Director, Construction Safety

Elk Grove, IL - USA

Monthly Salary: $ 170000 - 190000

Posted on: 31-10-2025

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Director Construction Safety

THE COMPANY:

STACK INFRASTRUCTURE (STACK) provides digital infrastructure to scale the worlds most innovative companies. We are an award-winning industry leader in building owning and operating highly efficient cost-effective wholesale colocation and cloud data centers. Each of our national facilities meets or exceeds the highest industry standards in all operational categories of availability security connectivity and physical resilience.

STACK offers the scale and geographic reach that rapidly growing hyperscale and enterprise companies need. The world runs on data. Data runs on STACK.

THE POSITION:

The Director of Construction Safety is a key role in developing a forward-thinking construction safety program that meets and exceeds regulatory requirements and best practices. As a subject matter expert in safety with a strong background in construction the successful candidate will be an effective communicative leader dedicated to relationship building and collaboration. A successful Director of Construction Safety has a passion for driving industry change and improving consistently. They do not accept the status quo and seek to implement improved processes and approaches to construction safety management.

Responsibilities

Provide support technical expertise and leadership to the Construction and Development teams within the Region.
Selection on-boarding and management of 3^rd party contract EHS professionals.
Lead and mentor Construction Safety Managers Regional Safety Managers and 3^rd party support staff.
Evaluate and qualify General Contractors; this will include on-going implementation and improvement of STACKs Vendor Qualification program.
Coordinate with leadership from General Contractors OFCI Vendors and other key sub-contractors to provide feedback on their EHS programs and performance where appropriate providing suggestions and setting expectations for program improvement.
Hold GC leadership accountable for timely reporting effective incident investigations and impactful follow-through related to corrective actions for all incidents. When needed work with them to improve their investigations and ensure corrective actions are implemented broadly. Act as escalation point for high-severity incidents.
Support and identify opportunities for industry-leading construction safety management initiatives.
Be the champion for the STACK SID process ensuring proper engagement and coordinating with key stakeholders to drive change.
Coordinate and collaborate with STACK project teams and various support teams throughout the Dirt to Delivery process.
Collaborate with Critical Operations to ensure a smooth and comprehensive project turnover.
Implement effective site and Contractor assessment strategies which help identify appropriate initiatives and improvements.
Leverage and analyze data and provide both written and verbal reports and presentations to leadership related to project and contractor safety performance.

THE DETAILS:

Location: In proximity of Chicago IL; Dallas TX; Denver CO or El Paso TX
Travel: Travel required up to 60%
Compensation: $170000-$190000 with 20% annual bonus potential
Benefits: Healthcare Dental Care Vision Insurance Life Insurance Paid Time Off Paid Leave Programs
Must be eligible to work in the United States
Must pass comprehensive background screening

MUST-HAVE QUALIFICATIONS:

Bachelors degree or equivalent experience in Construction Management Occupational Health & Safety Engineering or related field.
12 15 years experience with EHS in the construction industry preferablywith data center construction critical infrastructure or large projects.
Proficient with the management of high-risk activities including electrical safety excavation and ground disturbance fall protection mobile equipment and crane operations.
Experience in the evaluation integration and managementof contractors is required.
CHST ASP CSP or similar safety certification or leadership/management designations preferred.
Must have working knowledge of NFPA 70E 29 CFR1926 and environmental compliance.
A strong understanding of construction management and the role of an Owners Safety Representative.
Experience implementing EHS management systems (eg. ISO 14001 ISO 45001 ANSI Z10).
Expert in root cause analysis and implementation of corrective actions.
Experienced with the concepts of Safety in Design and able to facilitate key stakeholders including architects general contractors and projectmanagement to proactively identify opportunities to improve safety in the design and construction phases of a project.
Microsoft 365 suite fluency.

THIS MIGHT BE RIGHT FOR YOU IF:

You are a strong communicator you are persuasive and clear blending analytics with experience in decision-making.
You do not get flustered easily. You can juggle multiple priorities while balancing urgent requests with shifting timelines and deliverables.
You are a team builder. You take the time to understand and develop the strengths of your resources while formulating long-term plans for the growth and success of the team.
You are naturally curious and driven toward continual improvement. While you celebrate your successes you take time to review and analyze campaigns for future learning.

WHY STACK

We offer a competitive compensation package with strong benefits including medical dental and vision insurance a 401K program flexible spending accounts even a cell phone subsidy.
We foster a culture of appreciation including peer-to-peer recognition and rewards programs.
Fun is part of our DNA with events game nights happy hours and barbecues.
Were growing this is a great time to join and make an impact!
Benefits: Healthcare Dental Care Vision Insurance Life Insurance Paid Time Off Paid Leave Programs

Application Deadline: November 22 2025

STACK is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity and expression age national origin mental or physical disability genetic information veteran status or any other status protected by federal state or local law.

Note to external agencies: We are not accepting any blind submissions or resumes/cvs from recruitment agencies. Any candidates sent to STACK Infrastructure will not be accepted or considered as a submission without a signed agreement in place.

Job ID: 10192

Required Experience:

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Director Construction SafetyTHE COMPANY:STACK INFRASTRUCTURE (STACK) provides digital infrastructure to scale the worlds most innovative companies. We are an award-winning industry leader in building owning and operating highly efficient cost-effective wholesale colocation and cloud data centers. Ea...