Safety Manager

Clark Construction Group, LLC • San Antonio, TX

14d

About The Position

The Safety Manager ensures the safety of employees, trade partners, and the general public on construction projects. The role promotes a culture of care while enforcing Clark's Safety and Health Policy and applicable local, state, and federal safety standards. Working with project supervisors, the Safety Manager leads employee safety education and develops safe work plans for project phases and tasks.

This hands-on role spends significant time on active construction sites and also includes office work. It requires adaptability to varied weather, moderate to loud noise, elevated or confined work areas, moving mechanical equipment, and the pace of active projects. The position is demanding and high-performing, with flexibility for extended hours during critical project phases or client deadlines and responsiveness to time-sensitive matters or emergencies outside regular hours. Clark requires a pre-employment drug fitness-for-duty screening and conducts random quarterly tests.

Requirements

• At least 4 years of relevant construction safety experience with an undergraduate degree in safety and health or a related discipline, or demonstrated construction safety and trade experience.
• Ability to communicate with and influence supervisors, peers, and external partners.
• Proof of training and experience managing crane, fall protection, excavation, scaffolds, and heavy equipment safely.
• Ability to communicate effectively with, persuade, and gain buy-in from stakeholders ranging from craft workers to senior executives.
• Strength in managing multiple competing priorities in a deadline-driven environment.
• Agile, energetic, data-driven approach to individual and organizational objectives while balancing short- and long-term goals.
• Alignment with Clark Standards of Excellence: self-motivated, results-oriented, adaptable, a team player, accountable, ethical, innovative, resilient, relationship-building, able to build people and teams and followership, and able to set direction and execute.
• Ability to frequently be on one's feet and navigate active jobsites with uneven terrain, stairs, ladders, and hoists.
• Ability to bend, kneel, reach, and frequently lift and carry up to 25 pounds and occasionally up to 50 pounds.
• Ability to communicate effectively and maintain visual acuity for reading plans and inspecting work.
• Ability to sit for prolonged periods for computer work, document review, and meetings.
• Flexibility to work extended hours, especially during critical project phases or client deadlines, and respond to time-sensitive matters or emergencies outside regular working hours.
• Pre-employment drug fitness-for-duty screening is required; random quarterly drug fitness-for-duty tests are conducted.

Nice To Haves

• OSHA 30 Hour.
• CHST or CSP.
• First Aid/CPR training.
• EM 385.

Responsibilities

• Drive the Clark safety culture on a project.
• Oversee and ensure the safety of employees, trade partners, and the general public.
• Enforce corporate and project-specific safety and health programs and federal, state, and local safety standards.
• Mentor safety staff and assist with their development.
• Identify known or potential exposures and recommend corrective action.
• Develop, coordinate, and implement project-specific safety programs.
• Partner with field supervision to include safety hazard mitigation measures in construction activity planning.
• Develop safety education for jobsite personnel, including subcontractors, based on upcoming work or recent at-risk trends.
• Create and drive a safety vision, aligning the team to achieve a safe workplace.
• Facilitate third-party safety reviews, including OSHA reviews.
• Teach safety-related topics within Clark beyond the jobsite.
• Assist with business plan objectives and corporate initiatives, including OSHA, Red and Blue Alerts, and corporate policies and procedures.
• Proactively build relationships with industry professionals to generate and win appropriate work.
• Recruit, identify, hire, and retain outstanding industry talent.
• Anticipate stakeholder needs, desires, and goals to exceed expectations.
• Follow Clark Construction safety policies and procedures and applicable laws at all locations.
• Respond to communications as required for time-sensitive matters or emergencies.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level