Safety Manager - Paducah, TX

Construction Safety Manager

📍 Location: Paducah, TX 📅 Duration: 10 Months (Start: Immediate Need) 📋 Type: 1099 Contractor

Compensation & Schedule

💰 Pay Rate: $57/hr 🏨 Per Diem: $125/Day (7 Days Per Week) 🎯 Completion Bonus: $150/month 💵 Pay Frequency: Weekly ⏰ Schedule: Monday-Saturday | 60 Hours Per Week | 1st Shift 📈 Additional Schedule Details: Consistent overtime supporting utility and substation construction activities.

Why This Opportunity?

Join an electrical contractor supporting a substation construction project in Paducah, TX. Project scope includes electrical distribution systems, electrical transmission infrastructure, substation equipment installation, utility construction, and energized electrical work activities.

The Construction Safety Manager will provide daily field safety oversight for utility construction crews, electricians, subcontractors, and supervision while ensuring compliance with OSHA standards and project-specific safety requirements.

Required Qualifications

✔ BCSP Credential Required (CHST Minimum) ✔ Minimum 5+ Years of Field Construction Safety Experience ✔ Electrical Construction Safety Experience Required

Preferred Qualifications

⭐ Utility Construction Experience ⭐ Electrical Distribution Experience ⭐ Electrical Transmission Experience ⭐ Substation Construction Experience ⭐ NFPA 70E Experience ⭐ ASP, CSP, OHST, or Other Advanced BCSP Credential

What You'll Be Doing

• Provide daily field safety oversight for substation construction activities
• Maintain a highly visible presence throughout active work areas
• Conduct routine site inspections, audits, observations, and hazard assessments
• Monitor electrical installation, utility construction, material handling, and equipment 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
• Electrical Construction Safety
• Substation Construction Activities
• Electrical Distribution Systems
• Electrical Transmission Infrastructure
• NFPA 70E Electrical Safety Practices
• Lockout/Tagout (LOTO)
• Energized Work Planning
• Utility Construction Safety
• 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 utility, transmission, distribution, and substation construction projects.

Success in this role requires maintaining a strong field presence, proactively identifying hazards, effectively communicating with craft personnel and supervision, and ensuring electrical construction 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 types you have supported. Experience with substations, transmission, distribution, utility construction, NFPA 70E, energized work, hazard assessments, JHAs, and field safety oversight should be clearly identified.

Interviews are actively being scheduled for qualified candidates.