Construction EHS Manager

Post Date

Aug 27, 2025

Location

Rockville,
Maryland

ZIP/Postal Code

20850
US
Nov 01, 2025 Insight Global

Job Type

Contract

Category

Engineering (Non IT)

Req #

DC0-1d305978-e196-4a19-833e-6a33e05510fe

Pay Rate

$48 - $60 (hourly estimate)

Job Description

The Construction EHS Manager will be acting as a Construction Technical Authority (CTA) and is responsible for developing and executing strategies to prevent and manage construction-related risks. This includes ensuring full compliance with applicable standards and aligning with the most stringent requirements between those standards and local legislation.
- Risk Management Systems:
- Ensure robust systems and processes are in place to identify, assess, and control construction risks, including:
- Preconstruction EHS planning
- Oversight of construction EHS delivery
- Coordination with the host site during construction
- Preconstruction Planning & Strategy
- Lead preconstruction EHS planning efforts
- Contribute to contracting and procurement strategies
- Facilitate constructability reviews at regular intervals
- Provide input to the project execution strategy
- Support the definition of permitting and regulatory requirements
- Collaborate with the host site EHS team to define:
- Responsibility boundaries
- Project boundaries
- Emergency response protocols
- Permitting strategies
- Site Integration & Safety Systems
- Establish processes for transferring responsibility and implementing safe systems of work within a site-in-a-site model
- Initiate preconstruction EHS coordination with the design team to inform contractor selection
- Draft the preliminary construction safety plan for use in contractor selection
- Approve contractors based on construction EHS prequalification criteria
- Construction EHS Delivery Assurance
- Approve the contractor’s construction safety plan before work begins
- Ensure the safety schedule and performance noticeboard are in place prior to site activity
- Monitor contractor performance through:
- Biweekly assurance meetings
- Weekly safety schedule reviews
- Site inspections and system audits
- Evaluation of the contractor’s monitoring and auditing plan
- Regular reviews of the safety plan
- Agreement on benchmarking strategies
- Coordination with the Host Site
- Maintain ongoing communication with the host site to manage interfaces and clarify EHS responsibilities
- Ensure a system is in place for transferring care, custody, and control of completed assets back to the host site

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Required Skills & Experience

- YOE: 5+ in an oversight position
- Experience working in the field prior to and while being in an oversight role
- Experience as a contractor’s Construction Manager or Construction EHS Manager
- Clean Background and Drug Test

Nice to Have Skills & Experience

- Experience in a Biopharma/Manufacturing facility
- Experience working on a Greenfield building (concrete, structural, architectural finishing, HVAC, electrical) they might not have self-performed all those, but they were in a position of leadership for a greenfield end to end project.

Benefit packages for this role will start on the 31st day of employment and include medical, dental, and vision insurance, as well as HSA, FSA, and DCFSA account options, and 401k retirement account access with employer matching. Employees in this role are also entitled to paid sick leave and/or other paid time off as provided by applicable law.