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

Sheakley Workforce Staffing•St. George, SC

7d•$70 - $80•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 in Charleston, SC. This role provides independent oversight of general contractors, subcontractors, and multiple trades, evaluates contractor safety performance, identifies systemic risks, drives accountability, and ensures construction activities align with the owner's safety expectations and project standards. The position 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.

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 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.