Safety Manager (Construction)

Safety Manager

At Cumming Group, you will work on some of the world's most exciting projects in a dynamic environment where your success is measured by the impact you make. We are one of the fastest-growing project and cost management consultancies in the United States, as reflected in our top 10 rankings in ENR. With over 60 offices globally, an extremely diverse project portfolio, and double-digit year-over-year revenue growth, the opportunities to make your mark are limitless!

Cumming Group is looking for an experienced Safety Manager for a Pharmaceutical Manufacturing client overseeing safety programs and standards in alignment with our client's program. This position will work closely with the engineering, maintenance and on-site operations teams to identify and mitigate safety hazards throughout site and capital upgrade and improvement duration timelines.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities :

• Serve as the technical field construction health and safety professional providing hands-on field work for occupational health and safety support and technical assurance for construction and maintenance projects.
• Support Capital Project Management and Facilities Project Management on health and safety issues primarily during construction phases of the project, but may also include design, planning stages.
• Build good working relationships with project teams and contractor safety representatives.
• Enforce safety program and related policies and procedures and implement immediate corrective actions in accordance with the client's, contractor's, Federal, State and Local regulations.
• Review contractor's Site Specific Safety Plans (SSSPs), Health and Safety programs, and submittals for requisite health and safety considerations.
• Meet with contractor's safety teams to establish rules of conduct for a Multi-Employer site.
• Review the contractor's job hazard analysis before the start of each shift. Audit JHAs reviewed by the safety team.
• Conduct written qualitative and quantitative hazard evaluations and assessments and provides recommendations to prevent exposures to safety hazards.
• Walk construction and maintenance projects in a hands-on, in the field manner from a technical assurance perspective to ensure hazards are identified and appropriate controls are implemented.
• Hold pre-construction planning meeting with contractors to review overall site safety program and job hazard analysis for their scope of work, and ensure plans are in place to mitigate risks.
• Ensure proper pre-planning for all activities and tasks for contractor are being reviewed by contractor's safety team.
• Manage time and resource allocation appropriately to provide overall safety leadership to assigned project(s).
• Create safety reports for the project, analyzing metrics and making recommendations for improvement over baseline.
• Participate, if requested upon reasonable notice, in inspections and informal conferences conducted by governing entities and / or insurers, as well as any other meetings or conferences involving safety and health, as needed.
• Respond to incidents and conduct incident investigations. Submit incident reports to client.
• Assist with disciplinary action if needed.
• Ensure all work is being done in accordance with all applicable procedures (SOPs and MOPs).
• Ensure the construction site is being maintained in a safe and clean manner.

Knowledge & Skills Required :

Preferred Education and Experience :

Education : Bachelor's degree in occupational safety and health, Industrial Hygiene or Engineering or related field is preferred.

The salary range for this full-time role is $91,000.00-$121,333.35 per year. Ranges are determined based on the position, geography, client and industry experience and level, and represent a good faith effort to provide a fair and equitable salary. This range reflects base salary only, and not the total compensation package. Cumming Group reserves the right to pay more or less than the posted range, depending on a candidate's experience, skills, and qualifications, including client requirements.

In addition to base salary, Cumming Group offers a comprehensive benefits package including : Medical, Dental Insurance, Vision Insurance, 401(k), 401(k) Matching, Paid Time Off, Paid Holidays, Short and long-term disability, Employee Assistance Program.