Site Safety Specialist

Job Title : Site Safety Specialist

Job Description

In this critical role, you will be responsible for ensuring safety and health compliance with applicable regulations and existing client and company standards. You will contribute to an environment where the health and safety of employees, clients, and contractors is prioritized and preserved. You will have the authority, responsibility, and expertise to develop and implement site-specific Safety Plans, monitor compliance, and audit safety performance at complex project sites. Ideal candidates will have experience in facility construction and capital project support for facility expansions. Experience in safety within a heating and air conditioning company is highly beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Routinely monitor safety performance to ensure compliance with company and client practices, procedures, regulatory requirements, and additional owner expectations.
• Interface with and support the construction management team by providing current safety performance data, including trends, incident management, metrics, and other key information to support informed decision-making.
• Facilitate safety communications, including meetings and notices, to ensure relevant information is shared on-site and with the corporate safety department.
• Conduct regular site safety walks with the client's safety management representative.
• Participate in site safety walks with clients and other contractors as appropriate.
• Immediately address any observed non-compliance or non-conformance and escalate to appropriate stakeholders.
• Participate in progress and schedule client trainings as requested.
• Evaluate and audit the Site-Specific Safety Plan for conformance to client and regulatory requirements.
• Ensure operational safety requirements are understood and followed.
• Support client safety initiatives as requested.
• Ensure appropriate PPE is available, properly used, maintained, and sanitized.
• Verify communication systems are in place and functioning.
• Participate in daily safety briefings with the project field team.
• Oversee maintenance of safety equipment and establish decontamination procedures.
• Exercise authority to stop work when imminent safety hazards or dangerous conditions are identified.
• Resume work only after receiving verification from the client's safety representative following a stop-work order.
• Conduct safety observations and audits.
• Investigate and resolve incidents and near misses.
• Maintain records including inspections, monitoring activities, incident and near miss investigations, and other documentation.
• Complete and maintain required training.
• Perform other duties or special projects as assigned.

Essential Skills

Additional Skills & Qualifications

Work Environment

Most of the data center work is in Southern Wisconsin. Candidates will be based out of the Deforest office, with the majority of their time traveling to various data centers. Projects are multi-year long. The company has not laid off employees in 100 years, indicating stability. They are experiencing growth across more markets, including a new office in Florida. The company offers excellent health insurance and benefits, a strong safety program, and the opportunity to implement new ideas. Depending on the project, the company provides a company credit card, lodging, a company vehicle, and a gas card. The role includes 15 days of PTO (accrued) plus paid holidays. It is a salaried position with potential overtime pay (1.5x) for working two or more weekends in a month, with typical workweeks of 40-45 hours.

Job Type & Location

This is a Contract to Hire position based out of Madison, WI.

Pay and Benefits

The pay range for this position is $35.00 - $45.00 / hr.

Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job

classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be

subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits

available for this temporary role may include the following :

Workplace Type

This is a fully onsite position in Madison,WI.

Application Deadline

This position is anticipated to close on Nov 17, 2025.

About Actalent

Actalent is a global leader in engineering and sciences services and talent solutions. We help visionary companies advance their engineering and science initiatives through access to specialized experts who drive scale, innovation and speed to market. With a network of almost 30,000 consultants and more than 4,500 clients across the U.S., Canada, Asia and Europe, Actalent serves many of the Fortune 500.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.

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