Senior Safety Associate

Rowan Digital Infrastructure • Temple, TX

3d • $105,000 - $125,000 • Onsite

About The Position

Rowan Digital Infrastructure is looking for a Senior Safety Associate to join our team to support a project in Temple, TX. The Senior Associate is a critical part of the site project team that will help support all aspects of the Rowan approach for site construction and operation startup. The successful candidate will have excellent strategic thinking skills, organizational and communication skills, the ability to multitask, comfort with ambiguity, and the ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, cross-functional environment. This position will report to the Project Safety Manager.

Requirements

• Strong Leadership Skills.
• 5+ years as a safety professional within a construction delivery organization; data center experience highly desired.
• A bachelor's degree in a safety-specific field such as occupational health and safety or equivalent experience.
• A certificate in occupational health and safety management desired, ideally from the Board of Certified Safety Professionals (BCSP) including:
• Certified Safety Professional
• Associate Safety Professional
• Construction Health and Safety Technician
• Knowledge of OSHA standards, both Construction and General Industry.
• Solid knowledge of potentially hazardous materials or practices in the workplace.
• Familiarity with electrical, cranes, trench & excavation are preferred.
• Familiarity in incident investigation, injury management, and hazard analysis.
• Working knowledge of safety management software, such as Procore and Highwire. Proficiency in Microsoft word, Excel, PowerPoint.
• Strong communication and teamwork skills.
• Strong ability to build working relationships with internal and external teams.

Nice To Haves

• Bilingual is highly desired

Responsibilities

• Support the end-to-end construction safety for data center projects, from development to final delivery
• Responsible for actively monitoring the safety of all site infrastructure, substation and core/shell construction.
• Ensure General Contractor compliance with Rowan Contractor Safety Management Program.
• Work closely with Rowan’s Development, Engineering, and Procurement teams to ensure seamless project handoff and operational readiness.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives, evaluate construction processes, and implementing best practices.
• Promoting our safety culture and leading programs to improve the Company's overall safety culture.
• Support accident/incident investigation and analysis with the General Contractor to determine improvements needed.
• Review and assist with development of necessary plans, procedures and strategies implementation and ensures their consistency and adequacy.
• Use radical transparency to drive the safety culture and ensure all observations, near misses and incidents are surfaced, documented, and used to learn and drive injury to zero.
• Support continuous improvement of the policies, procedures, technology and safety reporting platform for the workplace and construction site activities.
• Regularly reviewing existing policies and procedures to ensure they are up to industry best practice.
• Performing safety audits and physically inspecting all work areas and jobsites to identify possible safety issues.
• Conducting risk assessments to minimize accidents, occupational illnesses, or long-term health hazards.
• Collaborate with contractors, vendors, and other partners to prepare monthly or annual safety reports and present the information to management.

Benefits

• Hybrid working environment
• Team building and educational opportunities
• Generous benefits package including robust health benefits and a 401(k) company contribution
• Unlimited PTO
• Competitive compensation and bonus plan

What This Job Offers

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