Onsite Safety Professional - Data Center Construction

Turner & Townsend; South Carolina; On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Turner & Townsend is seeking an experienced Health and Safety Professional to support large-scale data center construction projects. The role emphasizes ensuring conformance with client EHS policies and site-specific requirements across the project lifecycle.

The candidate will lead by example, uphold high attendance and performance standards, and coordinate safety initiatives with the GC and Owner. This role requires 5–7 years of safety leadership experience and OSHA-30 certification, with

Qualifications

• Minimum 5–7 years in a dedicated safety leadership role.
• OSHA-30 certification and 5–7 years of safety experience.
• Bachelor’s degree or relevant certifications (CHST, SMP, GSP, ASP, CSP) preferred.

Responsibilities

• Ensure GC is compliant with Site-Specific Safety Plan through tours and reviews.
• Coordinate safety events and reporting with GC and Owner.
• Provide monthly/weekly safety metrics and incident reports.
• Oversee execution of Client observation program.
• Support risk assessments, incident investigations, and reviews.
• Manage safety improvement reporting and ensure SLAs met.

Skills

Leadership

Safety audits

Communication

Root cause analysis

Mentoring

Education

OSHA-30 certification

Bachelor’s degree in safety

CHST

SMP

GSP

ASP

CSP

Tools

Workday

AI tools

Spreadsheets

Microsoft Office

Google Workspace

Job description

Turner & Townsend is a global professional services company with over 22,000 people in more than 60 countries.

Working with our clients across real estate, infrastructure, energy and natural resources, we transform together delivering outcomes that improve people’s lives. Working in partnership makes it possible to deliver the world’s most impactful projects and programmes as we turn challenge into opportunity and complexity into success.

Our capabilities include programme, project, cost, asset and commercial management, controls and performance, procurement and supply chain, net zero and digital solutions.

We are majority-owned by CBRE Group, Inc., the world’s largest commercial real estate services and investment firm, with our partners holding a significant minority interest. Turner & Townsend and CBRE work together to provide clients with the premier programme, project and cost management offering in markets around the world.

About the role

Turner & Townsend are seeking an experienced Health and Safety Professional to join our team to support large-scale data center construction projects. The ideal individual will have a proven track record of excellent project delivery.

Job Description

The core objective of this role is to ensure total conformance with client EHS policies and site-specific construction requirements during the duration of the entire project. This role will lead by example, maintain high standards for onsite attendance and performance to meet all client/stakeholder and employer expectations.

Key Responsibilities

• Ensure General Contractor (GC) is compliant with their Site-Specific Safety Plan, through daily site field tours, twice-weekly safety project management walks, and monthly evaluations.
• Coordinate monthly, weekly, daily, safety events, reporting to the construction team, in collaboration with the GC and the Owner.
• Provide real-time monthly/weekly safety metrics and incident management reports. To include, ensuring KPIs, leading and lagging indicators and EHS data submitted by the GC is accurate, timely, and complete.
• Oversee execution of the Clients observation program.
• Participate in safety committees and support the business in risk assessments, incident investigations (SPE), and design/scope and project milestone reviews.
• Manage the safety improvement and recognition reporting system, meet SLAs for entire team participation across site, and ensure immediate correction of non-compliance issues managed at the site level.

• Experience: Minimum of 5-7 years' experience in a dedicated safety leadership role. Mission-critical and/or data center construction safety within complex electrical/mechanical systems is preferred.
• Education:
  • Minimum: OSHA-30 certification and 5-7 years of safety-related experience.
  • Preferred: Bachelor’s degree in a safety-related field or relevant certifications (CHST, SMP, GSP, ASP, CSP) with a minimum of 5-7 years of experience. Relevant industry (min 10-15 years) experience in lieu of certification will be considered.
• Safety Expertise: Extensive knowledge of electric safety codes (NFPA 70E), regulations (OSHA, NESC, ANSI, etc.), Excavations, Cranes and industry best practices for large-scale critical construction projects.
• Skills: Strong communication and influencing skills; ability to work independently as well as in a team environment, experience in analyzing root cause and valuable contributions on risk mitigation measures, proven successes mentoring others while continuously leading by example.
  • Excellent time management skills to ensure project assignments are managed to the right quality standards, completed efficiently, and on time.
  • Ability to build and maintain working relationships with the Client, GC’s and cross-functional team members.
• Tools: Proficient in modern technology tools and platforms, including Workday, AI tools, spreadsheets, video conferencing, Microsoft Office suite, and Google Workspace (Gmail, Sheets, Docs and Forms etc.).
• Day to Day: 70% - performing compliance checks, audits and site walks. 30%, doing administrative support (meetings, reports, training etc.).
  • Monday-Friday attendance, starting at 7:00 AM (with 8 hours of work and additional support as necessary for HRA and incident reviews).
  • Excludes projects that are on a rotational or providing night shift coverage (2nd/3rd Shift etc.)

*SOX control responsibilities may be part of this role, which are to be adhered to where applicable.

*On-site presence and requirements may change depending on our client's needs*

Our inspired people share our vision and mission. We provide a great place to work, where each person has the opportunity and voice to affect change.

We want our people to succeed both in work and life. To support this, we promote a healthy, productive, and flexible working environment that respects work-life balance.

Turner & Townsend is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and actively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.

Please find out more about us at www.turnerandtownsend.com/ and https://www.heery.com/

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