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Harder Mechanical Contractors

Builds mechanical systems for factories and buildings

Project Safety Manager

Full-TimeUpdated on 10/23/2026
No salary listed
Expert
Reno, NV, USA
In PersonProject work is on-site in Sparks, Nevada.
Facilities OperationsEnvironmental Health & Safety

About the job

Requirements
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint.
  • Professional qualifications and knowledge of fall protection systems, electrical safety, permit-required confined spaces, excavation, trenching and shoring, scaffolding, hazard communication, accident investigation, and reporting.
  • Ability to meet the essential functions and physical requirements, with or without reasonable accommodation.
  • At least 10 years of experience.
  • OSHA 30-hour training.
  • Extensive knowledge of state and local OSHA laws and regulations.
  • May be required to pass a security clearance investigation and applicable substance testing requirements.
  • OSHA 510 certification.
Responsibilities
  • Apply construction safety standards and regulations and work with project management and field supervision to ensure work is completed safely and to avoid risk of injury or harm.
  • Support incident prevention by inspecting the job site and equipment, providing on-site training, investigating incidents, authoring incident reports, and providing information on safety standards and work techniques.
  • Serve as the on-site Competent Person and perform frequent and regular inspections of the job site, materials, and equipment.
  • Oversee additional safety professionals assigned to the project.
  • Survey the job site and advise site superintendents and employees engaged in construction activities, including confined space, hazardous energy control, fall protection, and scaffolding.
  • Investigate incidents to determine origin, root cause, and contributing factors, and assist in preparing written evaluation reports of findings.
  • Conduct safety education activities to promote safety awareness, including daily and weekly Toolbox Talks and site-specific training courses.
  • Consult with technical specialists and program managers about work-process changes and proposed methods to eliminate unnecessary risks and control hazardous conditions.
  • Provide employees and managers with training to recognize hazards and perform their jobs safely and effectively.
  • Develop Activity (Job) Hazard Analyses for new major work processes and processes with the highest injury or illness rates.
  • Conduct Personal Protective Equipment assessments as needed.
  • Recommend measures and methods to correct safety deficiencies and investigate hazardous conditions, practices, and equipment to analyze hazards and possible remedial actions, including elimination, correction, or protection.
Desired Qualifications
  • Experience in the semiconductor industry.
  • Additional safety certifications such as CSP, CHST, or OHST.

About the company

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Harder Mechanical Contractors

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Harder Mechanical Contractors builds piping, heating, cooling and plumbing systems for industrial plants, commercial buildings and semiconductor facilities across the western United States. It handles high-purity piping used in chip production and installs complete process systems, from equipment placement to the connections that carry liquids and gases. Its teams combine design coordination, fabrication and field installation, and customers pay for industrial construction projects as well as maintenance and service work on existing systems. The company traces its roots to a plumbing business founded in 1934 and is headquartered in Portland, Oregon.

Company Size

1,001-5,000

Company Stage

N/A

Total Funding

N/A

Headquarters

Portland, OR

Founded

1934

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What believers are saying

  • Oxnard graduate field-engineer roles advertise a salary from $70,000 to $85,000.
  • Harder advertises a 10% company retirement contribution plus up to 2% matching for Oxnard graduate field engineers.
  • Internships pay for full-time summer work: Harder's 2027 program pays hourly, with overtime as needed.

What critics are saying

  • Reno safety managers work late: Harder's advertised data-center night shift runs from 3 p.m. to 1 a.m.
  • Reno night-shift safety managers receive no per diem: the application explicitly classifies this position as local direct hire.
  • Summer interns need geographic flexibility: the field-engineering placement requires travel or relocation for the work term.

What makes Harder Mechanical Contractors unique

  • Harder's labor network spans seven trades: union agreements cover pipefitters, millwrights, ironworkers, carpenters, boilermakers, sheet-metal workers and laborers.
  • Harder tracks fabrication in real time: its PRIME program uses barcodes to update shop production status.
  • Harder controls clean production environments: its Milwaukie and Phoenix fabrication shops contain cleanrooms with internationally classified air purity.

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