We are seeking an experienced Safety Engineer to support our safety and risk management program across heavy civil, utility, mining, site development, and construction operations.
The Safety Engineer must have prior field safety experience and should already understand the basics of safety, hazard recognition, OSHA 1926 requirements, and field safety expectations. MSHA knowledge is a plus, but not a requirement.
This is not an entry-level safety position.
This is a field-based role that requires frequent travel between jobsites and company locations. A valid driver’s license and a good driving record are prerequisites for this position.
The successful candidate will spend significant time in the field conducting safety observations, supporting crews and supervisors, identifying hazards, coaching safe work practices, supporting incident response, assisting with investigations, and helping ensure safety expectations are understood and followed.
Safety team members are highly visible representatives of the company. The right person for this role must be able to build credibility with field employees, foremen, superintendents, project managers, customers, subcontractors, regulators, and company leadership. Character, communication, judgment, professionalism, and the ability to treat people with dignity and respect are essential.
Responsibilities
- Conduct jobsite safety observations, inspections, and field reviews.
- Identify hazards, unsafe conditions, at-risk behaviors, and operational risks.
- Provide practical field coaching in a respectful, relatable, and professional manner.
- Support supervisors and project teams in correcting hazards and improving field execution.
- Verify that corrective actions are completed and sustained.
- Support development and execution of site-specific safety plans.
- Review and support job hazard analyses, pre-task plans, excavation plans, confined space plans, lift plans, traffic control plans, and emergency response plans.
- Help project teams identify high-risk work before it begins.
- Conduct basic safety training, job briefings, toolbox talks, safety meetings, and field coaching.
- Respond to incidents, near misses, injuries, utility strikes, property damage, equipment events, and other risk-related events.
- Assist with or lead incident investigations as directed by safety leadership.
- Gather facts, photos, statements, documents, and supporting information.
- Support fact-based root cause analysis and practical corrective actions.
- Document observations, inspections, incidents, corrective actions, training, and follow-up clearly and objectively.
- Use Microsoft Office, HCSS, Vector, spreadsheets, dashboards, or other company systems to track safety activity and performance.
- Support inventory management for PPE, signage, first aid supplies, confined space equipment, fall protection equipment, gas monitors, barricades, and other safety-related materials.
- Maintain a consistent, reliable, and professional field presence.
- Promote a learning-based safety culture focused on prevention and improvement.
High-Risk Work Areas
The Safety Engineer should have basic working knowledge of field safety and continue developing deeper proficiency in areas such as:
- Trenching, excavation, and shoring
- Confined space entry
- Fall protection
- Lifting and rigging
- Heavy equipment and mobile equipment interaction
- Underground utilities and damage prevention
- Traffic control and work zones
- Mining and quarry operations, where applicable
- Silica, dust, noise, heat stress, PPE, and environmental exposures
- Lockout/tagout and stored energy
- Emergency response planning
Additional company-specific, technical, operational, and MSHA-related training will be provided as needed.
Required Qualifications
- Prior safety experience in construction, mining, utility, heavy civil, site development, or a similar field environment required.
- Valid driver’s license required.
- Good driving record required.
- Working knowledge of basic safety practices, hazard recognition, and field safety expectations.
- General familiarity with OSHA construction standards and their practical application in the field.
- Ability to conduct basic safety training, job briefings, toolbox talks, and field coaching.
- Ability to recognize hazards and communicate corrective actions clearly and respectfully.
- Ability to support incident response and fact-based root cause analysis.
- Excellent communication skills.
- Strong character, credibility, integrity, and personal accountability.
- Ability to treat people with dignity and respect in all interactions.
- Ability to represent the company professionally on jobsites and in public settings.
- Reliable, accountable, and able to report to work early and consistently.
- Ability to work independently with a high level of trust and autonomy.
- Ability to document observations, inspections, incidents, corrective actions, and follow-up clearly.
- Ability to work outdoors in active construction, mining, utility, and heavy civil environments.
- Ability to drive frequently between project sites and company locations.
- Ability to lift, carry, load, unload, and move items weighing more than 50 pounds, with or without reasonable accommodation.
- Basic computer skills.
Preferred Qualifications
- Utility construction, heavy civil construction, underground utility, mining, quarry, excavation, or sitework experience.
- MSHA experience is a plus.
- Microsoft Office experience, including Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
- HCSS experience.
- Vector or other safety/training system experience.
- First aid/CPR training.
- Experience with trenching, excavation, shoring, confined space, fall protection, lifting and rigging, traffic control, utility work, or heavy equipment operations.
- Experience with incident investigation, corrective action tracking, safety inspections, or field audits.
- Experience with inventory tracking, PPE management, or ordering safety supplies.
- Bilingual ability, especially English/Spanish, is helpful.
Safety credentials such as CSP, CHST, STS, ASP, STSC, CUSP, OHST, or similar credentials will be reviewed, but are not required.
Key Traits for Success
The right person for this role will be reliable, accountable, credible with field employees, calm under pressure, practical, organized, technically capable, and comfortable speaking up when something is unsafe.
This person must be able to balance safety, production, quality, and risk while maintaining professionalism, trust, and respect in tough field environments.
Physical and Work Environment Requirements
This position requires frequent field work, early start times, driving between multiple jobsites, working outdoors in heat, humidity, dust, noise, rain, and other field conditions, walking uneven terrain and active work zones, wearing required PPE, and moving safety equipment such as tripods, hoists, rescue equipment, harnesses, barricades, signage, PPE, and supply boxes.
Schedule
Day shift, Monday to Friday, with early start time required. Occasional extended hours or weekends may be needed based on project or safety needs.
Work Location
Multiple jobsites and company locations.
Equal Opportunity Statement
The company is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to providing a workplace where employees are treated with dignity, respect, and fairness.
Pay: From $85,000.00 per year
Work Location: In person
