Construction Safety Manager

📍 Location: Charlotte, NC

📅 Duration: 3+ Months (Start: 8/19)

📋 Type: 1099 Contractor

Compensation & Schedule

💰 Pay Rate: $56/hr

🏨 Per Diem: None

🎯 Completion Bonus: $150/month

💵 Pay Frequency: Weekly

⏰ Schedule: Day Shift | 40 Hours Per Week

Why This Opportunity?

Join a steel contractor supporting construction of a concrete high-rise project in Charlotte, NC. This role provides hands-on safety oversight for miscellaneous steel installation activities including welding, stair and handrail installation, storefront systems, material handling, and elevated work.

The Construction Safety Manager will maintain a strong field presence while working closely with steel crews and project supervision to identify hazards, enforce fall protection requirements, and ensure work is completed safely in a fast-paced vertical construction environment.

Required Qualifications

✔ OSHA 30 Construction Certification

✔ Minimum 5 years of construction safety experience

Preferred Qualifications

⭐ Miscellaneous steel construction experience

⭐ High-rise construction experience

⭐ Welding and hot work safety experience

⭐ Stair, handrail, or architectural metal installation experience

⭐ CHST, ASP, CSP, or other BCSP credential

What You'll Be Doing

• Oversee daily safety activities for miscellaneous steel installation operations
• Maintain a strong field presence alongside steel crews and project supervision
• Monitor welding, stair rail, handrail, storefront, and miscellaneous metal installation activities
• Conduct routine site inspections, audits, field observations, and risk assessments
• Monitor fall protection and elevated work throughout the high-rise
• Ensure compliance with OSHA regulations and project-specific safety requirements
• Monitor welding, cutting, grinding, and other hot work activities
• Support material handling, hoisting, and steel installation operations
• Review Job Hazard Analyses (JHAs), permits, and pre-task plans
• Identify unsafe conditions and behaviors and coordinate corrective actions
• Participate in incident investigations and corrective action implementation
• Maintain safety documentation, reports, inspections, and compliance records
• Partner with project leadership to proactively identify and mitigate hazards
• Promote a positive safety culture throughout the project

Technical Knowledge

Candidates should have working knowledge of:

• OSHA Construction Standards
• Miscellaneous Steel Construction
• High-Rise Construction Safety
• Welding, Cutting & Grinding Operations
• Hot Work Safety
• Stair & Handrail Installation
• Architectural & Miscellaneous Metals
• Fall Protection & Elevated Work
• Aerial Lifts & MEWPs
• Material Handling & Hoisting Operations
• Job Hazard Analysis (JHA) Development
• Safety Inspections & Field Observations
• Incident Investigation & Root Cause Analysis
• Contractor Safety Management
• Construction Risk Assessment & Mitigation

What Success Looks Like

The ideal candidate is a field-focused safety professional with steel construction experience who is comfortable working in a high-rise environment and engaging directly with craft personnel.

Success in this role requires maintaining a visible field presence, proactively identifying hazards, ensuring proper fall protection and hot work practices, and supporting crews in safely completing miscellaneous steel installations while maintaining project production goals.

Apply Today

Qualified candidates should submit a resume for immediate review.

If you have experience directly related to the project's scope of work, please ensure it is clearly reflected on your resume, including the specific trades, activities, or operations you supported (e.g., miscellaneous steel, welding, stair and handrail installation, storefront systems, high-rise construction, fall protection, or elevated work).

Interviews are actively being scheduled for qualified candidates.