Job Title: Construction and Safety Manager
Location: 100% on-site
Experience: 8-10 years - must have CA experience
Local candidates only
Construction & Safety Manager
Location: San Jose, CA
Overview
Responsible for construction management, safety, and quality on capital projects (retrofit/expansion of existing facilities, clean room installation, and equipment installation for semiconductor R&D cleanrooms) managed by a general contractor. Project budget ≈ $25 million; 8-month schedule. On-site presence required to coordinate daily with contractors and safety/quality personnel.
Job Responsibilities
- Oversee construction sites, general contractors, and workers to ensure a high level of safety and quality, with a goal of zero safety incidents on all projects.
- Partner with safety and quality managers to address and resolve safety and quality concerns; coordinate with the contractor, EHS, and the project team to ensure timely reporting of incidents and near misses; participate in investigations, develop corrective actions, and verify their effectiveness.
- Manage day-to-day coordination of construction activities, ensuring contractor efficiency.
- Ensure all work is performed in accordance with approved project specifications and procedures; identify deviations from plans and implement corrective actions as required.
- Coordinate Change Management with Project Management—review contractor justifications, estimates, and complete change order negotiations for review and approval by project stakeholders.
- Review and manage the progress of contractors’ construction schedules in coordination with project management.
- Review weekly and monthly reports on contract status and progress, including project costs and potential changes, in coordination with project management.
- Coordinate project updates, including safety and quality meetings as needed.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure seamless project coordination
- Support the general contractor’s permitting efforts, including coordination between the engineer of record and the authority having jurisdiction, as well as coordination of all required building inspections.
- Conduct quality assurance inspections during and after completion of work to ensure compliance with customer-specific requirements
- Support the project on-boarding process for contractors, their crews and other team members
- Drive the safety program, including incident and near-miss investigation, root-cause analysis, and corrective-action tracking and verification; coordinate with the contractor, EHS, and project team to ensure timely closure and documentation.
- Provide KPI information (construction hours, safety metrics, etc.) and construction progress reporting to project management per an internally agreed cadence.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Qualifications / Skills:
- Knowledge of construction technology, safety, and quality principles.
- Experience with commercial building construction, clean room construction, and installation of chemical production processes.
- Ability to conduct risk assessments and implement mitigation plans.
- Conceptual planning ability.
- Conflict management and critical-thinking skills.
- Leadership ability.
- Multi-tasking capability.
- Strong communication, meeting, and presentation skills.
Education, Experience, and Licensing Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree in civil engineering, construction management, architecture, or a related discipline, or equivalent experience.
- 10+ years of experience as a construction manager with experience across commercial building construction, clean room construction, and installation of chemical production processes.
- Proficiency with MS Office Suite.
- OSHA 30 certification (minimum).
- Experience interpreting ASME, ACI, Building Construction and Owner Standards and Procedures.
- Experience with accident investigations and reports.
- First Aid and CPR Certification.