Construction Safety Specialist (Manufacturing)

Location: On-site in Benson, North Carolina, United States. Full-time day shift with required ability to respond to nighttime incidents.

Company

Manufactures American rare-earth permanent magnets for defense, aerospace, automotive, and other critical industries, with a focus on national security and economic resiliency.

What you will do

• Design and implement the construction and contractor safety program, including enterprise-wide standards, contractor prequalification, safety scorecards, and contract safety provisions.
• Establish stop-work authority, escalation protocols, and independent incident investigation processes.
• Conduct risk-based site inspections covering structural steel, crane operations, hot work, and confined-space entry, and drive corrective actions to closure.
• Audit contractor job hazard analyses and incident reports against internal standards.
• Build a leading-indicator safety dashboard and verify stormwater and erosion-control compliance.
• Partner with factory engineering and general contractor leadership to embed EHS requirements into construction and future facility operations.

Requirements

• Experience in construction safety, preferably on large industrial, manufacturing, or DOD-related capital projects.
• Working knowledge of OSHA construction standards, job hazard analysis, and incident investigation methodology.
• Experience building and shaping safety programs with significant authority and autonomy.
• Strong communication skills and ability to build credibility with general contractor safety leadership.
• Completed OSHA 30-hour training.
• Must be a U.S. Person with access to U.S. export-controlled information or facilities.
• Valid driver's license and ability to work on the production floor, climb ladders and scaffolds, lift up to 35 pounds, and stand or walk for extended periods.
• Ability to complete fit testing, use respirators and other PPE, and work in hot, humid, noisy, or changing production environments.

Nice to have

• Bilingual communication skills.
• OSHA 510 certification.
• First aid, CPR, and AED certification.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time day-shift position during construction.
• Opportunity to establish safety standards that will serve as a template for future facilities nationwide.
• Regular participation in general contractor pre-shift meetings, safety committee meetings, and incident reviews.
• Required nighttime incident response and mobilization to the site when necessary.