Owner’s Representative Safety Manager - Ridgeville, SC
Required skills
- BCSP Credential
- CHST
- CSP
- Construction Safety Experience
- Data Center Construction Experience
- Owner's Representative
- Owner-Side Safety Oversight
- General Contractors
- Subcontractors
- Multiple Trades
Nice to have
- Critical Lift Oversight Experience
- Owners
- Developers
- Mission-Critical End Users
Role summary
Seeking an Owner's Representative Safety Manager for a 6-month, 1099 contract role in Ridgeville, SC, supporting night shift operations on a mission-critical data center construction project. The role requires independent safety oversight of general contractors, subcontractors, and multiple trades, ensuring adherence to owner expectations, safety standards, and risk management objectives. Key responsibilities include conducting audits, risk assessments, monitoring specific construction activities like structural steel installation and critical lifts, and tracking safety metrics. A BCSP credential (CHST or CSP) and significant construction safety experience, particularly in data centers and owner-side oversight, are mandatory.
Owner's Representative Safety Manager (Night Shift)
📍 Location: Ridgeville, SC
📅 Duration: 6 Months (Immediate Need)
📋 Type: 1099 Contractor
Compensation & Schedule
💰 Pay Rate: $80/hr
🏨 Per Diem: $150/Day (7 Days Per Week)
🎯 Completion Bonus: $150/month
💵 Pay Frequency: Weekly
⏰ Schedule: Monday-Friday | Night Shift | 7:00 PM - 3:00 AM | 40 Hours Per Week
📈 Additional Schedule Details: Owner-side assignment supporting mission-critical construction activities during night operations.
Why This Opportunity?
Represent the owner on a large-scale mission-critical data center construction project in Ridgeville, SC. Project scope includes structural steel installation, pipe setting, critical lift operations, material handling activities, and multi-trade construction operations.
The Owner's Representative Safety Manager will provide independent safety oversight of general contractors, subcontractors, and multiple trades during night shift operations while ensuring construction activities align with owner expectations, project safety standards, and risk management objectives.
Required Qualifications
✔ BCSP Credential Required (CHST or CSP)
✔ Minimum 5-10 Years of Construction Safety Experience
✔ Data Center or Mission-Critical Construction Experience Required
✔ Previous Owner's Representative / Owner-Side Safety Oversight Experience on a Data Center Project Required
✔ Experience Providing Safety Oversight Across General Contractors, Subcontractors, and Multiple Trades
✔ Strong Knowledge of OSHA Construction Standards
✔ Experience Conducting Audits, Risk Assessments, and Contractor Performance Evaluations
Preferred Qualifications
⭐ Structural Steel Construction Experience
⭐ Critical Lift Oversight Experience
⭐ Rigging and Crane Operations Experience
⭐ Large Hyperscale Data Center Experience
⭐ Experience Working Directly for Owners, Developers, or Mission-Critical End Users
What You'll Be Doing
- Provide independent owner-side safety oversight during all night shift operations
- Monitor safety performance of general contractors, subcontractors, and trade partners
- Conduct safety audits, inspections, observations, and risk assessments
- Review contractor safety programs, AHAs, JHAs, lift plans, and corrective action plans
- Monitor steel erection activities, pipe installation operations, and critical lifts
- Identify systemic risks and emerging project safety concerns
- Work directly with owner representatives, contractor leadership, and project stakeholders
- Provide recommendations to improve project-wide safety performance
- Monitor compliance with project safety standards and owner expectations
- Participate in incident investigations and corrective action reviews
- Track safety metrics, trends, and contractor accountability measures
- Maintain required reports, observations, and owner safety documentation
Technical Knowledge
Candidates should have working knowledge of:
- Mission-Critical Data Center Construction
- Owner's Representative Safety Oversight
- OSHA Construction Standards
- Structural Steel Erection Activities
- Critical Lift Planning & Execution
- Rigging & Crane Operations
- Pipe Installation Activities
- Contractor Safety Management
- Safety Auditing & Compliance Reviews
- Construction Risk Assessment & Mitigation
- Activity Hazard Analyses (AHAs)
- Job Hazard Analyses (JHAs)
- Multi-Employer Worksite Safety Management
What Success Looks Like
The ideal candidate is a seasoned mission-critical safety professional with prior owner-side experience who can independently evaluate contractor performance and influence project-wide safety outcomes.
Success in this role requires proactive identification of risk, effective communication with project stakeholders, consistent contractor accountability, and ensuring structural steel, pipe installation, and critical lift activities are executed safely while supporting overall project 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 owner's representative safety oversight, data centers, structural steel, critical lifts, rigging operations, contractor management, risk assessments, AHAs, JHAs, and mission-critical construction.
Interviews are actively being scheduled for qualified candidates.
