Safety Manager

Edgewater Technical Associates is seeking qualified candidates for a Safety Manager opportunity to support the Savannah River Site .

Work Location: Aiken, SC

Safety Manager-

The Safety Manager will support a multi-year construction project involving significant civil, mechanical, electrical, underground utility, piping, and site infrastructure construction.

Duties:

• Manage implementation of the project safety and health program across all construction activities.
• Provide field leadership and oversight to ensure compliance with OSHA, DOE, site-specific, and project safety requirements.
• Perform routine field inspections and audits to identify unsafe conditions, behaviors, and work practices.
• Provide safety oversight for excavation and trenching, heavy equipment, lifting and rigging, demolition, electrical work, welding/hot work, confined spaces, and underground utility construction.
• Review Job Hazard Analyses (JHAs), Activity Hazard Analyses (AHAs), work plans, permits, and other safety documentation.
• Coordinate safety requirements with Construction Management, Superintendents, subcontractors, and project leadership.
• Lead or support incident investigations, root cause evaluations, corrective actions, and lessons learned.
• Monitor subcontractor safety performance and ensure identified deficiencies are promptly corrected.
• Track safety observations, incidents, corrective actions, and performance metrics.
• Conduct and/or coordinate safety meetings, orientations, toolbox talks, and required training.
• Maintain required safety documentation and support client, DOE, and project safety audits and assessments.
• Exercise stop-work authority when an imminent danger or unacceptable safety condition exists.

Skills/Experience:

• Minimum 7 years of construction safety experience, including safety leadership experience on industrial, heavy civil, utility, or large-scale construction projects.
• Strong working knowledge of OSHA construction safety requirements and industry safety practices.
• Experience providing safety oversight for high-hazard construction activities.
• Experience with incident investigation, corrective actions, field inspections, and safety program implementation.
• OSHA 30-Hour Construction certification.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Occupational Safety, Construction Management, Engineering, or a related field.
• Previous DOE, nuclear, federal, or highly regulated construction experience.
• Experience with DOE construction safety requirements.
• Previous Savannah River Site or other DOE site experience.
• Certified Safety Professional (CSP), Construction Health and Safety Technician (CHST), or similar professional safety certification.

Other Job Requirements:

• Must be a US Citizen

If you are interested in being considered for this position, please follow the application steps via our website :

Edgewater Technical Associates will not submit your resume without first having detailed discussions with you and obtaining your permission to do so. We look forward to hearing from you!

WORKING WITH EDGEWATER TECHNICAL ASSOCIATES

Founded in 2003, Edgewater Technical Associates, LLC (Edgewater) is a New Mexico-based small business headquartered in Los Alamos, NM, with five (5) regional offices across the United States to locally support our growing presence at project sites. Edgewater has a proven track record and is a trusted provider of fixed-price construction projects, engineering, and technical services for the Department of Energy (DOE), National Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), Canadian Commercial Nuclear Industry, and private sector commercial contractors involved in nuclear, high-hazard, or complex operations. Edgewater's experience and guidance ensure that our customers perform hazardous operations, comply with regulatory requirements, and maintain the highest quality and safety standards.

Edgewater is committed to recruiting and maintaining a staff of highly skilled professionals to support our customers. In keeping with this objective, we offer highly competitive salaries and employee benefit packages structured to best suit your needs. We offer multiple individual and family benefit options including paid time off, medical, dental, life, vision, and disability insurance, and a pre- and post-tax 401 (k) retirement account with Company matching contributions and 100% vesting for eligible participants beginning DAY 1.

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

Edgewater is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, protected veterans, or individuals with disabilities in accordance with EO 14173.

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