Senior Construction Safety Leader

Gilbane; Rochester (MN); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Gilbane is seeking a Senior Safety Manager to lead the safety function for a single business unit or multiple projects in our Rochester, MN operations. You will implement safety culture, develop project safety plans, conduct inspections, and guide teams in hazard identification and corrective actions.

The role emphasizes leadership, training, incident investigation, and collaboration with business development to align safety with client expectations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Occupational Safety Management or Engineering preferred.
• 5-7 years of construction safety management experience.
• Certified Safety Professional certification.
• Instructor by GU and OSHA to teach safety courses.
• Or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Responsibilities

• Oversees the successful implementation of the Gilbane safety culture across the business.
• Develops and ensures distribution and understanding of project safety plans for all new projects based on Safety Alignment Assessment.
• Performs at least 6 SafetyNet inspections per month with at least 100 observations in each inspection.
• Utilizes SafetyNet to audit and monitor project team implementation of the Safety Plan.
• Analyzes SafetyNet trending reports & share them with project teams.
• Coaches & mentors project teams in effective hazard identification and correction of issues using SafetyNet.
• Ensures open SafetyNet items are closed in a timely manner.
• Assists teams with developing corrective action plans.
• Identifies & provides relevant training within the Business Unit(s).

Skills

Construction safety

Communication skills

Leadership

Safety program management

Hazard identification

MS Office

Safety analytics

Education

Bachelor's degree in Occupational Safety Management or Engineering

Certified Safety Professional

Instructor certification (GU/OSHA)

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Gilbane is seeking a Senior Safety Manager to lead the safety function for a single business unit or multiple projects in our Rochester, MN operations. You will implement safety culture, develop project safety plans, conduct inspections, and guide teams in hazard identification and corrective actions.

The role emphasizes leadership, training, incident investigation, and collaboration with business development to align safety with client expectations.