Safety Representative - Nashville, TN
Nashville, TN, United StatesYesterday
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About the role
Field Construction Safety Representative
📍 Location: Nashville, TN | Vanderbilt University Campus
📅 Duration: 12+ Months (Start: Immediate Need)
📋 Type: 1099 Contractor
Compensation & Schedule
💰 Pay Rate: $56/hr
🏨 Per Diem: None
🎯 Completion Bonus: $150/month
💵 Pay Frequency: Weekly
⏰ Schedule: Monday-Friday | 1st Shift | 40 Hours Per Week
Why This Opportunity?
Join a plumbing and mechanical contractor supporting additions and commercial construction activities on the Vanderbilt University campus in Nashville, TN. Project scope includes plumbing, mechanical systems, piping, equipment installation, and associated commercial construction activities.
The Field Construction Safety Representative will provide onsite safety support through field observations, inspections, hazard identification, and reporting while working directly with craft personnel and field supervision.
Required Qualifications
✔ OSHA 30 Construction Certification
✔ Minimum 3+ Years of Commercial Construction Safety Experience
✔ Ability to Maintain a Strong Field Presence
Preferred Qualifications
⭐ Plumbing Construction Safety Experience
⭐ Mechanical Construction Safety Experience
⭐ Commercial Building Construction Experience
⭐ Higher Education / Campus Construction Experience
⭐ CHST, ASP, CSP, STSC, or Other BCSP Credential
⭐ Multi-Trade Construction Experience
What You'll Be Doing
- Provide daily field safety support for plumbing and mechanical construction activities
- Maintain a highly visible presence throughout active work areas
- Conduct routine site inspections, safety observations, audits, and hazard assessments
- Monitor plumbing, piping, mechanical equipment installation, and material handling activities
- Review JHAs, pre-task plans, permits, and applicable safety documentation
- Identify unsafe conditions and communicate findings to field supervision
- Track observations and support corrective action follow-up
- Provide field coaching and reinforce safe work practices with craft personnel
- Support project safety meetings and toolbox talks
- Assist with incident investigations and corrective actions
- Maintain required inspection records, observations, and safety reports
- Support compliance with OSHA and project-specific safety requirements
Technical Knowledge
Candidates should have working knowledge of:
- OSHA Construction Standards
- Commercial Construction Safety
- Plumbing Construction Activities
- Mechanical Construction Safety
- Piping Installation Activities
- Mechanical Equipment Installation
- Fall Protection & Elevated Work
- Aerial Lifts & MEWPs
- Material Handling Operations
- Job Hazard Analysis (JHA)
- Jobsite Safety Inspections & Observations
- Incident Investigation & Corrective Actions
- Construction Risk Assessment & Hazard Recognition
What Success Looks Like
The ideal candidate is a hands-on, field-focused safety professional with experience supporting commercial construction projects.
Success in this role requires maintaining a strong field presence, proactively identifying and reporting hazards, communicating effectively with craft personnel and supervision, and supporting safe plumbing and mechanical construction activities throughout the project.
Apply Today
Qualified candidates should submit a resume for immediate review.
Please ensure your resume clearly reflects experience with commercial construction, plumbing, mechanical construction, piping, jobsite inspections, field observations, hazard assessments, JHAs, OSHA compliance, and field safety oversight.
Interviews are actively being scheduled for qualified candidates.