Lead Construction Safety Specialist

Clark Construction Group, LLC; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Clark Construction Group, LLC is seeking a Safety Professional to safeguard employees, trade partners, and the public on world-class projects. You will enforce Safety and Health Policy, lead employee safety education, and develop site-specific safety plans across all phases of construction.

The role requires coordinating with project supervision, identifying exposures, and driving corrective actions to ensure compliance with federal, state, and local standards.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of relevant construction safety experience with an undergraduate degree in safety and health (or related discipline) or demonstrated construction safety and trade experience
• Ability to communicate and influence supervisors, peers, and external partners
• Proof of training and experience in managing crane, fall protection, excavation, scaffolds, and heavy equipment safely
• Ability to communicate effectively with, persuade, and gain buy-in from a broad range of stakeholders from a new craft worker to senior executive leader
• Strength in managing multiple competing priorities in a deadline driven environment
• Agile, energetic, data driven approach to achieving individual and organizational objectives while balancing short term and long term goals
• Alignment to Clark Standards of Excellence: self-motivated, results oriented, adaptable, team player, accountable, ethical, innovative, resilient, builds relationships, builds people/teams and followership, sets direction and executes

Responsibilities

• Drive the Clark safety culture on a project
• Oversee and ensure the safety of employees, trade partners, and general public
• Enforce corporate and project specific safety and health programs as well as federal, state, and local safety standards
• Mentor safety staff and assist in their development
• Identify known or potential exposures and recommend corrective action
• Develop, coordinate, and implement overall project specific safety programs
• Partner with field supervision to ensure safety hazard mitigation measures are included in the planning of project construction activities
• Develop project specific safety education for jobsite personnel, including subcontractors, based upon upcoming work activities or recent at-risk trends
• Drive and create a safety vision and aligns the team to deliver and achieve a safe workplace for everyone.
• Facilitate third party safety reviews including OSHA
• Teach safety-related topics within Clark beyond your jobsite
• Assist with business plan objective and/or other corporate initiatives including OSHA, Red and Blue Alerts and Corporate policies and procedures
• Proactively identify and develop relationships with industry professionals to generate and win the right work
• Take an active role in recruiting top industry talent to join the Clark team. Identify, hire, and retain outstanding people
• Exceed our stakeholders’ expectations by anticipating their needs, desires, and goals

Job description

Clark Construction Group, LLC is seeking a Safety Professional to safeguard employees, trade partners, and the public on world-class projects. You will enforce Safety and Health Policy, lead employee safety education, and develop site-specific safety plans across all phases of construction.

The role requires coordinating with project supervision, identifying exposures, and driving corrective actions to ensure compliance with federal, state, and local standards.