
Traveling Safety Manager (Mission Critical)
Cincinnati, OHFull-time$157–225K/yrSeen todaySeen in employer's feed today
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Job overview
Shimmick is hiring a Traveling Safety Manager for a mission-critical data center campus project initially based in Point Pleasant, West Virginia. The role supports safety efforts on electrical infrastructure construction, including duct banks, grounding systems, power cabling, equipment installation, testing, and commissioning. The manager develops and maintains safety programs, monitors hazards, investigates incidents, advises on regulatory requirements, and may lead ES&H personnel.
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Overview
Join Shimmick as a Traveling Safety Manager and help lead safety efforts on a large-scale mission-critical project in Point Pleasant, WV. You'll work closely with field and project teams to promote a proactive safety culture, support operational excellence, and ensure work is performed safely and efficiently. This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to a high-profile project in one of the construction industry's fastest-growing sectors.
Project Monarch is a mission-critical data center campus development in Point Pleasant, West Virginia. Shimmick's scope includes construction of critical electrical infrastructure supporting the project, including underground electrical duct banks, grounding and bonding systems, medium-voltage infrastructure, power cabling, electrical equipment installation, testing, and commissioning. This opportunity offers the chance to contribute to a large-scale data center project supporting complex electrical and power distribution systems.
Backed by over 100 years of expertise and driven by innovation and an entrepreneurial spirit, Shimmick is one of the most dynamic infrastructure builders in the industry. With market leadership in water resources, sustainable transportation, and complex electrical construction, we’re well-positioned to lead during a time of rapid change. As project delivery models, regulatory frameworks, supply chains, and technology continue to evolve, our ability to stay flexible and agile in our project management approach is essential to our success.
Responsibilities
The responsibilities of this position include, but are not limited to the following:
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Under limited supervision, responsible for moderately complex technical work in a wide range of environmental, safety and health disciplines to achieve compliance with ES&H standards along with federal and state regulatory requirements.
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Maintains current knowledge of specific government agency requirements.
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Exhibits knowledge and applies the fundamental concepts, practices and procedures of their environmental specialty.
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Independently determines and develops approaches to solutions.
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Develops, implements and maintains safety and health programs, systems and procedures.
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Monitors and prevents hazards and diseases in the work area.
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Investigates accidents, injuries, and complaints concerning hazards in the workplace.
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Recommends improvements in processes, design, procedures and operating equipment to minimize hazards.
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Develops and conducts employee training, emergency preparedness and assures the quality of programs.
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Provides regulatory interpretation and technical advice.
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May act as a lead role for a team of ES&H specialists and/or support personnel.
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May administer an ES&H program on a small or medium-sized project.
Qualifications
Minimum Requirements:
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Bachelor’s Degree + 6 years of relevant experience or demonstrated equivalency of experience and/or education.
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Must be able to maintain 3 points of contact when climbing a ladder.
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Must have a valid driver's license.
Preferred Qualifications:
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10+ years of relevant experience in heavy civil, industrial, or large infrastructure construction.
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Knowledge of OSHA regulations and their application to construction safety programs.
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Competent Person certifications, including Confined Space, Fall Protection, and Trenching & Excavation.
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NFPA 70E Training Certificate.
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Knowledge of environmental compliance and stormwater pollution prevention requirements (SWPPP).
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OSHA 30, OSHA 500, and OSHA 510 certifications.
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CHST certification.
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STSC certification.
Additional Information:
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This is a traveling position initially based in Point Pleasant, West Virginia.
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Qualified applicants who are offered a position must pass a pre-employment substance abuse test.
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This position does not include sponsorship for a United States work authorization.
The salary range for this position is between $157,000.00 to $225,000.00 per year depending on experience and/or education, which includes a 25% per year uplift in base salary during the initial travel assignment in West Virginia. Additional incentives include a $3,500 per month living allowance, if eligible, and a 10% project completion bonus.
Shimmick's comprehensive benefits plan includes medical, dental and vision coverage; as well as options to participate in an FSA or HSA. The Company also provides employer paid STD, LTD, basic life and AD&D, and an Employee Assistance Program. Additional voluntary benefit offerings include pet insurance, hospital indemnity, critical illness insurance, legal and identity theft protection.These benefits are available to all employees working more than 20 hours per week. Employees working less than 20 hours per week are eligible for medical, dental and vision coverage as well as EAP services
NOTICE TO THIRD PARTY AGENCIES:
Please note that Shimmick does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters or employment agencies. In the absence of a signed Recruitment Fee Agreement, Shimmick will not consider or agree to payment of any referral compensation or recruiter fee. In the event a recruiter or agency submits a resume or candidate without a previously signed agreement, Shimmick explicitly reserves the right to pursue and hire those candidate(s) without any financial obligation to the recruiter or agency. Any unsolicited resumes, including those submitted to hiring managers, are deemed to be the property of Shimmick.
AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY/AFFIRMATIVE ACTION EMPLOYER
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.
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ID 2026-3145
Category Safety, Health & Environment
Type Full Time
How this job compares
Set against the 1,053 open Safety Manager jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 28, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$157–225K/yr
- Ohio median$103–141K/yr20 salary ranges
- US median$102–130K/yr593 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $191K, is 62% above the Ohio median midpoint ($118K) — in the top quarter of Safety Manager salary ranges in Ohio.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 66 open Safety Manager jobs in Ohio and 1,053 across the US. 3% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Ohio
- Gilbane Building Company5 open
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- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 6 years of experience; Safety Manager postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years at the median (849 postings).
- Education
- 328 of the 1,053 open Safety Manager jobs (31%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 28, 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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