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Safety Professional III

Gilbane Building Company

Arlington, VAFull-time$97–122K/yrSeen todayStill listed today

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At a glance

Compensation
$97–122K/yr
Location
Arlington, VA
Schedule
Full-time
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Job overview

Gilbane Building Company seeks a Safety Professional III to support safety efforts on a single project with more than 250 workers or high-hazard work. The role promotes safety culture, monitors contractor compliance, provides training, investigates incidents, and coaches team members. A bachelor’s degree in Occupational Safety Management or Engineering is preferred, along with 3–5 years of construction safety management experience and a BCSP credential or equivalent education and experience.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Construction Safety, nice to haveOSHA Regulations, nice to haveHazard Identification, nice to haveMicrosoft Office, nice to haveWritten Communication, nice to haveVerbal Communication, nice to haveInterpersonal Skills, nice to have

Qualifications

Bachelor's in Occupational Safety Management or Engineering, nice to have3+ Years Construction Safety Management Experience, nice to haveBCSP Credential or Equivalent Education and Experience, nice to have

Benefits

Medical Insurance
401(k) Match

Full job description

Overview

Are you looking for a highly rewarding opportunity that provides extensive career growth opportunity? Gilbane is seeking a Safety Professional III to support all safety efforts on a single project with >250 workforce or high hazard work.

Who are we?

As a Top-10 ENR Contractor, Gilbane is a family-owned business with 45 offices that has been shaping communities since 1870. Consistently recognized as one of the most reputable construction management firms in the country, Gilbane is committed to delivering projects safely and on-time. You will have the opportunity to build schools, labs, hospitals, corporate offices, sports arenas and more!

We are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

Who are you?

You are someone who acts inclusively, showing empathy and treating others with respect and dignity in order to uphold Gilbane’s core value of Caring and “People First” workplace culture. You seek to listen in order to understand and can convey information clearly. You’re a strong problem solver who can identify, prioritize, and implement alternatives for solutions, and you demonstrate adaptability by collaborating with others and supporting team members to achieve excellence. A self-starter who shows passion, commitment, and ownership all while delivering on business outcomes and driving results. You’re someone who identifies opportunities for new and improved ways of doing things that result in value-add solutions.

Your core values match Gilbane’s: Integrity, Caring, Teamwork, Toughmindedness, Dedication to Excellence, Discipline, Loyalty, and Entrepreneurship.

What’s in it for you?

Gilbane offers employees multi-dimensional training opportunities through a number of resources. While managing your responsibilities to projects, you will be able to enroll in trainings through our award-winning Gilbane University to build leadership and technical skills. In addition, you would work with an experienced team which provides you with the opportunity to learn new industry skills every day. You will protect and promote the interests of both Gilbane and the client in all matters as well as demonstrating the personal characteristics of a developing leader.

Responsibilities

  • Promotes the Gilbane Cares safety culture

  • Ensures contractor activities are preplanned for safety through scope review, preconstruction meetings, JHA review, STAs, etc.

  • Ensures contractors meet Gilbane safety submittal requirements

  • Ensures contractor compliance with Gilbane safety plan & expectations

  • Maintains all safety related documentation

  • Makes recommendations concerning situations hazardous to employee safety or health

  • Utilizes SafetyNet to audit and monitor project team implementation of the Safety Plan

  • Performs at least 15 SafetyNet inspections per month with at least 100 observations in each inspection

  • Provides safety training to project teams on Gilbane, client, and OSHA requirements

  • Investigates all accidents/near misses and completes all paperwork required

  • Ensures project teams have safety equipment and resources

  • Serves as project liaison and manages project correspondence with Insurance carriers

  • Maintains all safety related documentation

  • Coaches and mentors less experienced team members

  • Supports a positive and inclusive work environment

Qualifications

EXPERIENCE/EDUCATION

  • Bachelor’s degree in Occupational Safety Management or Engineering preferred

  • 3-5 years of construction safety management experience

  • BCSP credential

  • Or equivalent combination of education and experience

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES

  • Proficient knowledge of construction safety principles, techniques, and methods

  • Practical knowledge of OSHA laws, regulations, and policies

  • Capable of identifying known potential exposures and recommending corrective action

  • Strong computer skills and familiarity with the Microsoft Office suite

  • Strong written and verbal communication skills

  • Strong interpersonal skills

Salary to be determined based on factors such as geographic location, skills, education, and/or experience of the applicant, as well as the internal equity and alignment with the team.

For (Arlington, VA) this ranges from $97,000-$122,000 plus benefits and retirement program.

Gilbane offers an excellent total compensation package which includes competitive health and welfare benefits and a generous profit-sharing/401k plan. We invest in our employees’ education and have built Gilbane University into a top training organization in the construction industry. Qualified applicants who are offered a position must pass a pre-employment substance abuse test.

Gilbane is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, color, national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status, or disability status. Click here to view the physical demands and working conditions required to perform this role. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential job functions.

Note to Recruiters, Placement Agencies, and Similar Organizations: Gilbane does not accept unsolicited resumes from agencies. Please do not forward unsolicited agency resumes to our jobs alias, website, or to any Gilbane employee. Gilbane will not pay fees to any third party agency or firm and will not be responsible for any agency fees associated with unsolicited resumes. Unsolicited resumes received will be considered property of Gilbane and will be processed accordingly.

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How this job compares

Set against the 682 open Construction Safety jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 10, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$97–122K/yr
  • Virginia median$92–126K/yr20 salary ranges
  • US median$94–125K/yr221 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $110K, is 4% above the Virginia median midpoint ($105K) — in the middle half of Construction Safety salary ranges in Virginia.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 37 open Construction Safety jobs in Virginia and 682 across the US. 5% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Virginia
Experience
Construction Safety postings that state a minimum ask for 4 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 2 to 7 years (491 postings).
Education
70 of the 682 open Construction Safety jobs (10%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 10, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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