Safety Manager

The role

Safety Managers support large, complex heavy civil infrastructure programs. You will enforce contractual safety requirements, verify field controls, and maintain defensible records.

What you will do

• Lead program-level safety governance across concurrent construction contracts.
• Review and accept site-specific safety plans, job hazard analyses, and activity hazard analyses.
• Audit contractor safety performance in the field.
• Observe high-hazard activities during site walks.
• Drive corrective action through to verified closure.
• Oversee incident investigation and evaluate root cause findings.
• Administer program safety requirements in contract documents.
• Review engineered temporary works and high-hazard activity plans.
• Confirm required engineering, permits, and approvals are in place.
• Evaluate safety controls in active operating environments.

Required qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in occupational safety and health, safety engineering, construction management, or civil engineering, or related field, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• 10+ years of construction safety experience for large (>$500M), complex, heavy-civil infrastructure projects.
• Experience developing or reviewing site-specific safety plans, job hazard analyses, or activity hazard analyses against contract and regulatory requirements.
• Experience conducting field safety audits and inspections, holding another company accountable to safety requirements including stop-work situations, and tracking corrective actions to documented clos
• Experience with incident investigation and root cause analysis, including corrective action follow-up and trend reporting.
• Experience leading, mentoring, or supervising field safety staff on an active construction site.
• Working knowledge of OSHA 29 CFR 1926 and OSHA recordkeeping and reporting obligations.
• Working knowledge of high-hazard heavy civil construction activities, including excavation and shoring, confined space entry, fall protection, crane and rigging operations, energized work, and work zo
• Experience with industry standard safety, EHS, and incident reporting software (e.g., Enablon, Intelex, Procore, etc.).
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite/Office 365 (e.g., Outlook, Teams, Word, PowerPoint, etc.).
• Excellent written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills.
• Excellent multi-tasking and organizational skills.

Nice to have

• Master’s degree in occupational safety and health, safety engineering, construction management, or civil engineering.
• Active professional certifications such as CSP, CHST, or STSC (BCSP), and/or CIH (ABIH).
• Experience serving as the owner’s lead safety representative, or in an owner’s representative, program management, or construction management safety oversight capacity.
• Experience owning program-level safety governance across multiple concurrent contracts on a $1B+ program.
• Experience overseeing contractor safety on a package exceeding $100M in construction value.
• Familiarity with rail safety requirements such as FRA or FTA roadway worker protection, or with airfield safety and security requirements on an operating airport.
• Experience developing and delivering safety orientation and training programs for owner staff and personnel.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Power BI, Oracle Cloud Analytics, or other dashboard KPI reporting software.

Benefits

• Unlimited flexible time off
• Paid holidays
• Paid parental leave
• Health, dental, and vision insurance
• Flexible spending accounts (healthcare and dependent or elder care)
• Long-term disability insurance
• Short-term disability insurance
• Life insurance and accidental death and dismemberment
• 401(k) plan with guaranteed employer contribution
• Formal career planning and development program
• $2,500 annually toward professional development
• Wellness program with monthly wellness stipend

Before you apply

• This post is for future roles and not for a specific opportunity that is available right now.
• When a candidate is selected, their profile is activated in our talent pool.
• All positions may be subject to a background check and drug test once a conditional offer of employment is made.

About the company

Luster is an employer that seeks Safety Managers to support large, complex heavy civil infrastructure programs.