Overview As Principal Technical Consultant in Construction Safety, you guide clients through the full capital project lifecycle with a focus on safeguarding people and operations. You will lead technical excellence, mentor teams, and help integrate safety into design, construction, and commissioning. Your work reinforces regulatory compliance, risk management, and a sustainable safety culture across high-value projects. This role connects safety strategy with practical execution, shaping safer, more efficient projects at scale.
Compensation / Benefits- paid time off
- parential leave
- medical
- dental
- vision
- life insurance
Responsibilities- Partner with EHS, Engineering, Project Controls, and Capital Project leadership to assess program effectiveness and drive improvements across all project phases
- Challenge approaches and lead strategic discussions on program maturity, organizational capability, contract practices, and risk governance
- Develop and deploy scalable EHS frameworks, standards, procedures, tools, and management systems aligned with project objectives and enterprise risk goals
- Advise on Safety-by-Design integration, constructability risk management, and contractor safety governance for long-term EHS program sustainability
- Lead assessments, benchmarking, and maturity evaluations to strengthen safety performance and organizational capability
- Translate technical observations and challenges into executive-ready recommendations and roadmaps
- Lead Safety-by-Design integration and risk-based decision making throughout the lifecycle
- Design and execute project EHS governance processes, including risk reviews, assurance routines, site audits, escalation, and corrective actions
- Align multidisciplinary teams on safety expectations, communication protocols, and incident-free execution strategies
- Review contractor safety documentation such as JHAs, pre-task plans, permits, lift plans, energy isolation plans, training records, and toolbox talks
- Conduct field observations and audits to verify critical controls, assess conformance, and escalate corrective actions
- Support commissioning, startup, and turnover readiness by validating safety planning for equipment, systems, and transitions
- Support project closeout by confirming safety documentation, lessons learned, action closure, and EHS handover
Key requirements- Demonstrated experience developing, implementing, and transforming EHS management systems and safety programs for large capital projects
- Ability to influence executive stakeholders and deliver strategic recommendations to improve EHS performance
- Bachelor in safety, occupational health and safety, engineering, construction management or related field with equivalent experience
- 6-8+ years of capital project EHS experience including owner-side safety support, contractor oversight, construction execution, and commissioning/start-up
- Experience with Safety in Design, constructability reviews, PHA/PSM-informed risk reviews, and project EHS governance
- Strong knowledge of OSHA construction/general industry standards, LOTO, permitting, emergency response, fire protection, and high-risk construction controls
- Experience reviewing contractor safe work documentation including JHAs, pre-task plans, permits, lift plans, energy isolation plans, training records, and toolbox talks
- Strong field presence and communication skills with ability to influence contractors, project teams, and client EHS personnel
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office and ability to manage multiple priorities and travel as needed
- Preferred certifications such as CHST, ASP, CSP, OSHA-30, confined space, fall protection; experience in pharmaceutical, high-tech, chemical, LNG, manufacturing industries
- Strong communication and stakeholder influence
- Field presence and hands-on safety leadership
- Collaborative, client-focused mindset
- Safety in Design
- constructability reviews
- PHA/PSM-informed risk reviews
