Owner’s Representative Safety Manager - St. George, SC

Sheakley Workforce Staffing•St George, SC

6d•Onsite

About The Position

The Owner’s Representative Safety Manager serves as the owner’s on-site safety representative throughout a large-scale, mission-critical data center construction project. The position provides independent oversight of general contractors, subcontractors, and multiple trades, assessing contractor performance, identifying systemic risks, driving accountability, and ensuring construction activities align with the owner’s safety expectations and project standards. This role supports project-wide safety performance through field observations, audits, risk assessments, review of high-risk work documentation, incident analysis, and verification of corrective actions. The successful candidate will work with ownership, construction leadership, contractor safety teams, project executives, and field personnel to integrate safety proactively into project planning and execution throughout the project lifecycle. The position is based in St. George, South Carolina, and is described as a two-year 1099 contractor engagement with an immediate need. The schedule is Monday through Friday, 40 hours per week, on day shift. Compensation is $70 per hour, with a $150 per-day per diem (seven days per week), a $150-per-month completion bonus, and weekly pay.

Requirements

5–10 years of construction safety experience.
Data center or mission-critical construction experience.
Prior Owner’s Representative or Owner’s Safety Oversight experience on a data center project.
Experience providing safety oversight across general contractors, subcontractors, and multiple trades.
Strong understanding of construction risk management and contractor safety performance.
Ability to communicate effectively with ownership, project executives, general contractors, safety leadership, and field personnel.
Working knowledge of Owner’s Representative Safety Oversight; data center and mission-critical construction; OSHA Construction Standards; contractor and subcontractor safety management; multi-trade construction risk management; electrical construction and NFPA 70E awareness; lockout/tagout (LOTO) and hazardous-energy control; energization and commissioning risk; crane, rigging, and critical lift operations; fall protection and elevated work; excavation and trenching; mechanical and electrical equipment installation; JHA and pre-task planning; incident investigation and root cause analysis; leading indicators and safety performance metrics; corrective action management; and construction risk assessment and mitigation.

Nice To Haves

CHST, CSP, GSP, or another BCSP credential.
OSHA 30 Construction Certification.
OSHA 500 or OSHA 510 Certification.
Current First Aid / CPR / AED Certification.
NFPA 70E familiarity.
Experience supporting large-scale hyperscale or mission-critical construction programs.

Responsibilities

Serve as the owner’s on-site safety representative throughout construction.
Provide independent oversight of general contractor and subcontractor safety performance.
Conduct routine site walks, field observations, audits, and risk assessments.
Evaluate contractor implementation of project safety plans, policies, and procedures.
Identify systemic and high-risk safety exposures and drive proactive mitigation strategies.
Monitor leading indicators, trends, corrective actions, and contractor safety performance.
Participate in project safety meetings, planning sessions, and leadership discussions.
Review Job Hazard Analyses (JHAs), pre-task plans, permits, lift plans, and other high-risk work documentation.
Provide oversight of high-risk construction activities across multiple trades.
Review serious incidents, near misses, investigations, root causes, and corrective actions.
Verify corrective actions are effectively implemented and sustained.
Partner with ownership, construction leadership, and contractor safety teams to improve project-wide safety performance.
Identify gaps between written safety programs and actual field execution.
Support continuous improvement of the overall project safety program.
Maintain professional documentation, observations, reports, and safety performance records.