Sheakley; Charleston (SC); On-site; USD 96,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Per Diem $150/Day

Completion Bonus $150/Month

Weekly Pay

Job summary

Sheakley in Charleston, SC seeks an Owner's Representative Safety Manager for a large-scale data center construction project. This 2-year, on-site contractor role requires independent safety oversight of GC, subs, and trades, ensuring alignment with the owner's standards.

You will lead risk assessments, review JHAs and permits, conduct site walks, and drive proactive mitigation. The ideal candidate has 5–10 years in construction safety with owner-side oversight.

Qualifications

• 5-10 years of construction safety experience.
• Data Center Or Mission-critical Construction Experience Required.
• Prior Owner's Representative / Owner's Safety Oversight experience on a data center project required.
• Experience providing safety oversight across general contractors, subcontractors, and multiple trades.
• Strong understanding of construction risk management and contractor safety performance.
• Ability to effectively communicate with ownership, project executives, general contractors, safety leadership, and field personnel.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the owner's on-site safety representative throughout construction.
• Provide independent oversight of general contractor and subcontractor safety performance.
• Conduct routine site walks, field observations, audits, and risk assessments.
• Evaluate contractor implementation of project safety plans, policies, and procedures.
• Identify systemic and high-risk safety exposures and drive proactive mitigation strategies.
• Monitor leading indicators, trends, corrective actions, and contractor safety performance.
• Participate in project safety meetings, planning sessions, and leadership discussions.
• Review Job Hazard Analyses (JHAs), pre-task plans, permits, lift plans, and other high-risk work documentation.
• Provide oversight of high-risk construction activities across multiple trades.
• Review serious incidents, near misses, investigations, root causes, and corrective actions.
• Verify corrective actions are effectively implemented and sustained.
• Partner with ownership, construction leadership, and contractor safety teams to improve project-wide safety performance.
• Identify gaps between written safety programs and actual field execution.
• Support continuous improvement of the overall project safety program.
• Maintain professional documentation, observations, reports, and safety performance records.

Skills

Construction safety

Data center experience

Owner's Representative experience

Safety oversight

Risk management

Communication with ownership

Education

CHST

OSHA 30 Construction

OSHA 500 or 510

First Aid/CPR/AED

Job description

Sheakley in Charleston, SC seeks an Owner's Representative Safety Manager for a large-scale data center construction project. This 2-year, on-site contractor role requires independent safety oversight of GC, subs, and trades, ensuring alignment with the owner's standards.

You will lead risk assessments, review JHAs and permits, conduct site walks, and drive proactive mitigation. The ideal candidate has 5–10 years in construction safety with owner-side oversight.