Q Cleared Safety Generalist

CEIS | Critical Energy Infrastructure Services; Los Alamos (NM); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental benefits

Vacation/Sick

401k with match

Job summary

CEIS seeks an experienced Safety Generalist with an active DOE Q clearance to support LANL construction, maintenance, and operations. The role requires extensive field interaction with construction teams, subcontractors, and project leadership in high-hazard environments.

The ideal candidate will have broad safety experience across multiple scopes of work, perform hazard recognition, and help develop practical, safe work plans while partnering with project teams to keep work progressing safely.

Qualifications

• Active DOE Q clearance required.
• Significant experience in construction safety or related EHS field.
• Experience in large-scale construction, nuclear or other high-hazard environments.
• Broad knowledge of OSHA construction and general-industry safety requirements.
• Field oversight of contractors across multiple crafts.
• Strong hazard recognition, risk assessment, and work planning.
• Ability to spend most of the day in the field.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to communicate with craft personnel, supervision, and leadership.
• Collaborative, solutions-oriented professional with independent work ability.

Responsibilities

• Provide field-based safety oversight for construction, maintenance, infrastructure, facility, and operations.
• Perform routine field observations and safety assessments to identify hazards and verify controls.
• Oversee safety of contractors and subcontractors across LANL sites.
• Participate in pre-job planning, hazard analyses, safety meetings, and work-package reviews.
• Evaluate hazards in excavation, fall protection, confined spaces, cranes/rigging, and electrical work.
• Review safety documentation, permits, and hazard-control measures.
• Engage with craft personnel and supervision to resolve safety concerns in the field.
• Investigate incidents and follow up on corrective actions.
• Document observations, deficiencies, and safety performance.
• Support OSHA/DOE LANL safety requirements and project-specific rules.
• Participate in safety briefings, stand-downs, and workforce training as required.
• Maintain strong field presence and build relations with subcontractors, management, and client reps.
• Exercise stop-work authority when immediate risk is present.
• Help teams identify practical solutions that protect personnel and support project success.

Skills

DOE Q clearance

Construction safety

Hazard recognition

Field oversight

Communication skills

OSHA knowledge

Education

Bachelor's degree in Occupational Safety

CSP/CHST/ASP certification

OSHA 500/510 training

Job description

CEIS is seeking an experienced Safety Generalist with an active DOE Q clearance to support construction, maintenance, facility, infrastructure, and operational activities at Los Alamos National Laboratory.

This is a highly field-oriented position requiring a safety professional who is comfortable working directly with construction teams, subcontractors, craft personnel, supervisors, engineers, and project leadership in complex and potentially high-hazard environments.

The ideal candidate brings broad construction and occupational safety experience rather than specialization in one discipline. This individual should be capable of recognizing hazards across multiple scopes of work, evaluating controls, communicating concerns professionally, and partnering with project teams to develop practical solutions that allow work to proceed safely.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide field-based safety oversight for construction, maintenance, infrastructure, facility, and operational activities.
• Perform routine field observations, inspections, and safety assessments to identify hazards and verify implementation of appropriate controls.
• Provide safety oversight of contractors and subcontractors performing work across LANL facilities and project sites.
• Participate in pre-job planning, job hazard analyses, pre-task planning, safety meetings, and work-package reviews.
• Evaluate hazards associated with excavation and trenching, fall protection, confined spaces, cranes and rigging, material handling, heavy equipment, electrical work, LOTO, hot work, scaffolding, elevated work, and other high-risk construction activities.
• Review contractor safety documentation, permits, work plans, and hazard-control measures.
• Engage directly with craft personnel and supervision to resolve safety concerns in the field.
• Conduct or support incident, injury, near-miss, and unsafe-condition investigations and corrective-action follow-up.
• Document field observations, deficiencies, corrective actions, and safety performance.
• Support implementation of applicable OSHA, DOE, LANL, and project-specific safety requirements.
• Participate in safety briefings, coordination meetings, stand-downs, and workforce training as required.
• Maintain a strong field presence and build productive working relationships with subcontractors, construction management, engineering, operations, and client representatives.
• Exercise stop-work authority when conditions present an immediate or unacceptable risk.
• Help teams identify practical solutions that protect personnel while supporting successful project execution.

Required Qualifications

• Active DOE Q clearance required.
• Significant professional experience in construction safety, occupational safety, EHS, or a closely related field.
• Demonstrated experience supporting large-scale construction, industrial, infrastructure, DOE/DOD, nuclear, or other high-hazard environments.
• Broad working knowledge of OSHA construction and general-industry safety requirements.
• Experience providing field oversight of contractors, subcontractors, and multiple craft disciplines.
• Strong knowledge of hazard recognition, risk assessment, work planning, and hierarchy of controls.
• Experience with multiple high-risk scopes such as excavation, fall protection, confined space, cranes/rigging, heavy equipment, electrical safety, LOTO, hot work, and material handling.
• Ability and willingness to spend the majority of the workday in the field.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to communicate effectively with craft personnel, supervision, project management, engineering, and client leadership.
• Professional, collaborative, approachable, and solutions-oriented working style.
• Ability to work independently while functioning effectively as part of an integrated project team.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Occupational Safety & Health, Environmental Health & Safety, Engineering, Construction Management, or a related discipline.
• CSP, CHST, ASP, OHST or comparable professional safety certification.
• OSHA 500/510 or equivalent advanced construction safety training.
• Previous experience at LANL or another DOE/NNSA site.
• Experience working under 10 CFR 851 and DOE worker safety and health requirements.
• Experience with subcontractor safety oversight in a federal environment.
• EM 385-1-1 experience or training.
• Experience supporting nuclear facilities, national laboratories, mission-critical infrastructure, or complex industrial construction.

CEIS is a small business headquartered in Albuquerque, New Mexico, with key offices in San Francisco, CA and Pittsburgh, PA, and we are growing. You can be a key part of our team and help us continue to build our capabilities long-term. Our government clients include Department of Energy facilities like Sandia National Laboratories, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, and Los Alamos National Laboratory, while our commercial clients have included globally recognized firms. We specialize in Industrial Hygiene, Safety, Construction Management, and Project Management. We have open, transparent communication without layers of bureaucracy, while also having a strong team to provide backup. We offer health, dental, vacation/sick, and a 401k with a generous match.

Learn more about us at https://www.ceis.com

CEIS is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, genetics, or protected Veteran status. Because eligibility for DOE clearance is required for this position, we ask the question about citizenship.