Construction Site Safety Manager - Virginia

Your Job

DEPCOM Power, a Koch Engineered Solutions company, is seeking a Project Safety Manager to lead health, safety, security, and environmental (HSSE) performance on utility-scale solar construction projects.

This role will partner closely with project leadership and field teams to build safety capability, identify and mitigate risk, develop team members, and strengthen safety performance throughout project execution.

Current Project Site Opportunities

Potential Locations: Powhatan, Virginia

Compensation: $90,000 - $120,000

Location subject to change based on business needs.

Travel Requirements: This is a full-time, site-based position that includes daily per diem and home rotations approximately every 3-4 weeks.

Our Team

DEPCOM's Project Delivery organization executes full-turnkey photovoltaic (PV) and battery energy storage system (BESS) projects, including collection substations and generation transmission lines.

Our HSSE team partners across the organization to build capability in our people and resilience in our systems, helping prevent serious incidents while supporting safe and successful project execution.

What You Will Do


* Lead the site safety team and partner with project leadership to establish expectations, identify and mitigate risk, build safety capability, and drive continuous improvement throughout project execution.


* Lead and develop a team of 1 to 2 Safety Specialists, providing day-to-day direction, coaching, feedback, and development while building individual and team capability.


* Ensure compliance with Koch and DEPCOM HSSE standards, applicable state and federal environmental and safety requirements, and contractual obligations.


* Build trusted, safety-focused relationships with customers, project leaders, employees, subcontractors, and other site partners through proactive communication and collaboration.


* Lead incident investigations, risk assessments, and corrective actions to address root causes, prevent recurrence, and improve site safety performance.


* Compile and analyze safety data to support informed decision-making and execution of site and organizational HSSE strategies.

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)


* Construction Health and Safety Technician (CHST) certification with 4 or more years of construction safety experience, or OSHA 500 certification with 5 or more years of construction safety experience.


* Experience directly supervising, leading, and developing employees in a construction, safety, or field-based environment.


* Experience applying construction safety practices, hazard recognition, risk assessment, and incident-prevention methods in field environments.


* Valid driver's license.

What Will Put You Ahead


* Experience supporting utility-scale solar, battery energy storage system, or other renewable energy construction projects.


* Experience working with state and federal safety and environmental requirements applicable to ...