Traveling Safety Manager

About the role

The Traveling Safety Manager will oversee safety protocols, conduct inspections, and promote a safe work environment on a large-scale data center construction project in Turkey, TX.

Responsibilities

• Manage daily construction site safety activities and ensure compliance with OSHA standards, company requirements, and project-specific safety expectations.
• Conduct daily safety inspections, jobsite audits, hazard assessments, and field observations to identify and correct risks.
• Perform new hire safety orientations, lead toolbox talks, facilitate safety meetings, and communicate safety expectations clearly to employees, subcontractors, supervisors, and project leadership.
• Maintain safety documentation, inspection records, incident reports, compliance files, training records, and other required project safety reports.
• Investigate incidents, near misses, injuries, and unsafe conditions, then recommend corrective actions to prevent recurrence.
• Enforce OSHA standards, company safety policies, and project-specific safety requirements while working directly with project management, subcontractors, field supervisors, and trade partners.
• Promote safe work practices throughout the project and serve as a visible safety leader on site.

Requirements

• OSHA 500 certification.
• CHST certification.
• At least 5 years of construction safety experience.
• Strong knowledge of OSHA regulations, construction safety standards, hazard recognition, and field safety enforcement.
• Excellent communication, documentation, leadership, and problem-solving skills.
• Comfortable working in an active construction environment and interacting with project managers, subcontractors, supervisors, craft workers, and client representatives.

Preferred Qualifications

• Data center construction experience.
• Mission-critical construction experience.
• Industrial construction or commercial construction safety experience.
• Experience supporting large-scale construction projects, high-volume subcontractor work, fast-track schedules, and multi-trade jobsites.
• Experience with EHS programs, HSE field leadership, subcontractor safety oversight, and safety documentation systems.

Additional Skills and Transferable Experience

• Construction safety management, industrial safety, commercial safety, data center safety, mission-critical construction safety, general contractor safety, subcontractor safety coordination, field safety leadership, project safety management, and site safety compliance experience.
• Employee safety training, field coaching, safety observations, behavioral safety, incident prevention, safety culture development, safety metrics, daily reports, audit tracking, risk mitigation, corrective action follow-up, and regulatory compliance experience.
• Knowledge of OSHA 1926 construction standards, OSHA 1910 general industry standards, NFPA 70E, lockout/tagout procedures, fall protection plans, confined space procedures, excavation and trenching requirements, crane and rigging safety, aerial lift safety, forklift safety, hot work permits, electrical hazard controls, and emergency action plans.
• Experience working around electrical contractors, mechanical contractors, plumbing contractors, HVAC contractors, concrete crews, steel erection, equipment operators, commissioning teams, and large subcontractor groups.

Benefits

• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Vision insurance