Safety Manager - Columbus, OH

Construction Safety Manager

📍 Location: Columbus, OH 📅 Duration: 2+ Months (Start: Immediate Need) 📋 Type: 1099 Contractor

Compensation & Schedule

💰 Pay Rate: $60/hr 🏨 Per Diem: $150/Day 🎯 Completion Bonus: $150/month 💵 Pay Frequency: Weekly ⏰ Schedule: Monday-Saturday | 60 Hours Per Week

Why This Opportunity?

Join a structural steel contractor supporting construction at the Downtown Children's Hospitalin Columbus, OH. Project scope includesstructural steel erection, ironworker activities, steel connections, decking operations, rigging, and material placement.

The Construction Safety Manager will provide daily field safety oversight for structural steel crews, ironworkers, foremen, and supervision while ensuring compliance with OSHA requirements and project-specific safety standards.

Required Qualifications

✔ CHST, ASP, CSP, or Higher BCSP Credential Required ✔ Minimum 5+ Years of Construction Safety Experience ✔ Structural Steel and Ironworker Safety Oversight Experience Required ✔ Experience Conducting Field Audits, Inspections, Observations, and Hazard Assessments ✔ Strong Knowledge of OSHA Construction Standards ✔ Ability to Maintain a Highly Visible Field Presence

Preferred Qualifications

⭐ Structural Steel Erection Experience ⭐ Ironworker Construction Experience ⭐ Commercial Construction Experience ⭐ Healthcare Construction Experience ⭐ Rigging and Critical Lift Oversight Experience ⭐ General Contractor or Multi-Employer Site Experience

What You'll Be Doing

• Provide daily field safety oversight for structural steel construction activities

• Maintain a highly visible presence throughout active work areas

• Conduct routine site inspections, audits, observations, and hazard assessments

• Monitor steel erection, decking installation, connecting activities, and rigging operations

• Review Job Hazard Analyses (JHAs), Activity Hazard Analyses (AHAs), permits, and pre-task plans

• Ensure compliance with OSHA regulations and project-specific safety requirements

• Identify unsafe conditions and coordinate timely corrective actions

• Provide field coaching and reinforce safe work practices with craft personnel

• Coordinate safety activities with project management, supervision, and subcontractors

• Participate in incident investigations and corrective action implementation

• Maintain required safety documentation, inspection records, and compliance reports

• Promote a proactive safety culture throughout the project

Technical Knowledge

Candidates should have working knowledge of:

• OSHA Construction Standards

• Structural Steel Erection Safety

• Ironworker Operations

• Rigging & Critical Lift Activities

• Steel Deck Installation

• Material Handling Operations

• Fall Protection & Elevated Work

• Connecting and Leading Edge Work

• Aerial Lifts & MEWPs

• Job Hazard Analysis (JHA)

• Incident Investigation & Corrective Actions

• Contractor Safety Management

• Construction Risk Assessment & Mitigation

What Success Looks Like

The ideal candidate is a hands-on, field-focused safety professional with experience supporting structural steel and ironworker operations on active commercial construction projects.

Success in this role requires maintaining a strong field presence, proactively identifying hazards, effectively communicating with craft personnel and supervision, and ensuring structural steel erection activities are executed safely while supporting project productivity, quality, and schedule objectives.

Apply Today

Qualified candidates should submit a resume for immediate review.

Please ensure your resume clearly reflects experience directly related to the project's scope of work, including the specific trades, activities, and project typesyou have supported. Experience withstructural steel, ironworkers, steel erection, rigging, critical lifts, leading-edge work, fall protection, hazard assessments, JHAs, and field safety oversight should be clearly identified.

Interviews are actively being scheduled for qualified candidates.