Construction Safety Coordinator
📍 Location: Richmond, VA 📅 Start Date: ASAP 📋 Type: 1099 Contractor or Direct Hire W2
Compensation & Benefits
💰 Compensation: $42-45/hr (1099) | $65,000 - $85,000 Annually (W2) 🏨 Per Diem: $125/Day on seven days 🚚 Vehicle: Company Vehicle & Fuel Card Provided 🎯 W2 Bonus: Performance-Based Bonus Based on Individual and Company Performance 🏠 W2 Relocation: $5,000 🏥 W2 Benefits: Standard package
⏰ Schedule: Monday-Friday | 1st Shift | Approximately 40 Hours Per Week 📈 Additional Schedule Details: Approximately 3 days per week in the field and 2 days in the office. Position supports multiple projects throughout the Richmond area, with approximately 95% of work located within Virginia.
Why This Opportunity?
Join a General Contractor supporting healthcare, financial, corporate, light industrial, and ground-up commercial construction projects throughout the Richmond, VA market.
The Construction Safety Coordinator will provide field safety oversight across multiple active projects, conducting inspections and audits, supporting project teams, and helping ensure compliance with company, client, and OSHA safety requirements.
Required Qualifications
✔ OSHA 30 Construction Certification ✔ Minimum 3-5 Years of Commercial Construction Safety Experience ✔ Trenching & Excavation Safety Experience Required ✔ Confined Space Experience Required
Preferred Qualifications
⭐ General Contractor Safety Experience ⭐ Healthcare Construction Experience ⭐ Ground-Up Commercial Construction Experience ⭐ Light Industrial Construction Experience ⭐ CHST, ASP, CSP, STSC, or Other BCSP Credential ⭐ Multi-Project Safety Oversight Experience
What You'll Be Doing
- Provide safety support across multiple active construction projects
- Maintain a strong field presence through routine project site visits
- Conduct site inspections, safety audits, observations, and hazard assessments
- Monitor excavation, trenching, confined space, and general construction activities
- Review Job Hazard Analyses (JHAs), pre-task plans, permits, and safety documentation
- Identify unsafe conditions and coordinate corrective actions with project teams
- Provide safety coaching and reinforce safe work practices with field personnel
- Support project managers and superintendents with site-specific safety needs
- Participate in incident investigations and corrective action implementation
- Support employee orientations, toolbox talks, and safety meetings
- Maintain required inspection records, reports, and compliance documentation
- Promote consistent safety standards across all assigned projects
Technical Knowledge
Candidates should have working knowledge of:
- OSHA Construction Standards
- Commercial Construction Safety
- Excavation & Trenching Safety
- Confined Space Operations
- Ground-Up Construction
- General Contractor Safety Management
- Fall Protection & Elevated Work
- Aerial Lifts & MEWPs
- Job Hazard Analysis (JHA)
- Safety Audits & Compliance Inspections
- Incident Investigation & Corrective Actions
- Contractor Safety Management
- Construction Risk Assessment & Mitigation
What Success Looks Like
The ideal candidate is a hands-on, field-focused construction safety professional who is comfortable moving between multiple active projects and partnering directly with project management and field supervision.
Success in this role requires strong hazard recognition, effective field communication, consistent documentation, and the ability to support safe construction operations across a diverse portfolio of commercial projects.
Apply Today
Qualified candidates should submit a resume for immediate review.
Please ensure your resume clearly reflects experience with commercial construction, General Contractor safety, excavation, trenching, confined space, ground-up construction, jobsite inspections, JHAs, hazard assessments, and multi-project field safety oversight.
Interviews are actively being scheduled for qualified candidates.