Senior Safety Manager

About the Role

As a Senior Safety Manager, you will ensure the safety of employees, trade partners, and the general public on world-class projects. This role leads employee safety education in partnership with project supervisors to develop safe work plans for all phases and tasks. To us, no project is successful unless it is built safely.

Responsibilities

• Drive the Clark safety culture on a project
• Oversee and ensure the safety of employees, trade partners, and the general public
• Enforce corporate and project-specific safety and health programs as well as federal, state, and local safety standards
• Manage and mentor a staff as well as client expectations effectively
• Identify known or potential exposures and recommend corrective action
• Develop, coordinate, and implement overall project-specific safety programs
• Partner with field supervision to ensure safety hazard mitigation measures are included in the planning of project construction activities
• Develop project-specific safety education for jobsite personnel, including subcontractors, based upon upcoming work activities or recent at-risk trends
• Drive and create a safety vision and align the team to deliver and achieve a safe workplace for everyone
• Facilitate third-party safety reviews including OSHA
• Understand workers compensation and lead efforts in managing claims
• Utilize experience to proactively mitigate upcoming safety challenges
• Proactively identify and develop relationships with industry professionals to generate and win the right work
• Take an active role in recruiting top industry talent to join the Clark team; identify, hire, and retain outstanding people
• Exceed stakeholders’ expectations by anticipating their needs, desires, and goals

Requirements

• 10 years of relevant construction safety experience with an undergraduate degree in safety and health (or related discipline) or demonstrated construction safety and trade experience
• Ability to communicate and influence supervisors, peers, and external partners
• Ability to manage large-scale and high-profile projects
• Proof of training and experience in managing crane, fall protection, excavation, scaffolds, and heavy equipment safety
• Exposure to preconstruction efforts
• Ability to communicate effectively with, persuade, and gain buy-in from a broad range of stakeholders from a new craft worker to senior executive leader
• Strength in managing multiple competing priorities in a deadline-driven environment
• Agile, energetic, data-driven approach to achieving individual and organizational objectives while balancing short-term and long-term goals
• Alignment to Clark Standards of Excellence: self-motivated, results-oriented, adaptable, team player, accountable, ethical, innovative, resilient, builds relationships, builds people/teams and followership, sets direction and executes

Preferred Qualifications

• OSHA 30 Hour
• CHST or CSP SMS certifications
• 1st Aid/CPR training

Work Environment & Physical Requirements

This is an active, hands-on role. You can expect to be on your feet frequently, navigating active job sites with uneven terrain, stairs, ladders, and hoists. The work is physically demanding and requires a full range of motion, including bending, kneeling, and reaching. You’ll need to be comfortable frequently lifting and carrying materials up to 25 pounds, and occasionally up to 50 pounds. This role requires the ability to communicate effectively, as well as visual acuity for reading plans and inspecting work.

The role includes desk time in the office that may require prolonged periods of sitting for tasks like computer work, document review, and meetings.

You’ll spend a significant amount of your time on active construction sites, which means being adaptable to all kinds of weather and moderate to loud noise levels, and comfortable in elevated or confined work areas with moving mechanical equipment and with the fast-paced nature of a project in progress. You will also spend time in a typical office setting with moderate noise levels.

Your safety is our top priority, and you'll be expected to follow Clark Construction's safety policies and procedures, and all applicable laws, at all locations.

Culture & Expectations

This is a demanding, high-performance environment. We are looking for candidates who are energized by challenge, thrive under pressure, and are prepared to do what it takes to achieve exceptional results. Success in this role requires significant commitment, including flexibility to work extended hours, especially during critical project phases or client deadlines. Beyond regular working hours, there will be occasions where business needs require your attention, particularly for time-sensitive matters or emergencies. You are expected to monitor and respond to communications (phone calls, emails, text messages) as required to address these situations effectively.

Additional Information

Clark promotes a drug-free workplace. A pre-employment drug “fitness for duty” screening is required, and the company conducts random quarterly drug “fitness for duty” tests.

Clark Civil performs heavy/civil work including airport, heavy rail, light rail, bridges, interstate road work, electrical substations, water and wastewater treatment, and facilities projects ranging from $10 million to $500 million. Clark Civil delivers projects through a variety of contracting methods, including design/build, construction manager at-risk, and general contracting. With a staff of over 20 percent professional engineers, Clark Civil's projects are led by an experienced heavy/civil technical staff and supported by a multidisciplinary, in-house team.