Traveling Safety Manager

C. A. Murren & Sons Company, Inc.; Georgia; On-site; USD 95,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

401K match

Career development plan

Job summary

C. A. Murren & Sons Company, Inc. is seeking a Safety Manager to lead health and safety on southeastern U.S. heavy civil projects. The role requires strong field leadership, strong incident prevention focus, and collaboration with project teams to meet safety goals.

The Safety Manager will conduct site inspections, deliver training, coordinate safety programs, investigate incidents, and drive a culture of injury-free operations across multiple sites, travel-heavy and compliance-driven.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree preferred in a related field.
• CHST certification preferred.
• 3–5 years of experience in construction safety (civil preferred).
• Travel up to 4–5 days per week.
• OSHA 500/510 required.

Responsibilities

• Conduct project site inspections and safety assessments to monitor progress.
• Provide training and education on safety requirements.
• Coordinate safety programs and plan risk mitigation.
• Investigate incidents and perform root cause analysis.
• Identify site hazards and develop mitigation plans for future projects.
• Schedule and provide safety training at sites and regional offices.
• Ensure compliance with safety standards and report to leadership.

Skills

Safety management

Trench safety

OSHA compliance

Site inspections

Team leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree

CHST Certification

Job description

***This role requires regular travel to multiple jobsites across the southeastern United States***

***This role REQUIRES heavy civil safety experience in trenching (double stacked trench boxes)/excavation/confined space entry.***

This role REQUIRES OSHA 500/510/511.

Our Safety Manager supports project teams by overseeing safety processes and procedures to ensure successful completion of construction projects. This position works with Foremen, Superintendents, Project Engineers, and Project Managers to ensure safety compliance, safety enforcement, and safety collaboration. The Safety Manager is responsible for training and educating team members and driving the Company’s safety culture by demonstrating commitment to an injury-free environment through personal actions and mentoring others.

Job Description

• Conducts project site inspections and comprehensive safety assessments as needed to monitor progress and support project team members. Intervenes as needed to address and resolve issues and problems, and recommends, approves, and implements modifications to the project as needed.
• Provides training and education to company personnel regarding safety requirements and recommends advancements.
• Coordinates project safety programs. Assists in planning and coordinating work to minimize risks and aggressively manage losses involving injuries or property damages.
• Participates in inspections, incidents, and near miss investigations.
• Completes accident investigations and root cause analysis and provides reports to the leadership team.
• Identifies and analyzes risks and hazards on project sites and builds a plan to mitigate these risks and hazards in future.
• Coordinates, schedules, and provides safety training on project sites and in regional offices. Assists in developing the project safety training schedule.
• Oversees compliance with the Company’s safety standards.
• Communicates with leadership team to provide updates on the status of projects, addresses concerns, and plans specific actions as needed to ensure the successful completion of projects.
• Provides regular updates to the Safety Director.
• Provide leadership to employees and management on health and safety strategy.
• Keeping up to date on relevant health and safety developments
• Ability to manage multiple projects, establish priorities, and accomplish goals and objectives.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent preferred
• CHST (Construction Health & Safety Technician) Certification preferred
• Minimum 3 - 5 years of experience in the construction (civil preferred) safety field
• Travel will be required up to 4-5 days per week.
• OSHA 500, 510 REQUIRED
• First Aid, CPR, AED instructor or ability to obtain within 6 months of hire
• Highly knowledgeable in Excavations, Confined Space Entry, Traffic Control, Respirable Crystalline Silica, Rigging, Heavy Equipment Operations and Fall Protection.
• Self-motivated, Excellent attention to detail.
• Excellent verbal and written communication.

Requirements

• Must have valid driver's license
• Must be a U.S. Citizen.
• Must participate in pre-employment and random drug screening program.
• Subject to a background screening process

C. A. Murren is a full-service, well established industrial, civil, and power industry contractor performing work throughout the southeastern and mid-Atlantic United States with offices located in Georgia, Florida, and Virginia. For more than 35 years, we have offered the highest levels of industrial site development performance, and we are proud of our long legacy of serving the Southeast. Our philosophy is to focus on both the human element and the high quality, sustainable construction that makes us who we are. We are completely dedicated to serving our clients and the team members who make C. A. Murren a team and family-oriented experience like few others. We pride ourselves in over 35 years of safety and quality work in the heavy civil construction industry. We have an excellent benefits package which includes, medical, dental, vision, and 401K match! We also have a career development plan which offers continued growth for your career goals! We are seeking a Safety Manager with 5+ years of experience with heavy civil construction. This position is based in the southeastern United States.