Construction Field Safety Specialist

The selected candidate will serve as the owner’s safety presence across construction, commissioning, qualification, and validation—helping shape a “Zero Harm” culture while partnering with contractors and site leadership to proactively prevent incidents. This role is hands-on and highly collaborative: you’ll move confidently from field walkdowns and hazard recognition to coaching crews, leading incident investigations, and presenting expectations to senior stakeholders.

SG is recruiting a Construction Field Safety Specialist for a client in De Soto KS. The selected candidate will serve as the owner’s safety presence across construction, commissioning, qualification, and validation—helping shape a “Zero Harm” culture while partnering with contractors and site leadership to proactively prevent incidents. This role ishands-on and highly collaborative: you’ll move confidently from field walkdowns and hazard recognition to coaching crews, leading incident investigations, and presenting expectations to senior stakeholders. You’ll have the authority to stop work for imminent hazards and the influence to drive timely corrective actions that keep the project moving safely.

Pay $65/hour

Required Skills

• 5+ years of construction safety experience, including contractor oversight
• Proven ability to conduct field safety reviews, identify hazards, and recommend/drive corrective actions
• Experience leading or supporting incident investigations, including RCA and CAPA development through closure
• Strong working knowledge of OSHA and applicable state/local construction safety regulations
• Ability to coach, mentor, and counsel field teams while effectively engaging senior leadership
• Demonstrated time management and organizational skills across multiple priorities and deadlines
• Strong communication and presentation skills (from trade workers to upper leadership)
• Computer proficiency, including Microsoft Office (Excel)

Preferred Education and Experience

• BS in Occupational Safety, Construction Management, Engineering, or related field
  or equivalent related work experience
• Several years of field experience as a safety representative on new construction sites
• Field safety experience on pharmaceutical construction sites is a plus

Other Requirements

• OSHA 510 required
• OSHA 500 preferred
• OSHA 30 and OSHA 10 (expected/valued for this type of role)
• Ability to work onsite full-time in De Soto, KS
• Must be comfortable exercising authority to stop unsafe work, require corrective actions, and escalate concerns when needed
• May have opportunities to support Pharmaceutical and Biotechnology projects in other regions as business needs arise

Johnson Service Group, Inc. (JSG) is a North American leader in the staffing and consulting services industry, with over 35 years of experience investing in people and companies.

Johnson Service Group (JSG) is an Equal Opportunity Employer. JSG provides equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, marital status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

JSG offers medical, dental, vision, life insurance options, short-term disability, 401(k), weekly pay, and more. Johnson Service Group (JSG) is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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