Overview In this role you lead safety operations for a data center project, ensuring OSHA compliance and best practices. You will drive a safety culture across active facilities, partnering with contractors and cross-functional teams to plan high-risk activities and ensure safe execution. You will review critical work plans, monitor incidents and corrective actions, and provide owner-side safety guidance. This position offers impact by shaping safety performance on mission-critical sites while aligning with HazTek's safety-driven mission.
Compensation / Benefits- competitive benefits
- professional development
- travel
- diverse safety experiences
- management support
Responsibilities- Oversee construction safety performance across active-facility projects
- Identify and assess high-risk activities and perform hazard/risk planning
- Review MOPs and high-risk work plans for controls, sequencing, and emergency planning
- Plan and oversee controlled and permit-required activities (energized work, hot work, lifting/rigging, confined space, excavation)
- Evaluate contractor safety plans, incident/near-miss reports, and corrective actions for alignment with project safety requirements
- Track corrective and preventive actions through closure and verify field implementation
- Analyze safety observations, leading/lagging indicators, incident trends, and contractor performance
- Participate in preconstruction, kickoff, and safety-planning meetings to communicate safety expectations
- Collaborate with contractor safety reps, project leadership, and stakeholders on safety performance
- Provide owner-side safety guidance and maintain accountability boundaries between owner and contractor
- Conduct daily safety observations and audits to identify hazards and corrective actions
- Monitor compliance with zero-tolerance policies and escalate violations
- Maintain records of site visits, observations, incidents, inspections, and documentation
Key requirements- Minimum 7 years of direct construction leadership experience, with 3+ years on data center or mission-critical projects
- Active BCSP certification required (CHST highly preferred)
- Degree in a safety-related field preferred
- OSHA 510 and/or OSHA 500 is a plus
- Owner's Representative experience highly preferred
- Advanced knowledge of construction and data center safety standards
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Proficient Microsoft Office skills
- Embody HazTek's Core Values (Integrity, Compassion, Dependability, Leadership, Accountability)
- leadership
- clear communication
- collaboration
- occupational safety standards
- hazard identification and risk assessment
- MOPs and permit-required work planning
