Safety Tech - Tampa, FL

Safety Technician

📍 Location: Tampa, FL
📅 Duration: 2 Years (Start: ASAP)
📋 Type: 1099 Contractor

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Compensation & Schedule

💰 Pay Rate: $60/hr locals or $54/hr Traveler
⏱️ Overtime: Available based on project schedule
🏨 Per Diem: $175 (Travelers only)
🎯 Completion Bonus: $150/month
💵 Pay Frequency: Weekly
⏰ Schedule: Monday-Saturday | Approximately 48 Hours/Week
📈 Additional Schedule Details: Long-term assignment supporting the full duration of the project.

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Why This Opportunity?

Join a contractor supporting the new construction of two student housing buildings in Tampa, Florida. This opportunity provides hands-on safety oversight with a specialized focus on crane operations, rigging activities, and high-risk construction work throughout a multi-year project.

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Required Qualifications

✔ OSHA 500 or OSHA 510 Certification
✔ Current First Aid/CPR Certification
✔ Minimum 2+ years of crane safety experience
✔ Experience supporting active commercial construction projects
✔ Knowledge of crane operations, rigging practices, and lift planning
✔ Strong field safety presence and hazard recognition skills

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Preferred Qualifications

⭐ NCCCO Rigging Certification
⭐ Crane Institute of America Certification or equivalent
⭐ Crawler Crane Experience
⭐ Procore Proficiency
⭐ Commercial or multi-story building construction experience
⭐ CHST, ASP, CSP, or other BCSP credential

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What You'll Be Doing

• Provide daily field safety oversight for construction and crane-related operations
• Maintain a highly visible presence throughout active work areas
• Monitor crane activities, rigging operations, material handling, and critical lifts
• Conduct routine site inspections, audits, observations, and hazard assessments
• Review lift plans, Job Hazard Analyses (JHAs), and pre-task planning activities
• Ensure compliance with OSHA regulations and project-specific safety requirements
• Identify unsafe conditions and coordinate timely corrective actions
• Provide field coaching and reinforce safe work practices with craft personnel
• Coordinate safety activities with project management, supervision, and subcontractors
• Participate in incident investigations and corrective action implementation
• Maintain required safety documentation, inspection records, and compliance reports
• Promote a proactive safety culture throughout the project

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Technical Knowledge

Candidates should have working knowledge of:

• OSHA Construction Standards
• Crane Safety & Lift Planning
• Rigging Operations
• Critical Lift Procedures
• Crawler Crane Operations
• Material Handling Activities
• Fall Protection & Elevated Work
• Aerial Lifts & MEWPs
• Job Hazard Analysis (JHA)
• Incident Investigation & Corrective Actions
• Contractor Safety Management
• Construction Risk Assessment & Mitigation
• Procore Documentation & Project Management Systems

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What Success Looks Like

The ideal candidate is a hands-on, field-focused safety professional with experience supporting crane operations, rigging activities, and commercial construction projects.

Success in this role requires maintaining a strong field presence, proactively identifying hazards, effectively communicating with operators, riggers, and supervision, and ensuring lifting operations and construction activities are executed safely while supporting project productivity and schedule goals.

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Apply Today

Qualified candidates should submit a resume for immediate review.

Please ensure your resume clearly reflects experience related to crane safety, rigging operations, lift planning, commercial construction, and field safety oversight. Experience with crawler cranes, rigging, critical lifts, OSHA compliance, construction safety, and Procore should be clearly identified.

Interviews are actively being scheduled for qualified candidates.