Safety Professional - Columbus, Ohio

Safety Professional

📍 Location: Columbus, OH
📅 Duration: 1-2 Months (Start: ASAP)
📋 Type: 1099 Contractor

Compensation & Schedule

💰 Pay Rate: $55/hr
💵 Pay Frequency: Weekly
⏰ Schedule: Monday-Friday | Saturdays as Needed | 10-Hour Days
📈 Weekly Project Hours: 50-60 Hours Per Week

Why This Opportunity?

Join a large contractor supporting the construction of a hospital expansion in Columbus, OH. This opportunity provides hands-on field safety experience while working alongside experienced safety and construction professionals on a major construction project.

The Safety Professional will serve as a field safety representative supporting a structural steel crew, with particular emphasis on safety related to rigging, steel setting, and welding activities.

This opportunity is ideal for a motivated safety professional looking to continue building construction safety experience while supporting an active structural steel scope.

Required Qualifications

✔ OSHA 510 Certification
✔ Minimum 2 Years of Safety or EHS Experience
✔ Basic Construction Safety Knowledge
✔ Structural Steel Experience, including Rigging, Setting, and Welding
✔ Strong Communication and Relationship-Building Skills
✔ Positive Attitude and Team-Oriented Approach

What You'll Be Doing

• Provide field safety oversight for structural steel activities
• Maintain a visible safety presence throughout active work areas
• Support safety oversight involving rigging, steel setting, and welding activities
• Conduct routine safety observations and identify potential hazards
• Reinforce safe work practices with field personnel
• Support compliance with applicable construction safety requirements
• Communicate safety concerns with field personnel and project leadership
• Work closely with the structural steel crew to promote safe project execution

Technical Knowledge

Candidates should have working knowledge of:

• Construction Safety
• Structural Steel Safety
• Rigging Operations
• Steel Setting
• Welding Safety
• Fall Protection & Elevated Work
• Material Handling
• Field Hazard Recognition

What Success Looks Like

The ideal candidate is a field-focused safety professional with at least 2 years of safety or EHS experience and documented experience supporting structural steel activities involving rigging, setting, and welding.

Success in this role requires maintaining a strong field presence, recognizing hazards, communicating effectively with construction personnel, and supporting the safe execution of structural steel work throughout the hospital expansion project.

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. Experience with structural steel, rigging, steel setting, welding, OSHA 510, construction safety, and field safety oversight should be clearly identified.

Interviews are actively being scheduled for qualified candidates.