Safety Professional - Night Shift

About the role

Harder Mechanical is one of the nation’s largest mechanical contractors, based in Portland, Oregon, with regional offices in Reno, NV; Phoenix, AZ; Concord, CA; and Salt Lake City, UT. The Project Safety Professional will work on a data center project in Sparks, NV, supporting project management, field supervision, and craft employees to identify hazards, support safe work planning, and reinforce Harder’s safety expectations. This is a night‑shift position (3:00 pm – 1:00 am). Candidates need not have all safety certifications; core requirements and a willingness to learn are sufficient.

Responsibilities

• Support incident prevention through field observations, job site inspections, coaching, and employee engagement.
• Conduct job walks to identify hazards, unsafe conditions, and improvement opportunities.
• Collaborate with superintendents, foremen, and crews to support safe work planning.
• Assist with inspections of job‑site areas, tools, equipment, materials, and work practices.
• Support safety requirements related to fall protection, confined space, hazardous energy control, scaffolding, excavation, material handling, and hazard communication.
• Participate in incident investigations, gather facts, identify contributing factors, and support corrective actions.
• Assist with safety orientations, toolbox talks, and site‑specific training.
• Develop and review Activity Hazard Analysis documents and other pre‑task planning tools.
• Assist with Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) assessments and verify proper PPE use in the field.
• Communicate safety expectations clearly and professionally to field employees and supervision.
• Track safety documentation, inspections, training records, and corrective actions.
• Recommend practical solutions to correct safety concerns and reduce exposure to injury or illness.
• Perform additional safety tasks as needed.

Requirements

• Strong field presence and ability to build positive working relationships with craft employees and supervision.
• Good judgment; ability to recognize when to ask questions or escalate concerns.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Practical understanding of construction work and associated risks.
• Commitment to learning, improving, and supporting a strong safety culture.
• Working knowledge of construction safety practices and OSHA requirements.
• Ability to identify hazards and communicate corrective actions professionally.
• Comfortable working in an active construction environment.
• Willingness to support early start times, occasional weekends, and additional shift coverage.
• Ability to meet essential functions and physical requirements, with or without reasonable accommodation.
• 2+ years of construction safety experience, craft construction experience with safety responsibilities, or a similar field safety role.
• OSHA 30 Construction Certification.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint.

Preferred qualifications

• Experience in industrial, mechanical, semiconductor, advanced manufacturing, or large commercial construction environments.
• Experience assisting with safety training (orientation, fall protection, MEWP, forklift, hazard communication, etc.).
• Familiarity with fall protection, electrical safety, confined space, excavation, scaffolding, material handling, and incident reporting.
• Additional safety certifications such as OSHA 510, CHST, OHST, CSP, STS, or similar.
• First Aid, CPR, and AED certification.

Pay

Competitive salary; this position is salaried.

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision benefits – 100% of employee premiums paid by the company.
• Generous retirement package: 10% company contribution plus a match up to 2% of annual salary.
• Profit sharing.
• Discretionary annual bonus.
• Paid vacation and holidays.
• Harder University training and development, plus other paid professional development opportunities.
• Team environment that promotes individual growth.

Schedule

• Night shift: 3:00 pm – 1:00 am.
• Early start times, occasional weekends, and additional shift coverage as needed.