Construction Safety Manager

S&R Enterprises•Fredericksburg, VA

4d•Onsite

About The Position

S&R Enterprises builds structural steel, a high-risk, demanding field where safety is paramount. This role is for a Project Safety Manager focused on a single project site in Fredericksburg, working closely with one crew. The position requires a dedicated safety professional who can own safety on site, provide honest reporting to senior leadership, and ensure all safety protocols are met. The goal is to create a safe working environment where hazards are identified and corrected at the source, crews are well-trained, and regulatory compliance is maintained.

Requirements

Five or more years of construction safety experience on active job sites.
Steel erection or structural steel experience preferred.
Working knowledge of federal, state, and local construction safety regulations, including rules covering fall protection, confined space, hot work, lockout tagout, and chemical management.
Experience leading agency inspections on site and serving as the contractor point of contact during the visit.
A track record of investigating incidents, writing factual narrative reports, and closing corrective actions.
Experience delivering new hire orientation, operator training for forklifts, aerial lifts, and scissor lifts, and ongoing compliance training to field crews.
Comfort with SharePoint for document management.
Solid skill with common office software for reports, logs, and presentations.
Strong written and verbal communication skills.
Ability to brief executive leadership and coach foremen with equal credibility.
Able to work independently on a single project site while reporting to safety leadership at the company level.
Able to walk and work on uneven ground in extreme temperatures.
Able to lift up to 50 pounds occasionally.
Able to climb ladders, stairs, scaffolds, and aerial lifts.
Able to wear conventional fall protection equipment rated to a 300 pound universal weight restriction.

Nice To Haves

Bilingual English and Spanish.
A bachelor's degree in occupational safety, environmental health, or a related field.

Responsibilities

Own the condition that work gets done the safe way on the assigned site, shift after shift.
Ensure site-specific programs are in place and match federal, state, and local rules.
Conduct daily observations and weekly audits to catch hazards.
Document and track unsafe conditions to a closed corrective action.
Ensure the job runs clean and organized, and equipment is accounted for.
Investigate every incident, accident, and near miss by walking the area, interviewing witnesses, and reviewing documents.
Ensure the written record is clear, factual, and complete, and the injury log stays current.
Ensure each finding turns into a correction that gets made and a control that prevents a repeat.
Ensure every person on the site knows the safe way to do the work before they start it.
Oversee new hire orientation and associated paperwork.
Conduct refresher and post-incident retraining as needed.
Ensure operator training for forklifts, aerial lifts, and scissor lifts stays current.
Mentor foremen and crew leads on safe methods.
Document completion and track certifications.
Build relationships with the general contractor, neighboring businesses, and others on site.
Provide the daily report the GC counts on.
Represent S&R during federal agency inspections and serve as the point of contact for regulatory bodies.
Coach foremen and crew leads toward a site where people speak up about hazards and look out for each other.
Ensure safety paperwork is accurate, current, and organized.
Ensure job hazard analyses and PPE assessments exist for the work being done.
Ensure certificates go to the right shared folders and the assigned job folder stays updated.
Ensure hazardous and non-hazardous waste is handled, labeled, and stored correctly.
Ensure required documentation is complete and checked before it goes to the office.
Watch the forecast and plan for adverse conditions.