Safety Lead, CUSP

Safety Lead

This full-time Safety Lead role focuses on promoting a strong safety culture by providing expert guidance in safety, health, work methods, and training across multiple power delivery and utility projects. You will spend extensive time in the field with crews, observing work practices, identifying training needs, delivering hands-on and classroom-style training, and evaluating performance in both simulated and real-world environments. This position is ideal for a safety professional with multiple years of experience, strong presentation skills, and subject matter expertise in safety, training, and quality control within construction, distribution, transmission line, substation, and natural gas/public utility environments.

Responsibilities

• Visit crews in the field regularly to observe work practices and provide on-the-job training and coaching in safety, quality, and work methods.
• Identify areas where additional safety, quality, or work methods training is needed and develop, schedule, and deliver targeted training programs.
• Work closely with Area Supervisors to identify crews requiring further development and create structured plans to address safety, quality, and work method deficiencies.
• Present safety, work methods, and quality training courses in both field and facility settings, ensuring content is clear, engaging, and compliant with relevant standards.
• Evaluate employee and driver performance, providing constructive feedback and documenting strengths, opportunities, and areas for improvement.
• Conduct program-level audits of Environmental, Health, and Safety (EHS) programs, ensuring adherence to internal policies and regulatory requirements.
• Recognize safety and quality issues in the field, gather and analyze relevant information, seek input from stakeholders, and address root causes with timely and well-communicated decisions.
• Lead teams through change by building consensus where appropriate, making difficult decisions when necessary, and motivating and encouraging others to adopt best practices.
• Provide ongoing feedback, coaching, and mentoring to employees, challenging them to grow, supporting their development, and using mistakes as learning opportunities.
• Set challenging safety and performance goals, prioritize tasks effectively, overcome obstacles, and accept accountability for results.
• Prepare accurate, timely reports and documentation related to safety training, audits, and performance evaluations.
• Communicate clearly and professionally both verbally and in writing, deliver presentations to various audiences, share information and ideas, and demonstrate strong listening skills.
• Support accident, incident, injury, and illness investigations by providing technical assistance, helping to determine causes, and recommending corrective actions.
• Identify and document proper and improper practices on natural gas job sites according to defined audit metrics.
• Coordinate and communicate safety-related information across company and department lines to ensure alignment and consistency in safety practices.

Essential Skills

• Minimum of 3 years of verifiable safety experience preferred.
• OSHA 500 certification or other accredited safety certification such as CSP, ASP, OHS, CHST, CSST, or CSHO, and/or a Bachelor's degree in a safety-related curriculum.
• Strong presentation skills with experience leading regular safety meetings and other trainings.
• Demonstrated experience conducting quality assurance audits in the natural gas and public utility industry.
• Ability to identify and record proper and improper practices on natural gas job sites in alignment with audit metrics.
• Experience providing technical assistance with the investigation of accidents, incidents, injuries, and illnesses.
• Proven ability to coordinate and communicate information across company and department lines.
• Subject matter expertise in safety, training, and quality control within construction and utility environments.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to deliver clear presentations and produce accurate, punctual reports.
• Ability to recognize problems, analyze complex issues, identify root causes, and make timely, well-informed decisions.
• Demonstrated ability to lead through change, build consensus, and motivate and encourage others.
• Experience mentoring and coaching employees, providing feedback, and supporting their professional development.
• Ability to travel regularly to field and project sites as required by the role.

Additional Skills & Qualifications

• Experience in safety oversight and training within construction, distribution, transmission line (TLINE), and substation environments.
• Familiarity with EHS program-level audits and continuous improvement initiatives.
• CUSP (Certified Utility Safety Professional) certification is highly valued and will receive elevated consideration.
• Experience working with power delivery projects and utility infrastructure.
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to prioritize tasks and manage multiple training and audit activities simultaneously.
• Comfort working in dynamic field environments and adapting training approaches to different crews and work conditions.
• Ability to build strong working relationships with supervisors, field crews, and cross-functional teams.

Work Environment

This role is field-based and involves extensive travel to project and construction sites across Texas, particularly within power delivery, natural gas, and public utility environments. Work is primarily performed outdoors in a variety of weather conditions, including heat, cold, and other elements typical of construction job sites. While performing the duties of this job, you will frequently be exposed to fumes or airborne particles, moving mechanical equipment, and vibration. You may occasionally encounter extreme site conditions, and noise levels can be loud at times. The position requires regular presence in active construction and utility work zones, close interaction with field crews, and hands-on engagement with real-world job site activities. This is a permanent opportunity with a strong pipeline of power delivery projects, offering stability, ongoing field exposure, and the chance to influence safety culture directly at the workface.

Job Type & Location

This is a Permanent position based out of Dallas, TX.

Pay and Benefits

The pay range for this position is $128000.00 - $133000.00/yr. Company benefits, company truck, company credit card, etc.

Workplace Type

This is a fully onsite position in Dallas, TX.

Application Deadline

This position is anticipated to close on Jun 15, 2026.

About Actalent

Actalent is a global leader in engineering and sciences services and talent solutions. We help visionary companies advance their engineering and science initiatives through access to specialized experts who drive scale, innovation and speed to market. With a network of almost 30,000 consultants and more than 4,500 clients across the U.S., Canada, Asia and Europe, Actalent serves many of the Fortune 500.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.

If you would like to request a reasonable accommodation, such as the modification or adjustment of the job application process or interviewing process due to a disability, please email View email address on click.appcast.io for other accommodation options.

San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance: Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, for all positions located in the city and county of San Francisco, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

Massachusetts Lie Detector: It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.

Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI): We may use Artificial Intelligence (AI) to support parts of our hiring process, including sourcing, screening, and evaluating candidates. AI helps assess applications and qualifications, but final decisions are made by our hiring team. By applying, you acknowledge and agree that your application may be reviewed using AI tools.