Traveling Project Safety Manager - ATG

Turner Construction Company; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Turner Construction Company seeks an experienced Environmental Health & Safety professional for a full-time traveling role across the United States. Lead EH&S on data center and EV projects, enforcing safety policies and coordinating with HQ EH&S and project teams.

Qualified candidates have a Bachelor’s in Safety/Engineering, CHST certification, OSHA 30, and strong leadership and communication skills. Global safety program experience preferred for dynamic, nationwide assignments.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Occupational Safety & Health, Engineering, or related field.
• CHST certification required or within 2 years of appointment.
• Completed OSHA 30-hour training and CPR/First Aid/AED certifications.
• Knowledgeable of federal, state, and local EH&S regulations.
• Ability to identify known and potential safety related exposures and lead corrective actions.

Responsibilities

• Lead, direct, and enforce EH&S on a single construction project per HQ policy.
• Manage time and resource allocation and provide safety leadership to project.
• Assess safety practices and exposures, develop action plans to mitigate risks.
• Communicate requirements for safety improvements to project leadership and teams.
• Develop and deliver site-specific safety training for personnel and subcontractors.
• Review subcontractor safety programs for compliance and participate in preconstruction planning.

Skills

Safety leadership

Regulatory knowledge

Communication

Risk assessment

Education

Bachelor's degree in Occupational Safety & Health, Engineering, or related field

Tools

CHST certification

OSHA 30-hour

Job description

Job Details

• Division: Critical Facilities-Data Centers
• Project Location(s): Lenoir, NC 28633 USA
• Minimum Years Experience: 4+
• Travel Involved: 80-90%
• Job Type: Regular
• Job Classification: Experienced
• Job Family: Environmental Health and Safety
• Compensation: Salaried Exempt

This position is for a fulltime traveling assignment. Locations are across the United States supporting our Data Center or EV projects and will report to our Global Critical Facilities team. Prior data center or other advanced technology project experience is strongly preferred.

Partner with Environmental Health & Safety (EH&S) and project teams to enforce site compliance with company, EH&S programs, policies, procedures, and regulatory requirements on a single construction project within the business unit's geographic area. Lead training of safe work practices to educate and inform and guide project teams on management of environmental and hazardous materials reports and conditions.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead, direct, and enforce Environmental Health & Safety (EH&S) on single construction project based on safety staffing requirements as defined by HQ EH&S policy.
• Manage time and resource allocation and provide safety leadership to assigned project.
• Assess project safety practices and known and potential safety related exposures, develop and implement action plans to mitigate risks, and drive changes to improve project team safety awareness and activities.
• Communicate requirements for improving performance to project leadership and team for adoption and adherence to changes, using project specific-safety standards, best management practices, and EH&S policies and procedures.
• Understand site safety trends and participate in reducing project incident rates by meeting or exceeding established BU goals and managing regulatory exposures to zero citations.
• Develop training for project site-specific needs to educate project management, employees, subcontractors, and Turner Trade employees on EH&S programs, policies, and procedures and provide training on safe work practices to encourage and enforce adoption and adherence.
• Promote safe work practices and safe working conditions in accordance with company and EH&S policies, federal, state, and local regulations, and owner contractual requirements.
• Maintain and enhance working relationships with project staff and subcontractor safety representatives.
• Develop and enforce project safety program and related policies and procedures.
• Identify unsafe actions and conditions and engage with project team to implement immediate corrective actions in accordance with Turner, federal, state and local regulations and owner requirements.
• Develop accountability model for project team to ensure pre-planning for activities and tasks for subcontractors and trades.
• Review subcontractor safety programs for completeness and compliance with company and EH&S policies, federal, state and local regulations, and owner contractual requirements.
• Review quality of pre-task plans (PTPs) for project subcontractors and trades based on contractual requirements.
• Hold preconstruction planning meetings with subcontractors to review site safety program and job hazard analysis for their scope of work and to establish and review risk mitigation plans.
• Develop safety action items for preconstruction meetings and verify subcontractors conduct training as per OSHA standards.
• Conduct effective worker orientation program for new employees; administer and record participation.
• Collaborate with project leadership to create project specific safety reports, assess metrics, and make recommendations for improvement over baseline.
• Ensure timely log of subcontractors' toolbox safety meetings.
• Conduct and review project team's safety audits, assess recommended corrective actions, and issue reports of violations and/or unsafe practices for immediate resolution.
• Other activities, duties, and responsibilities as assigned.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree from an accredited program in Occupational Safety & Health, Engineering, or a related field, and minimum of 4 years of related construction safety experience, or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.
• Construction Health Safety Technician (CHST) certification required or within 2 years of appointment.
• Completed OSHA 30‑hour training and maintain current First Aid/CPR/BBP and AED certifications.
• Knowledgeable of federal, state, and local environmental health & safety regulations.
• Working knowledge and consistent application of safety and environmental principles and techniques.
• Ability to identify known and potential safety related exposures and lead implementation of corrective actions.
• Familiar with general construction operations.
• Demonstrate elements of leadership from within, teamwork, and interpersonal skills to build teams and professional relationships.
• Professional verbal and written communication skills and effective presentation delivery skills.
• Exceptional organizational skills with high attention to detail.
• Analytical thinking, good judgment, and complex problem‑solving skills.
• Travel required, access to reliable transportation required.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Required duties require physical ability to climb permanent and temporary stairs, use construction personnel hoists, climb ladders and negotiate work areas under construction. The employee frequently sits, climbs, balances, stoops, kneels, crouches, crawls, uses hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls, and reaches with hands, talks, and hears. The employee frequently views a computer monitor and frequently uses a computer keyboard. Specific vision abilities required include close vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus. The employee is regularly required to be mobile, and occasionally travels both short and long distances via a variety of conveyances. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 15 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The employee regularly works at construction work sites where the employee is exposed to moving mechanical parts, high precarious places, fumes, or airborne particles, outdoor weather conditions, and the risk of electrical shock. The noise in the work environment is usually moderate to loud. The employee occasionally works in an office setting. The noise in the office setting is usually quiet to moderate. The employee is required to work in compliance with company safety policies, procedures, and applicable laws.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Turner is an Equal Opportunity Employer - race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, or other characteristics protected by applicable law.