Safety Manager - New York
- Military veterans preferred
2025-05-02 Shawmut Design and Construction
Other
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employee
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New York New York 10018 United States
Safety Manager - New York
US-NY-New York
Job ID: 2025-6389 Type: Regular Full-Time # of Openings: 1 Category: Safety New York - 1065
Overview
At Shawmut Design and Construction, we’re proud that the culture we’ve built as a 100% employee-owned company as we have been recognized with over 83 Best Place to Work awards. Including Best Workplace by Fortune Magazine, Fortune Best Workplace for Women, Fortune Best Workplace for Millennials, Great Place to Work’s Best Workplace for Parents, and one of America’s Best Employers by Forbes.
Here’s a glimpse into what we are offering:
Health, Dental and Vision insurance.
Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) - be an employee owner!
401K with Match - receive company match up to 4% of your eligible pay.
Generous Paid Time Off policy - including vacation, summer Fridays, holidays, personal sick and a volunteer day.
The Extras: cell phone, laptop, tuition reimbursement, pet insurance, financial planning services and many more.
Responsibilities
Set expectations and provide structure around site safety with superintendent and subcontractors
Identify strengths and weaknesses of superintendent around knowledge, create site specific programs when necessary and train accordingly
Ensure the safety, training and development of Shawmut staff and subcontractors to understand identify and reduce risks in a fast paced construction environment from pre-construction through close-out
Raise awareness of potential hazards that exist on a jobsite with owner by reviewing what can be done to minimize risk
Conduct regular safety audits throughout the duration of a project assessing all safety related issues and follow up with the project team
Communicate directly with subcontractors to discuss concerns and Shawmut's expectations
Identify poor performing subs by reviewing past performance and work with project executives and project managers to establish a plan to improve
Maintain the information technology and systems that are essential to capture and analyze key data, present reporting and communicate effectively
Develop and maintaining strong relationships with every member of the project team, subcontractors and clients
Raise awareness of potential hazards that exist in the new building with Owner by reviewing with him/her what the hazards are and what can be done to minimize/prevent them
Conduct new hire safety orientations for incoming construction operations staff
Train Shawmut staff and subcontractors on topics such as OSHA certification (10 & 30 hour), First Aid, construction specific requirements and new standards review
Uphold Shawmut Values and 16 Best Practices
Qualifications
5-7 years experience in construction safety management
Experience with large projects
Extensive knowledge of OSHA construction standards, NYC DOB and FDNY Safety Codes
Bachelors Degree in Safety or related experience preferred
OSHA 500 trainer preferred
Capable of delivering all other compliance based training including First Aid, CPR and Life Safety
Must reside in the tri state area
Equal employment opportunity, including veterans and individuals with disabilities.
