Safety Manager - Melbourne, FL

Construction Safety Manager

📍 Location: Melbourne, FL

📅 Duration: 18 Months (Immediate Need)

📋 Type: 1099 Contractor

Compensation & Schedule

💰 Pay Rate: $56/hr

🏨 Per Diem: $125/Day (7 Days Per Week for Candidates Residing 50+ Miles From Project)

🎯 Completion Bonus: $150/month

💵 Pay Frequency: Weekly

⏰ Schedule: Monday-Saturday | 10-12 Hour Days

📈 60+ Hours Per Week

Why This Opportunity?

Join a General Contractor supporting the ground-up construction of a 1.9-million-square-foot Amazon distribution center in Melbourne, FL. This is an 18-month opportunity providing comprehensive construction safety oversight on a large-scale commercial/industrial project from active construction through later project phases.

The project consists of a conventional structural steel building with tilt-up concrete construction and extensive MEP installation. The Construction Safety Manager will provide field safety leadership across multiple subcontractors and trades while supporting high-risk activities including steel erection, concrete operations, crane and rigging activities, elevated work, heavy equipment operations, and MEP construction.

This role is ideal for an experienced GC safety professional who is comfortable managing safety across multiple trades simultaneously on a fast-paced, large-scale project.

Required Qualifications

Candidates must meet one of the following qualification paths:

✔ 4-Year Degree in Occupational Safety, EHS, Construction Safety, or related field

OR

✔ BCSP Certification such as CHST, ASP, CSP, or equivalent designation

OR

✔ OSHA 500 Certification with 6+ years of construction safety experience

Preferred Qualifications

⭐ General Contractor safety experience

⭐ Amazon construction project experience

⭐ Large-scale distribution center, warehouse, or industrial construction experience

⭐ Structural steel erection safety experience

⭐ Tilt-up concrete construction experience

⭐ MEP construction safety experience

⭐ Crane and rigging safety experience

⭐ Experience managing safety across multiple subcontractors simultaneously

What You'll Be Doing

• Provide daily safety leadership for the General Contractor across the project

• Maintain a highly visible field presence throughout the 1.9M SF construction site

• Provide safety oversight across multiple subcontractors and active trades

• Conduct routine site inspections, audits, observations, and hazard assessments

• Monitor structural steel erection and ironworker activities

• Provide safety oversight for tilt-up concrete construction and related operations

• Monitor crane, rigging, hoisting, and material handling activities

• Support mechanical, electrical, and plumbing (MEP) construction activities

• Monitor fall protection, elevated work, scaffolding, and aerial lift operations

• Oversee heavy equipment and mobile equipment interaction throughout the site

• Review Job Hazard Analyses (JHAs), permits, lift plans, and pre-task plans

• Identify unsafe conditions and drive timely corrective actions

• Coordinate safety expectations with project management, superintendents, subcontractors, and craft personnel

• Participate in incident investigations, root cause analyses, and corrective action implementation

• Maintain required safety documentation, inspection records, and compliance reports

• Provide field coaching and reinforce safe work practices throughout all phases of construction

Technical Knowledge

Candidates should have working knowledge of:

• OSHA Construction Standards

• General Contractor Safety Management

• Large-Scale Ground-Up Construction

• Structural Steel Erection

• Tilt-Up Concrete Construction

• MEP Construction Safety

• Crane & Rigging Operations

• Lift Planning & Material Handling

• Fall Protection & Elevated Work

• Scaffolding

• Aerial Lifts & MEWPs

• Heavy Equipment & Mobile Equipment

• Excavation & Trenching

• Electrical Construction Safety

• Hot Work & Welding Operations

• Job Hazard Analysis (JHA)

• Pre-Task Planning

• Subcontractor Safety Management

• Incident Investigation & Root Cause Analysis

• Construction Risk Assessment & Mitigation

What Success Looks Like

The ideal candidate is an experienced, field-focused construction safety professional who can effectively oversee multiple trades and subcontractors across a massive ground-up construction project.

Success in this role requires maintaining a strong field presence, anticipating hazards as the project progresses through steel, concrete, and MEP phases, effectively engaging with subcontractors and project leadership, and driving consistent safety expectations across a 1.9-million-square-foot jobsite.

Apply Today

Qualified candidates should submit a resume for immediate review.

Please ensure your resume clearly identifies your qualifying 4-year safety degree, BCSP certification, or OSHA 500 certification with 6+ years of construction safety experience.

Candidates with experience supporting General Contractors, Amazon projects, large distribution centers, structural steel, tilt-up concrete, MEP construction, crane and rigging operations, or large-scale ground-up construction should clearly identify those project scopes on their resume.

Interviews are actively being scheduled for qualified candidates.