Environmental Health & Safety Project Manager

About the role

Environmental Health & Safety Project Manager position with Global Biotech/Pharma, on‑site in West Greenwich, RI. This is a 1‑year contract with possible extensions. The role requires a strong construction safety background and the ability to support project teams through field engagement, technical guidance, and collaboration with site and corporate safety resources.

Responsibilities

• Program Management: Support the construction safety program and serve as the on‑site safety resource for project teams and trade partners.
• Develop project safety plans covering site logistics, emergency response, permits, and high‑risk work controls.
• Ensure compliance with OSHA, applicable regulations, owner standards, and contractual safety requirements.
• Implement field inspections and audits to verify controls before and during construction activities.
• Report safety performance, corrective actions, leading indicators, and emerging risks to project leadership.
• Support other EHS department safety programs and projects as needed.
• Client Support: Partner with owners, project managers, superintendents, and subcontractors to deliver safe construction operations.
• Integrate safety into pre‑task planning, coordination meetings, toolbox talks, and field routines.
• Use safety metrics, audit findings, and field observations to drive site action plans and improvement.
• Lead job and activity hazard analyses; verify controls, permits, and competent‑person coverage.
• Review scope, schedule, design, and logistics changes for safety impacts before work proceeds.
• Assess high‑risk work, including falls, struck‑by hazards, confined spaces, electrical work, excavation, and lifting.
• Verify safe‑work procedures for high‑risk activities through inspections and corrective‑action follow‑through.
• Investigate incidents and near misses; implement corrective actions to prevent recurrence.

Requirements

• Advanced expertise in construction safety management
• Advanced expertise in subcontractor and trade‑partner safety
• Advanced expertise in cranes, rigging, and critical lifts
• Advanced expertise in excavation, trenching, and underground utilities
• Advanced expertise in job hazard analysis and safety culture development

Qualifications

• Strong understanding of commercial and industrial construction operations, including multi‑employer work sites.
• Ability to partner with and effectively influence staff and management.
• Knowledge of OSHA construction standards and applicable federal, state, and local construction safety regulations.
• Demonstrated knowledge of construction safety principles, risk‑control methods, regulatory requirements, and practical field application.
• Strong communication, presentation, program‑development, and construction project‑management skills.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office and other computer software systems.