Senior Safety Manager

Clark Construction Group•San Francisco, CA

About The Position

The Senior Safety Manager ensures the safety of employees, trade partners, and the general public on Clark projects. The role establishes a culture of care while enforcing Clark’s Safety and Health Policy and applicable local, state, and federal safety standards. In partnership with project supervisors, the Safety Manager leads employee safety education and develops safe work plans for all project phases and tasks. The position also manages and mentors staff, supports client expectations, and helps recruit and retain industry talent. This is an active, hands-on position spent largely on construction sites, with some office work. The role involves navigating active sites and variable conditions, and requires flexibility to work extended hours during critical project phases or client deadlines, as well as responsiveness to time-sensitive matters or emergencies. A pre-employment drug fitness-for-duty screening and random quarterly testing are required.

Requirements

At least 10 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.
Ability to manage large-scale, high-profile projects.
Training and experience managing crane, fall protection, excavation, scaffold, and heavy equipment safety.
Exposure to preconstruction efforts.
Ability to communicate effectively with, persuade, and gain buy-in from stakeholders ranging from craft workers to senior executives.
Ability to manage multiple competing priorities in a deadline-driven environment.
Agile, energetic, data-driven approach to achieving individual and organizational objectives while balancing short- and long-term goals.
Alignment with Clark Standards of Excellence, including being self-motivated, results-oriented, adaptable, a team player, accountable, ethical, innovative, resilient, relationship-building, effective at building people and teams, able to set direction, and able to execute.
Ability to meet the physical demands of the role, including frequent standing and site navigation; bending, kneeling, and reaching; frequently lifting and carrying up to 25 pounds and occasionally up to 50 pounds; effective communication; visual acuity for reading plans and inspecting work; and prolonged sitting for office tasks.
Willingness to work in variable weather and moderate to loud noise, including elevated or confined areas with moving mechanical equipment.
Flexibility to work extended hours during critical project phases or client deadlines and respond to time-sensitive business needs or emergencies outside regular working hours.
Ability to complete a pre-employment drug fitness-for-duty screening and comply with random quarterly testing.

Nice To Haves

OSHA 30 Hour certification.
CHST certification.
CSP certification.
SMS certification.
First Aid/CPR training.

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 applicable federal, state, and local safety standards.
Manage and mentor staff and manage client expectations effectively.
Identify known or potential exposures and recommend corrective action.
Develop, coordinate, and implement project-specific safety programs.
Partner with field supervision to include 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.
Apply knowledge of workers’ compensation and lead efforts to manage claims.
Proactively use experience to mitigate upcoming safety challenges.
Develop relationships with industry professionals to generate and win appropriate work.
Recruit, identify, hire, and retain top industry talent.
Anticipate stakeholder needs, desires, and goals and work to exceed their expectations.
Follow Clark safety policies and procedures and applicable laws at all locations.
Respond to time-sensitive matters and emergencies outside regular working hours when business needs require.