Construction Safety Manager

📍 Location: Manassas, VA

📅 Duration: 3+ Months (Start: Immediate Need)

📋 Type: 1099 Contractor

Compensation & Schedule

💰 Pay Rate: $60/hr (Local) | $49/hr (Non-Local)

🏨 Per Diem: $150/Day (7 Days Per Week)

🎯 Completion Bonus: $150/month

💵 Pay Frequency: Weekly

⏰ Schedule: 45-50 Hours Per Week | 1st Shift

Why This Opportunity?

Join a structural steel contractor supporting a large-scale data center construction project in Manassas, VA. This role offers the opportunity to oversee safety activities involving steel erection, bridging operations, crane-assisted material handling, ironworker activities, elevated work, and daily construction operations within a fast-paced, mission-critical environment.

This is an excellent opportunity for a safety professional with structural steel experience who enjoys being highly visible in the field and actively supporting crews through coaching, hazard recognition, and proactive risk mitigation.

Required Qualifications

✔ OSHA 30 Certification

✔ CHST and/or 4-year degree in Safety and/or CSP

✔ 5+ years of construction safety experience

Preferred Qualifications

⭐ Data center construction experience

⭐ Signal Person qualification or experience

⭐ Experience reviewing lift plans and critical lifts

⭐ Experience supporting large commercial or industrial construction projects

⭐ CHST, ASP, CSP, or other BCSP credential

What You'll Be Doing

• Oversee daily safety activities for structural steel construction operations
• Conduct routine site inspections, audits, and risk assessments
• Monitor steel erection, bridging, and ironworker activities
• Support and enforce fall protection programs and elevated work procedures
• Monitor crane operations, rigging activities, and material handling processes
• Review Job Hazard Analyses (JHAs), lift plans, and pre-task plans
• Lead incident investigations and corrective action implementation
• Deliver new hire orientations and ongoing safety training
• Maintain safety documentation, reports, and compliance records
• Partner with project supervision to proactively identify and mitigate hazards
• Promote a positive safety culture across the project

Technical Knowledge

Candidates should have working knowledge of:

• OSHA Construction Standards
• Structural Steel Erection Safety
• Ironworker & Steel Erection Operations
• Bridging & Decking Activities
• Fall Protection & Leading Edge Work
• Crane & Rigging Operations
• Lift Planning & Critical Lift Procedures
• Signal Person Responsibilities
• Aerial Lifts & MEWPs
• Job Hazard Analysis (JHA) Development
• Incident Investigation & Root Cause Analysis
• Contractor Safety Management
• Construction Risk Assessment & Mitigation
• Data Center Construction Safety

What Success Looks Like

The ideal candidate is a highly visible, field-focused safety professional who can build strong relationships with ironworkers, supervisors, and project leadership, proactively identify hazards, maintain compliance, support safe steel erection activities, and help ensure the successful execution of the project while maintaining 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., structural steel erection, ironwork, bridging, crane operations, rigging, data center construction, leading-edge work, fall protection programs, etc.).

Interviews are actively being scheduled for qualified candidates.