What are the responsibilities and job description for the Safety Advisor position at Velocity Safety Advisors?
Construction Safety Advisor (CHST/ASP/CSP), Indianapolis, IN
Full-Time | Field-Based | W-2 | Local, home every night | Paid overtime
Benefits: Health, Dental, Vision, PTO, 401K
Project: Long-term construction project with steady work you can count on
Schedule: Typically, 50 hours/week with paid OT
Velocity Safety Advisors is hiring a hands-on Safety Coordinator to lead safety on a long-term Indianapolis construction project. This isn't a clipboard role. You'll be a trusted advisor in the field, helping project teams spot risk, solve problems, and build a safer jobsite.
What You'll Do
- Provide hands-on safety coordination and field support to clients, managers, supervisors, and field personnel.
- Conduct safety audits, inspections, behavioral observations, and risk assessments.
- Identify hazards and develop practical corrective and preventative actions.
- Assist with JHAs, JSAs, site-specific safety plans, and emergency response planning.
- Lead safety meetings, toolbox talks, orientations, Safety Stand Downs, and employee training.
- Assist with injury, illness, near-miss, property damage, and general liability investigations.
- Monitor compliance with OSHA, DOT, EPA, federal, state, local, and client-specific requirements.
- Communicate regulatory and company requirement changes to field and management teams.
- Coordinate safety requirements with subcontractors, vendors, and third-party personnel.
- Develop professional safety reports, correspondence, recommendations, and corrective-action documentation.
- Build strong client relationships while providing objective, practical, and solutions-focused safety guidance.
- Help clients develop proactive strategies to reduce incidents and continuously improve safety performance.
What We're Looking For
- Minimum of 3 years of construction safety industry experience required, with demonstrated field-based experience supporting construction projects and high-hazard work environments.
- Strong working knowledge of OSHA and applicable safety regulations.
- Excellent communication, presentation, organizational, and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to independently assess risk, prioritize responsibilities, and make sound safety decisions.
- Demonstrated ability to positively influence supervisors, managers, and field personnel.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office and electronic safety management systems is preferred.
- Ability to apply at least five years of construction safety experience to field coordination, hazard recognition, corrective actions, and project-team support.
Required and Preferred Credentials
- CHST, ASP, or CSP
- OSHA 510 or OSHA 30 (completed within the last 2 years
- CPR/First Aid/AED Certification (or willingness to obtain)
- Valid driver's license and satisfactory driving record
The Right Candidate
We're looking for more than a clipboard inspector.
The ideal candidate is a field leader and trusted advisor who can identify a problem, explain why it matters, and help develop a solution that works in the real world.
You should be comfortable engaging employees, coaching behaviors, challenging unsafe practices, working alongside project leadership, and representing Velocity Safety Advisors and our clients with professionalism and integrity.
We value safety professionals who lead through influence, build trust, communicate effectively, solve problems, and understand the realities of field operations.
Most importantly, you understand that compliance is the foundation—not the finish line.
Employment Requirements
Candidates must be willing to successfully complete applicable:
- Background check
- Pre-employment drug screening
- Certification and qualification verification
- Valid driver's license and satisfactory driving record
- Client-specific onboarding requirements
Why Velocity
If you're ready to put your knowledge, experience, and leadership to work helping organizations build safer, stronger workplaces, we want to hear from you.
At Velocity Safety Advisors, our coordinators don't simply identify problems—they help clients solve them.
Bring your experience. Bring your expertise. Bring your leadership.
Apply today or submit your resume: Careers@velocitysa.com
Velocity Safety Advisors
Safety Expertise. Field Leadership. Practical Solutions. Real Impact.
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Pay: From $50.00 per hour
Expected hours: 45.0 – 60.0 per week
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- Dental insurance
- Disability insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Health insurance
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Vision insurance
Work Location: In person
Salary : $50