Construction Site Safety Manager - Virginia

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Your Job DEPCOM Power, a Koch Engineered Solutions company, is seeking a Project Safety Manager to lead health, safety, security, and environmental (HSSE) performance on utility-scale solar construction projects. This role will partner closely with project leadership and field teams to build safety capability, identify and mitigate risk, develop team members, and strengthen safety performance throughout project execution. Current Project Site Opportunities Potential Locations : Powhatan, Virginia Compensation : $90,000 - $120,000 Location subject to change based on business needs. Travel Requirements: This is a full-time, site-based position that includes daily per diem and home rotations approximately every 3-4 weeks. Our Team DEPCOM’s Project Delivery organization executes full-turnkey photovoltaic (PV) and battery energy storage system (BESS) projects, including collection substations and generation transmission lines. Our HSSE team partners across the organization to build capability in our people and resilience in our systems, helping prevent serious incidents while supporting safe and successful project execution. What You Will Do Lead the site safety team and partner with project leadership to establish expectations, identify and mitigate risk, build safety capability, and drive continuous improvement throughout project execution. Lead and develop a team of 1 to 2 Safety Specialists, providing day-to-day direction, coaching, feedback, and development while building individual and team capability. Ensure compliance with Koch and DEPCOM HSSE standards, applicable state and federal environmental and safety requirements, and contractual obligations. Build trusted, safety-focused relationships with customers, project leaders, employees, subcontractors, and other site partners through proactive communication and collaboration. Lead incident investigations, risk assessments, and corrective actions to address root causes, prevent recurrence, and improve site safety performance. Compile and analyze safety data to support informed decision-making and execution of site and organizational HSSE strategies. Who You Are (Basic Qualifications) Construction Health and Safety Technician (CHST) certification with 4 or more years of construction safety experience, or OSHA 500 certification with 5 or more years of construction safety experience. Experience directly supervising, leading, and developing employees in a construction, safety, or field-based environment. Experience applying construction safety practices, hazard recognition, risk assessment, and incident-prevention methods in field environments. Valid driver’s license. What Will Put You Ahead Experience supporting utility-scale solar, battery energy storage system, or other renewable energy construction projects. Experience working with state and federal safety and environmental requirements applicable to utility-scale construction projects. Certified Safety Professional (CSP) or another advanced Board of Certified Safety Professionals certification. NFPA 70E training or certification. Bachelor’s degree in occupational health and safety, environmental health, safety management, or a related field. For this role, we anticipate paying $90,000 - $120,000 per year. This role is eligible for variable pay, issued as a monetary bonus or in another form. At Koch companies, we are entrepreneurs. This means we openly challenge the status quo, find new ways to create value and get rewarded for our individual contributions. Any compensation range provided for a role is an estimate determined by available market data. The actual amount may be higher or lower than the range provided considering each candidate's knowledge, skills, abilities, and geographic location. If you have questions, please speak to your recruiter about the flexibility and detail of our compensation philosophy. Hiring Philosophy All Koch companies value diversity of thought, perspectives, aptitudes, experiences, and backgrounds. We are Military Ready and Second Chance employers. Learn more about our hiring philosophy here . Who We Are As a Koch Engineered Solutions company, DEPCOM Power is a leading energy solutions partner for the utility solar and broader energy industries, providing project development support, engineering, procurement and construction, energy storage, repowering and operations and maintenance services. Our highly skilled team of conventional and renewable power industry experts work to deliver the lowest cost of energy and the highest rate of return. At Koch, employees are empowered to do what they do best to make life better. Learn how our business philosophy helps employees unleash their potential while creating value for themselves and the company. Our Benefits Our goal is for each employee, and their families, to live fulfilling and healthy lives. We provide essential resources and support to build and maintain physical, financial, and emotional strength - focusing on overall wellbeing so you can focus on what matters most. Our benefits plan includes - medical, dental, vision, flexible spending and health savings accounts, life insurance, ADD, disability, retirement, paid vacation/time off, educational assistance, and may also include infertility assistance, paid parental leave and adoption assistance. Specific eligibility criteria is set by the applicable Summary Plan Description, policy or guideline and benefits may vary by geographic region. If you have questions on what benefits apply to you, please speak to your recruiter. Additionally, everyone has individual work and personal needs. We seek to enable the best work environment that helps you and the business work together to produce superior results. 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