Site Safety Manager III

Posted on April 7, 2026

Location

Madison, WI
1855

Position Details

Full-Time

Job Summary

Beacon Technologies is seeking an experienced Safety Manager to provide dedicated safety leadership and oversight during a planned outage at a coal fired generation facility. This role is responsible for implementing site specific safety expectations, supporting outage work activities, and ensuring compliance with OSHA regulations, company safety standards, and contractor safety requirements. The Safety Manager will work closely with plant leadership, outage management, and multiple contractors to promote a strong safety culture, proactively manage high risk work, and support safe execution of outage activities.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Serve as the onsite safety lead for outage activities, providing visible field presence and leadership.
  • Oversee contractors’ compliance with safety plans and procedures.
  • Provide safety oversight for high-risk outage work, including but not limited to:
    • Lockout/Tagout (LOTO)
    • Confined space entry
    • Hot work
    • Work at heights / fall protection
    • Heavy lifts and crane operations
    • Scaffold erection and use
    • Electrical safety and arc flash hazards
  • Conduct daily field observations, safety audits, and work area inspections.
  • Review and approve Job Safety Analyses (JSAs), permits, and task specific safety plans.
  • Facilitate daily safety meetings, toolbox talks, and pre job briefings.
  • Support contractor onboarding, site orientations, and badging processes as required.
  • Lead or support incident, near miss, and good catch investigations; develop corrective actions and lessons learned.
  • Track, document, and communicate safety performance, trends, and concerns to outage and plant leadership.
  • Actively work closely with contractor’s supervisors and craft personnel to reinforce safe behaviors and expectations.
  • Coordinate with plant operations, maintenance, and outage management to address changing conditions and emergent risks.

Required Qualifications:

  • Minimum 5 years of industrial or construction safety experience, preferably supporting power generation outages, turnarounds, or large industrial projects.
  • Demonstrated experience working in coal fired generation facilities or similar heavy industrial environments.
  • Strong working knowledge of OSHA regulations, with proven ability to apply requirements in the field.
  • Hands on experience with permit systems (LOTO, confined space, hot work).
  • Proven ability to work effectively with multiple contractors and large outage workforces.
  • Strong communication skills with the ability to engage craft workers, supervisors, and leadership.
  • Ability to work extended hours and adapt to changing outage schedules and priorities.

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Professional safety certification (e.g., CSP, ASP, CHST).
  • Experience working in an owner-representative role highly preferred.
  • Experience supporting outages with large contractor populations and multiple simultaneous work scopes.
  • Familiarity with learning-based safety approaches and proactive hazard identification.

Physical & Work Environment Requirements:

  • Ability to work in an active industrial environment, including exposure to noise, heat, dust, and uneven surfaces.
  • Ability to climb stairs and ladders, walk long distances, and perform field inspections.
  • Ability to wear required PPE, including FR clothing, hard hat, safety glasses, and respiratory protection as needed.

Why This Role Matters
This position plays a critical role in ensuring the safe execution of outage work that is essential to reliable power generation. The Safety Manager will have direct impact on protecting workers, supporting operational excellence, and reinforcing a strong safety culture during a high risk, high tempo period.

 

About Beacon Technologies

Are you looking to advance your career in information technology? Beacon Technologies offers career advancement opportunities, extensive training, and excellent benefits including paying for health and dental premiums for salaried employees. In addition to providing interesting opportunities, Beacon Technologies provides that old fashioned, personal touch, so you feel like a part of the Beacon team.

Beacon Technologies, Inc. is an equal employment opportunity employer with a functioning Affirmative Action Plan. It is the policy of Beacon Technologies, Inc. to ensure equal employment opportunity without discrimination or harassment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, marital status, citizenship, national origin, genetic information, ethnicity, ancestry, disability, medical condition, military and veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Beacon Technologies, Inc. prohibits any such discrimination or harassment.