2025-07-15
Cumming
Other
/yr
employee
contract
San Diego
California
92101
United States
Position Title: Safety Manager (Construction)
Location: San Diego, CA
Req Id: JR101214
Time Type: Full time
Description:
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!
Cumming Group is looking for an experienced Safety Manager for a Pharmaceutical Manufacturing client overseeing safety programs and standards in alignment with our client's program. This position will work closely with the engineering, maintenance and on-site operations teams to identify and mitigate safety hazards throughout site and capital upgrade and improvement duration timelines.
Essential Duties & Responsibilities:
Serve as the technical field construction health and safety professional providing hands- on field work for occupational health and safety support and technical assurance for construction and maintenance projects.
Support Capital Project Management and Facilities Project Management on health and safety issues primarily during construction phases of the project, but may also include design, planning stages.
Build good working relationships with project teams and contractor safety representatives.
Enforce safety program and related policies and procedures and implement immediate corrective actions in accordance with the client’s, contractor’s, Federal, State and Local regulations.
Review contractor’s Site Specific Safety Plans (SSSPs), Health and Safety programs, and submittals for requisite health and safety considerations.
Meet with contractor’s safety teams to establish rules of conduct for a Multi-Employer site.
Review the contractor’s job hazard analysis before the start of each shift. Audit JHAs reviewed by the safety team.
Conduct written qualitative and quantitative hazard evaluations and assessments and provides recommendations to prevent exposures to safety hazards.
Walk construction and maintenance projects in a hands-on, in the field manner from a technical assurance perspective to ensure hazards are identified and appropriate controls are implemented.
Hold pre-construction planning meeting with contractors to review overall site safety program and job hazard analysis for their scope of work, and ensure plans are in place to mitigate risks.
Ensure proper pre-planning for all activities and tasks for contractor are being reviewed by contractor’s safety team.
Preform audits of contractor’s
Manage time and resource allocation appropriately to provide overall safety leadership to assigned project(s).
Create safety reports for the project, analyzing metrics and making recommendations for improvement over baseline.
Participate, if requested upon reasonable notice, in inspections and informal conferences conducted by governing entities and/or insurers, as well as any other meetings or conferences involving safety and health, as needed.
Respond to incidents and conduct incident investigations. Submit incident reports to client.
Assist with disciplinary action if needed.
Ensure all work is being done in accordance with all applicable procedures (SOPs and MOPs).
Ensure the construction site is being maintained in a safe and clean manner.
Knowledge & Skills Required:
8+ years of building construction safety experience for a General Contractor or a Pharmaceutical Client on large scale projects.
Certified Safety Professional (CSP), or Construction Health and Safety Technician (CHST) current designation through Board of Certified Safety Professionals (BCSP)
A minimum of OSHA 30 hour training, First Aid/CPR/BBP and AED training.
Have a solid working knowledge of Cal OSHA requirements.
Experience working on a Multi-Employer site a plus.
Demonstrated knowledge of safety/environmental principles and techniques is required.
Demonstrated ability to identify known potential exposures and lead implementation of corrective actions.
Demonstrated management, leadership and interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate well both verbally and in writing and train others.
Demonstrated computer skills and experience with Microsoft Office suite programs.
Preferred Education and Experience:
Education: Bachelor's degree in occupational safety and health, Industrial Hygiene or Engineering ore related field is 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.
In addition to base salary, Cumming Group offers a comprehensive benefits package including:
At Cumming Group, we are passionate about helping our clients execute large-scale, complex projects on-time and within budget. Our project and cost-management services are specifically tailored to each client’s needs and add meaningful value at every step of a project’s development.
Drawing on deep expertise in the communities and sectors we serve, we anticipate and solve problems, deliver solutions, and drive results. Since opening our doors in 1996, Cumming Group has grown to 50+ offices globally, and is now home to more than 1,950 team members – including many of the brightest minds in the industry.
Learn more about what a great organization we are at https://www.linkedin.com/company/cumming-group/about/
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.
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