Safety Tech - Santa Teresa, NM

Construction Site Safety Technician

📍 Location: Santa Teresa, NM

📅 Duration: 12 Months (Immediate Need)

📋 Type: 1099 Contractor

Compensation & Schedule

💰 Pay Rate: $63/hr (Local) | $48/hr (Non-Local)

⏱️ Overtime: Paid After 40 Hours at 1.4x Base Rate

🏨 Per Diem: $125/Day (7 Days Per Week for Non-Local Candidates)

🎯 Completion Bonus: $150/month

💵 Pay Frequency: Weekly

⏰ Schedule: Monday-Saturday | 7:00 AM - 3:00 PM | 50-60 Hours Per Week

📈 Possible Sunday Work as Project Needs Require

Why This Opportunity?

Join an electrical contractor supporting a large-scale data center construction project in Sullivan, IN. This is a long-term opportunity providing hands-on field safety oversight for electrical installation, utility construction, and related infrastructure activities.

The Construction Site Safety Technician will work directly in the field alongside electricians, supervision, and project safety leadership to identify hazards, monitor safe work practices, and ensure compliance with OSHA and project-specific safety requirements.

Required Qualifications

✔ OSHA 30 Construction Certification

✔ Minimum 5 years of construction safety experience

✔ Experience providing safety oversight for electrical contractors

✔ Current First Aid/CPR Certification

Preferred Qualifications

⭐ NFPA 70E training or certification

⭐ Data center or mission-critical construction experience

⭐ Lockout/Tagout (LOTO) experience

⭐ Electrical energization or commissioning experience

⭐ Utility construction experience

⭐ CHST, STSC, ASP, or other BCSP credential

What You'll Be Doing

• Provide daily field safety oversight for electrical construction activities

• Maintain a highly visible presence throughout active work areas

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

• Monitor electrical installation and utility construction activities

• Work directly with electricians, foremen, and supervision to identify and correct unsafe conditions

• Support Lockout/Tagout (LOTO) and hazardous energy control activities

• Monitor temporary power and electrical safe work practices

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

• Monitor fall protection, elevated work, aerial lifts, and material handling operations

• Support excavation and underground utility activities where applicable

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

• Document field observations and track corrective actions through completion

• Participate in incident investigations and corrective action implementation

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

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

• Coordinate closely with the Project Safety Manager and other members of the site safety team

Technical Knowledge

Candidates should have working knowledge of:

• OSHA Construction Standards

• Electrical Construction Safety

• NFPA 70E

• Data Center & Mission-Critical Construction

• Electrical Installation & Utility Construction

• Lockout/Tagout (LOTO)

• Hazardous Energy Control

• Temporary Power & Electrical Distribution

• Electrical Shock & Arc Flash Hazards

• Underground Utilities

• Excavation & Trenching

• Fall Protection & Elevated Work

• Aerial Lifts & MEWPs

• Material Handling

• Job Hazard Analysis (JHA)

• Safety Inspections & Field Observations

• Incident Investigation & Corrective Actions

• Construction Risk Assessment & Mitigation

What Success Looks Like

The ideal candidate is a hands-on, field-focused safety professional who is comfortable working directly with electrical crews in a fast-paced data center construction environment.

Success in this role requires maintaining a strong field presence, recognizing hazards before incidents occur, communicating effectively with craft personnel and supervision, and consistently following through on corrective actions.

Apply Today

Qualified candidates should submit a resume for immediate review.

Please ensure your resume clearly reflects your 5+ years of construction safety experience and experience working with electrical contractors. Experience withNFPA 70E, LOTO, data centers, utilities, electrical installation, energization, or commissioning should also be clearly identified.

Interviews are actively being scheduled for qualified candidates.