Senior Safety Manager

  • Clark Construction
  • San Francisco, California
  • Full Time

Summary
As a Senior Safety Manager, you will ensure the safety of employees, trade partners, and the general public on our world-class projects. The Senior Safety Manager is responsible for creating a culture of care while enforcing Clark's Safety and Health Policy, as well as, local and federal safety standards on jobsites. This role leads employee safety education in partnership with project supervisors to develop safe work plans for all phases and tasks. To us, no project is successful unless it is built safely.

Responsibilities
Drive the Clark safety culture on a project.
Oversee and ensure the safety of employees, trade partners, and the general public.
Enforce corporate and project-specific safety and health programs as well as federal, state, and local safety standards.
Manage and mentor a staff as well as client expectations effectively.
Identify known or potential exposures and recommend corrective action.
Develop, coordinate, and implement overall project-specific safety programs.
Partner with field supervision to ensure safety hazard mitigation measures are included in the planning of project construction activities.
Develop project-specific safety education for jobsite personnel, including subcontractors, based upon upcoming work activities or recent at-risk trends.
Drive and create a safety vision and align with the team to deliver and achieve a safe workplace for everyone.

Facilitate third-party safety reviews, including OSHA.
Understand workers' compensation and lead efforts in managing claims.
Utilize experience to proactively mitigate upcoming safety challenges.
Proactively identify and develop relationships with industry professionals to generate and win the right work.
Take an active role in recruiting top industry talent to join the Clark team. Identify, hire, and retain outstanding people.
Exceed our stakeholders expectations by anticipating their needs, desires, and goals.

Basic Qualifications
10 years of relevant construction safety experience with an undergraduate degree in safety and health (or related discipline) or demonstrated construction safety and trade experience.
Ability to communicate and influence supervisors, peers, and external partners.
Ability to manage large-scale, high-profile projects or multiple projects.
Proof of training and experience in managing crane, fall protection, excavation, scaffolds, and heavy equipment safely.
Exposure to preconstruction efforts.
Ability to communicate effectively with, persuade, and gain buy-in from a broad range of stakeholders, from a new craft worker to a senior executive leader.
Strength in managing multiple competing priorities in a deadline-driven environment. Agile, energetic, data driven approach to achieving individual and organizational objectives while balancing short term and long term goals.
Alignment to Clark Standards of Excellence: self-motivated, results oriented, adaptable, team player, accountable, ethical, innovative, resilient, builds relationships, builds people/teams and followership, sets direction and executes.

Preferred Qualifications
OSHA 30 Hour
CHST, CPS, or SMP
OSHA 500 Certification
1st Aid/CPR training

Physical Demands
The physical demands described below are representative of those necessary for an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this role, which often involve both office and construction site environments. This role requires the ability to navigate active construction areas, including uneven terrain, stairs (temporary and permanent), ladders, and personnel hoists. Frequent standing and walking are typical. The employee must be able to lift and carry objects weighing up to 25 pounds frequently and up to 50 pounds occasionally. The role also involves regular reaching, bending, stooping, kneeling, crouching, balancing, pushing, and pulling. Visual acuity (including close, distance, color, peripheral, and depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus) is necessary for tasks such as reading plans, inspecting work, and ensuring safety. At times, this role involves sedentary work requiring prolonged sitting, utilizing hands for fine motor activities such as typing, writing, and manipulating objects. Effective communication through talking and hearing, as well as visual acuity for tasks like reading, computer use, and reviewing documents (including close, peripheral, and depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus), are essential. The employee may occasionally work at heights and in confined spaces.

Work Environment
The work environment characteristics described below are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this role. The employee will frequently work on active construction sites, which may involve exposure to moving mechanical equipment, elevated or hazardous areas, airborne particles or fumes, and varying outdoor weather conditions. The noise level on construction sites is typically moderate to loud. The employee will also spend time in office environments with quiet to moderate noise levels. Due to the nature of the projects, deadlines, and clients requirements, the role frequently requires working more than 40 hours per week. All employees are required to adhere to Clark Constructions safety policies, procedures, and all applicable laws, adapting to the specific requirements of each work environment.

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Job ID: 487777614
Originally Posted on: 8/1/2025

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