Construction Safety Director (Pharmaceutical - Construction)

At Cumming Group, you will work on some of the world's most exciting projects in a dynamic environment where your success is measured by the impact you make. We are one of the fastest-growing project and cost management consultancies in the United States, as reflected in our top 10 rankings in ENR. With over 60 offices globally, an extremely diverse project portfolio, and double-digit year-over-year revenue growth, the opportunities to make your mark are limitless!

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

• Lead construction safety oversight for EPC contractors, subcontractors, vendors, and equipment installers.
• Develop and maintain the Site-Specific Safety Plan and project safety procedures.
• Review contractor safety plans, Job Hazard Analyses, pre-task plans, lift plans, and high-risk work plans.
• Conduct field inspections, safety audits, and contractor observations.
• Lead safety meetings, toolbox talks, and coordination of high-risk activities.
• Enforce OSHA and project-specific safety requirements.
• Oversee permit-to-work activities, including hot work, confined space, excavation, energized work, line breaking, and work at height.
• Monitor fall protection, scaffolding, cranes, rigging, heavy equipment, trenching, temporary power, electrical safety, and lockout/tagout.
• Verify contractor training records, competent-person qualifications, and equipment-operator certifications.
• Track incidents, near misses, observations, corrective actions, and safety metrics.
• Lead incident investigations and root-cause analyses.
• Coordinate safety across simultaneous operations and multiple contractors.
• Provide safety oversight during equipment installation, energization, pressure testing, commissioning, and chemical introduction.
• Prepare contractor safety reports and performance scorecards.

Knowledge & Skills Required:

• OSHA construction standards.
• Site-specific safety planning and contractor safety management.
• Job Hazard Analyses, pre-task planning, and toolbox talks.
• Field inspections, safety audits, incident investigations, and corrective-action tracking.
• Fall protection, scaffolding, cranes and rigging, excavation, confined space, hot work, LOTO, and electrical safety.
• Safety oversight of civil, structural, mechanical, electrical, process piping, utilities, and equipment installation.
• Experience supporting large, multi-contractor industrial construction projects.

Preferred Education and Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in Occupational Safety, Environmental Health, Engineering, Construction Management, or a related discipline.
• 10+ years of construction safety experience.
• 5+ years in a Construction Safety Director, Site Safety Manager, or similar role.
• Pharmaceutical, biotechnology, chemical, or process-manufacturing construction experience preferred.
• OSHA 30-Hour Construction certification required.
• OSHA 500 certification preferred.
• OSHA 510, CSP, CHST, or CIH certification preferred.
• Current First Aid, CPR, and AED certification preferred.

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Cumming Group is committed to providing Equal Employment Opportunity in its personnel policies and practices. It is Cumming Group’s policy to recruit, hire, train and promote Team Members and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, age, sex, marital status, registered domestic partner status, genetic information, sexual preference, sexual orientation, gender (including gender expression and gender identity), pregnancy (including childbirth or related medical conditions, including breastfeeding), military service, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, physical disability, mental disability, veteran status or any other protected classification under federal, state, or local law. All such decisions are based on (1) individual merit, qualifications, and competence as they relate to the particular position, and (2) promotion of the principle of equal employment opportunity.

All other terms and conditions of employment, such as compensation, benefits, transfers, layoff, return from layoff, training, education, and social and recreational programs, are administered without regard to the characteristics described above. To this end, Cumming Group complies with all provisions of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 as amended, all of the rules, regulations and relevant orders of the Secretary of Labor, and all similar state and local laws.

 

The salary range for this full-time role is $115,700.00-$161,966.69 per year. Ranges are determined based on the position, geography, client and industry experience and level, and represent a good faith effort to provide a fair and equitable salary. This range reflects base salary only, and not the total compensation package. Cumming Group reserves the right to pay more or less than the posted range, depending on a candidate’s experience, skills, and qualifications, including client requirements.

In addition to base salary, Cumming Group offers a comprehensive benefits package including:

• Medical
• Dental Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• 401(k)
• 401(k) Matching
• Paid Time Off
• Paid Holidays
• Short and long-term disability
• Employee Assistance Program