Safety Manager
US-TX-Brownsville
Job ID: 2026-6779
Type: Regular Full-Time
# of Openings: 1
Category: Field Operations
Brownsville
Overview
Work is well underway in Brownsville, TX! This is a Project-Specific Assignment (PSA) opportunity with the potential to transition into a full-time role based on project needs and performance.
At Shawmut Design and Construction, we take pride in the culture we’ve built as a 100% employee-owned company—one that’s been recognized with more than 100 Best Place to Work awards. We’ve been honored as a National Fortune Best Workplace, a Fortune Best Workplace for Women, Millennials, and Parents, and one of America’s Best Employers by Forbes—along with numerous regional recognitions across our 15 offices nationwide.
Here’s a glimpse into what we offer:
- Health, Dental, and Vision Insurance.
- Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) – Be an employee-owner!
- 401(K) with Company Match – Receive a company match up to 4% of your eligible pay.
- Generous Paid Time Off – vacation and sick time, 12 holidays, summer Fridays, and a yearly volunteer day.
- The Extras – Cell phone, laptop, tuition reimbursement, pet insurance, financial planning services, and more.
Responsibilities
- Set expectations, provide structure and create site specific programs and trainings (when necessary) for and with our superintendent and subcontractors
- Raise awareness of potential hazards that exist on the job-site with the Shawmut staff, subcontractors and the owner by reviewing what can be done to minimize risk from pre-construction through close-out.
- Conduct regular safety audits throughout the duration of the project assessing all safety related issues, communicating directly with team members to discuss concerns and perform the necessary follow up to meet Shawmut expectations
- Maintain the information technology and systems that are essential to capture and analyze key data, present reporting and communicate effectively while maintaining strong relationships with every member of the project team.
- Conduct new hire safety orientations for incoming construction operations staff as well as provide training on topics such as OSHA certification (10 & 30 hour), First Aid, construction specific requirements and new standards review.
Qualifications
- Minimum of 5 years experience in construction safety management or a related role with a general contractor
- Extensive knowledge of OSHA construction standards as well as an authorized OSHA 500 trainer
- Good working knowledge with construction safety software.
- Bachelors Degree required or equivalent experience preferred
- Must be First Aid and CPR qualified (or within 1 year of hire)
- Capable of delivering all other compliance based training including First Aid, CPR and Life Safety
- MUST be a commutable distance to Brownsville, Texas.
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