Safety Professional - Data Center Underground & Dry Utilities

Northstar Energy Solutions, LLC.; Temple (TX); On-site; USD 70,000 - 115,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) matching

Medical, Dental, Vision

Employee discounts

Job summary

NorthStar Energy Solutions is seeking an experienced Safety Professional to support underground and dry utility construction operations across Texas. You will lead day-to-day field safety efforts on large scale data center projects, ensuring compliance with OSHA standards and client requirements while fostering a proactive safety culture.

The role requires extensive construction safety experience, strong communication and leadership skills, and willingness to travel.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED is required.
• Minimum 5 years of construction experience with underground utilities, civil/sitework, or dry utility construction.
• Minimum 2 years of safety operations on large-scale data center, industrial, or utility projects.
• OSHA 30 Construction certification required; additional safety certifications preferred.

Responsibilities

• Conduct regular field audits and site inspections to mitigate safety risks.
• Monitor excavation, trenching, shoring, and utility locating safety practices.
• Provide real-time safety guidance to field personnel and subcontractors.
• Lead daily safety meetings, JHAs, and tailgate sessions.
• Support incident investigations and root cause analysis.

Skills

Safety leadership

Field safety auditing

Regulatory compliance

Communication

Travel readiness

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Job description

About Us

NorthStar Energy Solutions, a Quanta Services, Inc. (NYSE:PWR) company, is headquartered in Grand Prairie, TX and operates across the Central Southwest part of the United States. We are leaders specializing in transmission lines, distribution lines, substation construction, foundations, storm damage repairs, and electrical contracting.

Joining our team means being part of an organization that values drive and inclusion. We focus on career development and reward excellence, recognizing each team member's unique contributions. We're at the forefront of powering modern life. Discover how your skills and dedication can make a real difference to us.

About this Role

NorthStar Energy Solutions is seeking an experienced and dedicated Safety Professional to support underground and dry utility construction operations on large scale data center projects across Texas. In this role, you will lead day to day field safety efforts for crews installing critical utility infrastructure, including underground electric, fiber, telecom, duct bank, and other dry utility systems that support mission critical data center facilities.

The ideal candidate brings extensive construction safety experience with a strong background in underground utilities, excavation, trenching, civil construction, and dry utility installations. This position plays a key role in ensuring regulatory compliance, identifying and mitigating jobsite risks, and fostering a strong safety culture across multiple active construction projects.

What You'll Do

• • Conduct regular field audits and site inspections to identify and mitigate safety risks associated with underground and dry utility construction activities.
  • Monitor and support safe work practices related to excavation, trenching, shoring, utility locating, drilling, duct bank installation, backfilling, and heavy equipment operations.
  • Provide real-time safety guidance and coaching to field personnel, supervisors, and subcontractors working on data center infrastructure projects.
  • Ensure compliance with OSHA standards, company policies, client-specific safety requirements, and excavation safety regulations.
  • Lead daily safety meetings, pre-task planning discussions, job hazard analyses (JHAs), and tailgate meetings.
  • Support incident investigations, root cause analysis, corrective action development, and follow-up activities.
  • Conduct safety observations and audits to verify compliance with excavation, trenching, confined space, lockout/tagout, and utility protection requirements.
  • Maintain project safety documentation, reports, training records, inspections, and compliance logs.
  • Partner with project managers, superintendents, foremen, and client representatives to drive a proactive safety culture.
  • Assist with onboarding, orientation, and ongoing safety training for field personnel and subcontractor

What You'll Bring

• High School Diploma or GED required.
• Minimum 5 years of construction experience, with significant exposure to underground utility, civil, sitework, or dry utility construction.
• Minimum 2 years of experience supporting safety operations on large-scale data center, industrial, mission-critical, or utility infrastructure projects.
• Strong working knowledge of excavation and trenching safety requirements, utility locating practices, and underground construction hazards.
• OSHA 30 Construction certification required; additional safety certifications preferred.
• Experience supporting projects involving underground electric, telecom, fiber, duct bank, natural gas distribution, water, sewer, or other utility infrastructure.
• Thorough understanding of OSHA regulations, hazard recognition, incident prevention, and risk mitigation strategies.
• Strong communication, leadership, and relationship-building skills with the ability to influence safe behaviors in the field.
• Experience working with multiple contractors and subcontractors in fast-paced construction environments.
• Bilingual (English/Spanish) preferred.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite and safety management platforms.
• Willingness to travel as project needs require.

Preferred Experience:

• Data center campus development and utility infrastructure construction.
• Excavation, trenching, and shoring operations.
• Horizontal directional drilling (HDD), boring, and duct bank installations.
• Dry utility construction including electric, fiber, telecommunications, and site infrastructure.
• Heavy civil and site development projects.
• Utility damage prevention and One Call/811 compliance programs.

What You'll Get

As a Quanta Services employee, we offer a wide range of benefits to fit your needs.

• 401(k) with immediate matching and vesting
• Fully comprehensive benefits packages; Medical, Dental, Vision
  • Your choice of PPO, HSA, FSA
• Short term and long term benefits
• Employee discounts on consumer goods

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All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin or ancestry, sex (including gender, pregnancy, sexual orientation, and/or gender identity), age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, and/or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state or local law.We are an Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status. We prohibit all types of discrimination and are committed to providing access and equal opportunity for individuals with disabilities. For additional information or if reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application, interview, or hiring processes or to perform the essential functions of a position, please contact us the Company’s Human Resources department.