Construction Safety Manager 4 #: 25-08609

Job Title: Construction Safety Manager 2

Job Location: Hebron, Ohio 43025

Job Contract: 12 Months on W2

Job Description: Early Works Construction Activities – Project Safety Advisor (Project safety advisor, beginning of site development, earth grading and moving, setting up perimeter fences. Coaching on high-risk activities, HRAs, ability to be mobile and make sure the GCs safely conduct work)

The Cloud Infrastructure Land Development and Community Organization (LDC) is responsible for delivering datacenter campus sites to a condition ready for permanent work to support the construction of Data Centers. The Early Works Construction Program oversees the planning, compliance, and progress of the Early Works for onsite delivery of projects with various unique requirements favoring civil specialties including site earthworks, building demolition, environmental remediation, grading and vegetation removal, and substation pad construction.

Microsoft needs a Project Safety Advisor to support the project management team in monitoring the contractor’s implementation of the Site-Specific Safety Plan. All projects will involve the management of significant High-Risk Activities (HRA) both on individual sites and cumulatively across all the project works. Primary risks will include, but not be limited to excavations, mobile equipment, vehicle traffic, material handling, lifting activities, electrical, and working from heights.

Competent contractors have been and will be appointed to the projects with responsibility for site Environment, Health, and Safety (EHS) management being retained by the appointed contractors. In addition to its statutory EHS obligations, Microsoft expects that the highest standards of EHS management are implemented across all construction projects. Given the scale and nature of the proposed works, Microsoft will appoint an independent Project Safety Adviser to represent Microsoft and assist the Microsoft Project Manager and Area EHS Manager in monitoring the implementation of high standards of EHS management across each construction site.

Key Microsoft Project Objectives

• Ensure Microsoft complies with the national statutory EHS requirements for each construction project.
• Where practicable implement best practices, and lessons learned, across each project.
• Enhance, and improve, existing construction safety management procedures through a visible on-site presence, and active participation in all aspects of day-to-day EHS management on the projects.
• Monitor the contractor’s implementation of Microsoft Global Construction Safety Policy and High-Risk Activities.
• Assist on an as-needed basis in the development of specific safety programs.
• Provide an independent review and monitoring of construction Health & Safety management procedures in place for each project; with a view to cross-evaluation of projects, sharing lessons learned / best practices, and driving continuous improvement across the Microsoft construction supply chain.
  
  

Role Specifications

• Assisting in the identification, and management, of High-Risk Activities at each stage of the projects including liaising with design teams, working with contractors in forward safety planning, and coordination of works activities.
• Monitoring Microsoft’s Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for assessment and evaluation across all construction projects.
• Reviewing, and assessing, the EHS implications of changes as they occur during construction projects.
• Report, support, and evaluate the contractor’s implementation of the Site-Specific Safety and High-Risk Activities Plan.
• Actively engage with all aspects of day-to-day Health & Safety management
• Attendance and participation in Meetings, as appropriate
• Pull Planning or Collaborative Planning Meetings
• Level 1-3 Planning Meetings, as appropriate
  
  

Training workshops

• Daily Activity Briefings
• Management reviews
• Site Safety Committee Meetings
• High-Risk Activities Meetings
• Planning and coordination of review Meetings
• Conduct independent EHS and HRA Audits on all aspects of construction management including:
• Monitoring compliance between Health & Safety planning and actual work on-site
• Assessing compliance with agreed KPIs across all project stages
• Communication regarding Health & Safety at all levels
• Coordination of work activities on the sites
• Identification, assessment, and evaluation of high-risk activities
  
  

Training and Education

• Review of safe plans of action, lifting plans, and other planning activities as appropriate.
• Competency of contractors and operatives.
• Assessment of accidents, incidents, & near misses, including the evaluation of findings, and monitoring of the implementation of corrective and preventive measures.
• On-going assessment of the resources provided by contractors to enable implementation of the contractor’s safety management program
• Encouraging and promoting EHS initiatives aimed at influencing positive safety behavior and culture on the site.
• Encouraging, and promoting, contractor participation in structured EHS recognition and wellness programs.
• Reporting and supporting the Microsoft project management team regarding EHS.
• It is emphasized that the proposed role of the client adviser is intended to collaborate and support that of the main contractor. The contractor will maintain responsibility for all aspects of safety management on site.
  
  

Minimum Requirements

• Minimum 10 years experience in a role with a real qualification in EHS management with relevant experience in construction Health & Safety.
• Good communication skills, both written and verbal, with extensive experience in contractor communications, liaising with design teams, and other project professionals.
• Degree and/or certification in the Health & Safety profession.
• Able to stand and walk for multiple hours while surveying the work environment.
• Flexible work schedule with the understanding that at least 40 hours a week is expected on site, plus availability to work some weekends.
• Good computer skills, with experience in EHS database programs.
• Non-restrictive Driver’s License and a vehicle to commute between multiple campuses in the area.
  
  

Top 3 Must-have Hard Skills

1 Certification – EHS (OSHA 30)

2 Construction experience working with general contractors (doesn’t have to be data center)