About this role
📍 Location: Santa Maria, CA
📅 Duration: 1-2 Years (Start: 8/17)
📋 Type: 1099 Contractor
Compensation & Schedule
💰 Pay Rate: $63/hr
🏨 Per Diem: None
🎯 Completion Bonus: $150/month
💵 Pay Frequency: Weekly
⏰ Schedule: Monday-Saturday | 7:00 AM - 7:00 PM | 6x12s
📈 72 Hours Per Week | 1st Shift
Why This Opportunity?
Join a contractor supporting a major construction project at an existing Amazon warehouse in Santa Maria, CA. This long-term opportunity involves safety oversight for roofing activities and the installation of new conveyor systems within and around an existing facility.
The Construction Safety Manager will maintain a strong field presence while overseeing high-risk activities including roofing, fall protection, aerial lift operations, material handling, conveyor installation, and contractor activities. This role is ideal for an experienced safety professional who understands the challenges of performing construction work within an existing facility.
Required Qualifications
✔ OSHA 500 Certification
✔ Minimum 5 years of construction safety experience
✔ Current CPR/AED & First Aid Certifications
✔ Current Aerial Lift/MEWP Certification(s)
✔ Strong knowledge of fall protection requirements
Preferred Qualifications
⭐ Roofing construction safety experience
⭐ Conveyor installation or material handling system experience
⭐ Amazon construction project experience
⭐ Fall Protection Competent Person experience
⭐ Experience supporting construction within existing or operational facilities
⭐ CHST, ASP, CSP, or other BCSP credential
What You'll Be Doing
- Oversee daily construction safety activities throughout the project
- Maintain a highly visible field presence alongside contractors and project supervision
- Provide safety oversight for roofing and conveyor installation activities
- Monitor fall protection systems and elevated work
- Monitor aerial lift, scissor lift, and MEWP operations
- Conduct routine site inspections, audits, field observations, and hazard assessments
- Review Job Hazard Analyses (JHAs), permits, and pre-task plans
- Monitor material handling and equipment installation activities
- Ensure compliance with OSHA regulations and project-specific safety requirements
- Identify unsafe conditions and coordinate immediate corrective actions
- Lead or support incident investigations and corrective action implementation
- Maintain required safety documentation, inspection records, and compliance reports
- Provide field coaching and reinforce safe work practices with craft personnel
- Coordinate safety activities with project management, field supervision, and contractors
- Promote a proactive safety culture throughout the project
Technical Knowledge
Candidates should have working knowledge of:
- OSHA Construction Standards
- Roofing Construction Safety
- Fall Protection Systems & Requirements
- Aerial Lifts, Scissor Lifts & MEWPs
- Conveyor & Material Handling System Installation
- Elevated Work Activities
- Material Handling Operations
- Existing Facility Construction
- Job Hazard Analysis (JHA)
- Pre-Task Planning
- Safety Inspections & Field Observations
- Incident Investigation & Corrective Actions
- Contractor Safety Management
- Construction Risk Assessment & Mitigation
What Success Looks Like
The ideal candidate is a highly visible, hands-on construction safety professional with strong knowledge of fall protection and elevated work who can effectively support roofing and conveyor installation activities.
Success in this role requires proactively identifying hazards, effectively communicating with contractors and field supervision, maintaining strong OSHA compliance, and ensuring high-risk work is safely executed throughout this long-term project.
Apply Today
Qualified candidates should submit a resume for immediate review.
Please ensure your resume clearly reflects relevant experience with roofing, fall protection, aerial lifts/MEWPs, conveyor installation, material handling systems, Amazon projects, or construction within existing facilities.
Candidates must be prepared to provide documentation of their OSHA 500, CPR/AED & First Aid, lift certifications, and individual Workers' Compensation coverage prior to mobilization.
Interviews are actively being scheduled for qualified candidates.
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