H-1B Visa Site Safety Manager Jobs
H-1B visa jobs for Site Safety Managers are filed by employers in construction, infrastructure, and industrial sectors who need degree-level occupational health expertise. Sponsoring employers file a Labor Condition Application with DOL and an I-129 petition with USCIS, covering your status for up to three years with extension eligibility.
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Philadelphia, PA (On-Site) - Philadelphia Shipyard
Compensation Range - $45-60/hr.
Who We Are: Infinite Consulting Corp. is a leading project, program, and construction management firm known for our commitment to excellence. Established in 2009, Infinite specializes in safety management, quality management, project and construction management, cost estimating, CPM scheduling, and project controls. We proudly provide the highest level of service and support at each phase of our clients' projects. Our client's success is our success.
About the Role:
Infinite Consulting Corp is seeking a highly experienced Site Safety Manager to support the Philadelphia Shipyard Expansion Project, a complex, high-risk waterfront and industrial construction initiative. This role will provide on-site safety leadership for marine, port, and shipyard operations, ensuring regulatory compliance, risk mitigation, and the execution of a proactive, incident-free safety culture throughout all phases of work.
The ideal candidate brings deep industrial and maritime construction safety experience and the ability to help manage safety efforts across multiple contractors, trades, and operational interfaces in an active shipyard environment. This role will report to the Lead Safety Manager for the program.
Key Responsibilities:
Project Safety Leadership
- Support the Lead Safety Authority for the Philadelphia Shipyard Expansion Project, overseeing all site safety operations and personnel.
Regulatory Compliance & Risk Management
- Ensure full compliance with OSHA, maritime safety regulations, U.S. Coast Guard considerations, and applicable federal, state, and local requirements.
- Support review of HASP, JHA, MOPs, and task-specific safety plans for high-risk shipyard activities.
- Conduct routine and ad-hoc safety audits, inspections, and field observations in active marine and industrial environments.
- Identify high-risk activities related to waterfront operations, heavy lifts, confined spaces, hot work, and vessel interface, and implement effective controls.
Field Execution & Oversight
- Provide daily site presence to monitor work activities, enforce safety standards, and correct unsafe conditions or behaviors.
- Oversee incident reporting, root-cause investigations, corrective actions, and follow-up documentation.
- Maintain all safety logs, reports, metrics, and compliance records in accordance with project and regulatory standards.
Team & Stakeholder Coordination
- Help coordinate safety coverage across phases of construction, including escalation periods and high-risk operations.
- Build strong working relationships with field leadership, trades, client stakeholders, and regulatory inspectors.
- Contribute to a collaborative, solutions-driven safety culture aligned with Infinite Consulting’s values.
Required Qualifications
- Minimum 7+ years of construction/industrial safety experience, including leadership roles.
- Demonstrated experience on shipyard, port, waterfront, or marine infrastructure projects preferred, not strictly required.
- Extensive knowledge of industrial construction hazards and safety controls.
- OSHA 30-Hour Construction Safety.
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to engage field labor, management, and clients effectively.
- Proven ability to lead safety efforts on large, complex, multi-contractor projects.
Preferred Qualifications
- Maritime or shipyard-specific safety credentials or training ideal, can be provided upon hire.
- OSHA 29.
- Experience working in active operational facilities (ports, shipyards, terminals).
- Familiarity with federal infrastructure or public-sector projects.
- Background supporting safety compliance during phased construction or expansion projects.
- Experience interfacing with regulatory agencies and Owner safety teams on major projects.
Why Join Us?
Infinite Consulting Corp offers a vibrant and inclusive workplace culture and opportunities for professional growth. We put our people first and we've created a culture that attracts professional, passionate, and caring individuals who are actively working together to solve problems. As a team member with Infinite, you’re visible. You are heard. You can expect to make a difference through your work and you directly influence Infinite’s mission of building better futures.
Infinite Consulting Corp is proud to have been named a 2024, 2025 & 2026 Top Long Island Workplace by the Long Island Press! Our employees described the company culture with values like Integrity, Honesty, Dedication to Safety, and Family-Oriented, all of which guide everything we do. The company is deeply grateful for this recognition and remains committed to creating an environment where every team member feels valued and empowered to succeed.
Company Fundamentals: At Infinite Consulting Corp, we embody four core Company Fundamentals:
- Accountability: We hold ourselves accountable for our actions and decisions, ensuring the highest level of integrity in all that we do.
- Excellence: We pursue excellence in every aspect of our work, delivering results that exceed expectations and setting new standards in our industry.
- Innovation: We embrace innovation, constantly seeking new and better ways to solve problems and drive progress in project management and construction.
- People: We prioritize our people, fostering a vibrant and inclusive workplace culture where every individual is valued, respected, and empowered to make a difference.
Philanthropy opportunities:
The Infinite Cares mission is to donate our time, money, and energy to causes that make the world a better place. We encourage everybody to find causes they are passionate about and look for ways to make a difference. Take a look and see how we are giving back.
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Site Safety Manager
Philadelphia, PA (On-Site) - Philadelphia Shipyard
Compensation Range - $45-60/hr.
Who We Are: Infinite Consulting Corp. is a leading project, program, and construction management firm known for our commitment to excellence. Established in 2009, Infinite specializes in safety management, quality management, project and construction management, cost estimating, CPM scheduling, and project controls. We proudly provide the highest level of service and support at each phase of our clients' projects. Our client's success is our success.
About the Role:
Infinite Consulting Corp is seeking a highly experienced Site Safety Manager to support the Philadelphia Shipyard Expansion Project, a complex, high-risk waterfront and industrial construction initiative. This role will provide on-site safety leadership for marine, port, and shipyard operations, ensuring regulatory compliance, risk mitigation, and the execution of a proactive, incident-free safety culture throughout all phases of work.
The ideal candidate brings deep industrial and maritime construction safety experience and the ability to help manage safety efforts across multiple contractors, trades, and operational interfaces in an active shipyard environment. This role will report to the Lead Safety Manager for the program.
Key Responsibilities:
Project Safety Leadership
- Support the Lead Safety Authority for the Philadelphia Shipyard Expansion Project, overseeing all site safety operations and personnel.
Regulatory Compliance & Risk Management
- Ensure full compliance with OSHA, maritime safety regulations, U.S. Coast Guard considerations, and applicable federal, state, and local requirements.
- Support review of HASP, JHA, MOPs, and task-specific safety plans for high-risk shipyard activities.
- Conduct routine and ad-hoc safety audits, inspections, and field observations in active marine and industrial environments.
- Identify high-risk activities related to waterfront operations, heavy lifts, confined spaces, hot work, and vessel interface, and implement effective controls.
Field Execution & Oversight
- Provide daily site presence to monitor work activities, enforce safety standards, and correct unsafe conditions or behaviors.
- Oversee incident reporting, root-cause investigations, corrective actions, and follow-up documentation.
- Maintain all safety logs, reports, metrics, and compliance records in accordance with project and regulatory standards.
Team & Stakeholder Coordination
- Help coordinate safety coverage across phases of construction, including escalation periods and high-risk operations.
- Build strong working relationships with field leadership, trades, client stakeholders, and regulatory inspectors.
- Contribute to a collaborative, solutions-driven safety culture aligned with Infinite Consulting’s values.
Required Qualifications
- Minimum 7+ years of construction/industrial safety experience, including leadership roles.
- Demonstrated experience on shipyard, port, waterfront, or marine infrastructure projects preferred, not strictly required.
- Extensive knowledge of industrial construction hazards and safety controls.
- OSHA 30-Hour Construction Safety.
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to engage field labor, management, and clients effectively.
- Proven ability to lead safety efforts on large, complex, multi-contractor projects.
Preferred Qualifications
- Maritime or shipyard-specific safety credentials or training ideal, can be provided upon hire.
- OSHA 29.
- Experience working in active operational facilities (ports, shipyards, terminals).
- Familiarity with federal infrastructure or public-sector projects.
- Background supporting safety compliance during phased construction or expansion projects.
- Experience interfacing with regulatory agencies and Owner safety teams on major projects.
Why Join Us?
Infinite Consulting Corp offers a vibrant and inclusive workplace culture and opportunities for professional growth. We put our people first and we've created a culture that attracts professional, passionate, and caring individuals who are actively working together to solve problems. As a team member with Infinite, you’re visible. You are heard. You can expect to make a difference through your work and you directly influence Infinite’s mission of building better futures.
Infinite Consulting Corp is proud to have been named a 2024, 2025 & 2026 Top Long Island Workplace by the Long Island Press! Our employees described the company culture with values like Integrity, Honesty, Dedication to Safety, and Family-Oriented, all of which guide everything we do. The company is deeply grateful for this recognition and remains committed to creating an environment where every team member feels valued and empowered to succeed.
Company Fundamentals: At Infinite Consulting Corp, we embody four core Company Fundamentals:
- Accountability: We hold ourselves accountable for our actions and decisions, ensuring the highest level of integrity in all that we do.
- Excellence: We pursue excellence in every aspect of our work, delivering results that exceed expectations and setting new standards in our industry.
- Innovation: We embrace innovation, constantly seeking new and better ways to solve problems and drive progress in project management and construction.
- People: We prioritize our people, fostering a vibrant and inclusive workplace culture where every individual is valued, respected, and empowered to make a difference.
Philanthropy opportunities:
The Infinite Cares mission is to donate our time, money, and energy to causes that make the world a better place. We encourage everybody to find causes they are passionate about and look for ways to make a difference. Take a look and see how we are giving back.
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding H-1B Visa Sponsorship as a Site Safety Manager
Verify your degree aligns with OSHA-related fields
USCIS requires a specialty occupation with a directly related bachelor's degree. Degrees in occupational safety, environmental health, industrial hygiene, or civil engineering strengthen your H-1B visa case. A general business or unrelated degree creates petition risk even with strong work experience.
Look up prevailing wages before negotiating offers
Your employer must certify your wage meets the DOL prevailing wage for your worksite location. Use the OFLC Wage Search to check wage levels for your SOC code before you receive an offer, so you can negotiate from an accurate baseline.
Target employers with multi-site project structures
Construction and infrastructure firms that operate across multiple worksites must file a separate certified LCA for each location where you'll work. Prioritize employers with established HR processes for multi-LCA filings, since single-LCA companies may not be equipped for your role's mobility requirements.
Search Migrate Mate for verified sponsoring employers
Site Safety Manager roles don't surface reliably on general job boards because sponsorship history isn't displayed. Migrate Mate lists employers with verified H-1B LCA filing history by role and location, so you can target companies already set up to sponsor your position.
Confirm your offer letter specifies degree-level duties
USCIS scrutinizes Site Safety Manager petitions where job duties lean toward trade supervision rather than degree-level analysis. Your offer letter should explicitly describe responsibilities like hazard analysis, regulatory compliance program design, and incident causation assessment to support the specialty occupation classification.
File the I-129 with enough lead time for your start date
H-1B status can't begin before USCIS approves the I-129 petition. If your employer needs you on-site for a project start date, build in time for standard USCIS processing or ask whether premium processing is available for your petition type.
H-1B Visa Site Safety Manager: Frequently Asked Questions
Does a Site Safety Manager role qualify as an H-1B specialty occupation?
It qualifies when the position requires at least a bachelor's degree in a directly related field such as occupational safety, environmental health, industrial hygiene, or engineering. Employers must structure the role around degree-level duties like regulatory compliance analysis and hazard program design, not primarily trade supervision. USCIS will reject petitions where the described duties don't require theoretical or technical knowledge from a specific academic discipline.
Which employers sponsor H-1B visas for Site Safety Managers?
Large construction firms, engineering and infrastructure contractors, oil and gas operators, and industrial manufacturers are the most active sponsors for this role. These employers typically have dedicated HR teams familiar with LCA filings and multi-site compliance requirements. Migrate Mate shows employers with verified H-1B filing history for safety management roles, searchable by location and industry.
How does working across multiple construction sites affect my H-1B status?
Every worksite where you perform H-1B duties needs its own DOL-certified Labor Condition Application listing that location's prevailing wage. If your employer assigns you to a site not covered by your original LCA, they must file and receive certification for a new LCA before you begin work there. Project-based roles with rotating sites require proactive LCA management from your employer.
Can I switch employers while on H-1B status as a Site Safety Manager?
Yes. Under H-1B portability rules, you can begin working for a new employer as soon as they file an I-129 petition on your behalf, provided your current status is valid and you haven't had a gap in authorized employment. The new employer must file their own LCA certified for your work location before submitting the I-129 to USCIS.
What happens to my H-1B status if my construction project ends early?
H-1B status is tied to your employer, not to a specific project. If the project ends but your employment continues, your status remains valid through your approved petition period. If your employer terminates you, they're required to offer return transportation to your home country, and you have a 60-day grace period to find a new sponsoring employer, change status, or depart.