Site Safety Specialist

In this critical role, you will be responsible for ensuring safety and health compliance with applicable regulations and existing client and company standards. You will contribute to an environment where the health and safety of employees, clients, and contractors is prioritized and preserved. You will have the authority, responsibility, and expertise to develop and implement site-specific Safety Plans, monitor compliance, and audit safety performance at complex project sites. Ideal candidates will have experience in facility construction and capital project support for facility expansions. Experience in safety within a heating and air conditioning company is highly beneficial.

• Routinely monitor safety performance to ensure compliance with company and client practices, procedures, regulatory requirements, and additional owner expectations.
• Interface with and support the construction management team by providing current safety performance data, including trends, incident management, metrics, and other key information to support informed decision-making.
• Facilitate safety communications, including meetings and notices, to ensure relevant information is shared on-site and with the corporate safety department.
• Conduct regular site safety walks with the client’s safety management representative.
• Participate in site safety walks with clients and other contractors as appropriate.
• Immediately address any observed non-compliance or non-conformance and escalate to appropriate stakeholders.
• Participate in progress and schedule client trainings as requested.
• Evaluate and audit the Site-Specific Safety Plan for conformance to client and regulatory requirements.
• Ensure operational safety requirements are understood and followed.
• Support client safety initiatives as requested.
• Ensure appropriate PPE is available, properly used, maintained, and sanitized.
• Verify communication systems are in place and functioning.
• Participate in daily safety briefings with the project field team.
• Oversee maintenance of safety equipment and establish decontamination procedures.
• Exercise authority to stop work when imminent safety hazards or dangerous conditions are identified.
• Resume work only after receiving verification from the client’s safety representative following a stop-work order.
• Conduct safety observations and audits.
• Investigate and resolve incidents and near misses.
• Maintain records including inspections, monitoring activities, incident and near miss investigations, and other documentation.
• Complete and maintain required training.
• Perform other duties or special projects as assigned.

• 3 to 5 years of full-time experience in project health & safety support and leadership.
• 5 to 10 years of experience in construction project safety and health leadership on capital projects will be considered in lieu of a degree.
• Safety management and construction safety expertise.
• Health & safety knowledge.
• Bachelor’s degree in occupational health, safety, or related discipline preferred.

• OSHA 30 certification.
• OSHA 500 certification.
• OSHA 510 preferred.
• Experience in safety within a heating and air conditioning company.
• Data center experience.

Most of the data center work is in Southern Wisconsin. Candidates will be based out of the Deforest office, with the majority of their time traveling to various data centers. Projects are multi-year long. The company has not laid off employees in 100 years, indicating stability. They are experiencing growth across more markets, including a new office in Florida. The company offers excellent health insurance and benefits, a strong safety program, and the opportunity to implement new ideas. Depending on the project, the company provides a company credit card, lodging, a company vehicle, and a gas card. The role includes 15 days of PTO (accrued) plus paid holidays. It is a salaried position with potential overtime pay (1.5x) for working two or more weekends in a month, with typical workweeks of 40-45 hours.