Job Description
Job Title: Senior Site Safety Specialist
Location: Indianapolis, IN
Hire Type: Open-Ended Contract | Onsite
Target Pay Rate: $55.00 – $65.00/hour
Hire Type: Open-Ended Contract | Onsite
Target Pay Rate: $55.00 – $65.00/hour
Benefits: PTO, paid holidays, BCBS medical plans, dental/vision coverage, 401(k), and ESOP
Must-Have Skills:
- OSHA-regulated safety program experience in pharmaceutical or chemical manufacturing
- Lockout/Tagout (LOTO) program implementation
- Confined Space safety and permit administration
- Electrical Safety / NFPA 70E knowledge
- Incident investigation and root cause analysis
- Contractor safety management
- Strong field presence in industrial or GMP manufacturing environments
Job Summary:
Our client is seeking an experienced Site Safety Specialist to support occupational health and safety compliance activities during site startup, commissioning, and qualification (C&Q) operations at a pharmaceutical manufacturing facility in the Indianapolis area. This individual will partner closely with the site EHS team to ensure OSHA and internal safety standards are effectively implemented and maintained during the transition from construction into GMP manufacturing operations. The role requires strong field engagement, hands-on safety execution, and the ability to apply regulatory requirements in a practical manufacturing environment.
Job Duties:
- Provide day-to-day safety support during startup, commissioning, and qualification activities
- Support implementation and compliance of OSHA-regulated safety programs
- Conduct field safety observations, audits, inspections, and risk assessments
- Investigate incidents, deviations, and near misses using root cause analysis methodologies
- Support contractor safety activities including orientations, compliance audits, and escalation of safety concerns
- Ensure safety documentation remains inspection-ready and compliant with internal and regulatory standards
- Enforce Stop-Work Authority when unsafe conditions or behaviors are identified
- Partner with operations, engineering, and project teams to support safe startup execution
- Support regulatory readiness and interface with HSE-related agencies as needed
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Occupational Health & Safety, Industrial Hygiene, Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, or related discipline; or equivalent industry experience
- Minimum 5 years of safety experience in pharmaceutical, chemical, or industrial manufacturing environments
- Experience supporting OSHA-regulated safety programs, including:
- Lockout/Tagout (29 CFR 1910.147)
- Permit-Required Confined Space (29 CFR 1910.146)
- Electrical Safety / NFPA 70E
- Fall Protection (29 CFR 1926.502)
- Contractor HSE Management
- Experience working in contractor-dense industrial environments
- Strong understanding of GMP manufacturing environments preferred
- Excellent communication, documentation, and problem-solving skills
- Ability to maintain strong field presence in a fast-paced startup environment
Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or genetic information.
Numbers & Facts
| Location | Lebanon, IN |
| Industry | Staffing/Employment Agencies |
| Salary | $55–$65 Per Hour |
| Company Size | 500 to 999 employees |
| Year Founded | 1969 |
| Website | http://www.sterling-engineering.com |
About Company
Sterling Engineering has been a trusted partner for engineering, project management, and staffing solutions for over five decades. We provide exceptional engineering/technical recruitment and engineering project services to clients nationwide:
- Engineering & Technical Recruitment - With our focus on engineering, technical, and IT, Sterling has the in-depth knowledge, industry expertise, and robust employee pipeline it takes to rapidly find talent for even the most difficult to fill positions. Sterling’s extensive recruitment methodology allows us to engage the most talented employees in the marketplace. We offer exciting work and career-building opportunities for our candidates, along with expert support at every step of the process.
- Engineering Project Services – Our experienced, multi-disciplined team of project managers, engineers, and designers, led by licensed Professional Engineers (PE), provide project management, engineering, design, and Commissioning, Qualification, and Validation (CQV) to manufacturing, OEM, and R&D customers. We work on complex, highly technical projects across a number of industry sectors, and our ability to scale and seamlessly integrate at multiple levels of your organization is what differentiates us.
Sterling offers a unique combination of engineering solutions and Best of Staffing level service to help our clients and talent achieve their goals.
Skills
- Biotech and Pharmaceuticalunmatched
- Chemical Engineeringunmatched
- Chemistryunmatched
- Commissioningunmatched
- Communication Skillsunmatched
- Constructionunmatched
- Documentationunmatched
- Drug Manufacturingunmatched
- Electricityunmatched
- GMP (Good Manufacturing Practices)unmatched
- Groundskeepingunmatched
- Industrial Hygieneunmatched
- Maintain Complianceunmatched
- Manufacturingunmatched
- Manufacturing Operationsunmatched
- National Electrical Codeunmatched
- OSHAunmatched
- OpenHireunmatched
- Problem Solving Skillsunmatched
- Regulationsunmatched
- Regulatory Complianceunmatched
- Regulatory Requirementsunmatched
- Risk Analysisunmatched
- Root Cause Analysisunmatched
- Safety Complianceunmatched
- Safety Standardsunmatched
- Safety/Work Safetyunmatched
- Startupunmatched
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