Senior Manager, Construction Contractor Safety
Amgen
- Location
- US Ohio New Albany
- Employment
- Contract
- Work model
- On-Site
- Level
- Senior
- H-1B history
- 137 approvals (FY2023)
- Posted
- Aug 25, 2026
About this role
Career Category Safety Job Description Join Amgen’s Mission of Serving Patients At Amgen, if you feel like you’re part of something bigger, it’s because you are. Our shared mission—to serve patients living with serious illnesses—drives all that we do. Since 1980, we’ve helped pioneer the world of biotech in our fight against the world’s toughest diseases. With our focus on four therapeutic areas –Oncology, Inflammation, General Medicine, and Rare Disease– we reach millions of patients each year. Amgen is advancing a broad and deep pipeline of medicines to treat cancer, heart disease, inflammatory conditions, rare diseases, and obesity and obesity-related conditions. As a member of the Amgen team, you’ll help make a lasting impact on the lives of patients as we research, manufacture, and deliver innovative medicines to help people live longer, fuller happier lives. Our award-winning culture is collaborative, innovative, and science based. If you have a passion for challenges and the opportunities that lay within them, you’ll thrive as part of the Amgen team. Join us and transform the lives of patients while transforming your career. Senior Manager, Construction Contractor Safety What you will do Let’s do this. Let’s change the world. In this vital role you under minimal direction , support the implementation, governance, standards, training, and performance processes that comprise the Amgen Construction Contractor Safety Program. The role provides technical leadership across capital projects, promotes consistent contractor and subcontractor compliance, and partners with project leaders, EHS, engineering, and external companies to manage complex construction safety risks.
Key Responsibilities
Program Leadership and Governance Lead the development, implementation, and continuous improvement of construction contractor safety program elements, modules, systems, standards, and training. Participate as a member of capital project leadership teams and advise management on project safety performance, priorities, operations, and scheduling considerations. Ensure effective governance processes for tracking safety performance across capital projects through the collection, review, and interpretation of meaningful metrics. Use safety metrics and performance trends to recommend and implement changes that refocus safety efforts and improve outcomes. Identify and implement appropriate technology solutions, including emerging tools such as artificial intelligence, to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of construction safety management. Contractor and Project Safety Management Monitor contractor and subcontractor compliance with applicable regional safety regulations, construction and general industry safety standards, and company requirements. Manage EHS prequalification and, where applicable, requalification of design and construction contractors and subcontractors by confirming adequate training, knowledge, experience, and resources to meet their EHS obligations. Review contractor project-specific safety plans and verify that appropriate systems and resources are in place to support safe project execution. Ensure contractor and subcontractor orientation and training are provided to impacted personnel and ensure project engineers and managers receive training on company expectations for construction safety management. Coordinate with appointed project supervisors and other designated safety roles, providing the information and cooperation necessary for them to fulfill their health and safety obligations. Manage designated construction safety service-provider or project-supervisor contracts, as applicable to the site or region. Risk Assessment, Assurance, and Compliance Ensure adequate systems and resources are available to review and approve construction activity risk assessments and method statements, including STAs, and JHAs, in a timely and compliant manner. Facilitate safety performance reviews, field