A project’s schedule, its people and its license to operate all depend on the safety professional in the field. When a crew mobilizes on a substation, a utility-scale solar build, a battery storage site or a plant outage, the owner and the contractor need someone who has run that kind of site before and can hold the line on safety from day one. PMAA, Inc. recruits site safety, HSE and EHS professionals for construction, power generation, renewable, energy storage, utility and data center employers across the United States.
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Safety and EHS Roles We Fill
Field safety: Site Safety Supervisors, Site Safety Managers, Safety Coordinators and Safety Specialists, Safety Technicians, Safety Trainers.
Management: HSE Managers and Senior HSE Managers, EHS Managers, Construction Safety Managers, Regional and Corporate Safety Managers, Directors of EHS and VP of EHS. See Executive Search for Power & Energy.
Electrical safety: Electrical Safety Specialists and Managers, Electrical Safety Program Managers, Arc Flash and NFPA 70E Program Leads, Qualified Electrical Worker Trainers, and site safety professionals with personal medium and high voltage experience.
Environmental and compliance: Environmental Compliance Specialists and Managers (Title V, SPDES, SWPPP), Industrial Hygienists, PSM and Process Safety roles, NERC and regulatory compliance roles.
Contract and project coverage: safety professionals for a single project, an outage, a shutdown or a construction season, on a contract or contract-to-hire basis. See Staff Augmentation.
HSE, Site Safety and Electrical Safety
- HSE and EHS programs: the people who build and run the safety, health and environmental program for a company, a region or a fleet: written programs, training, audits, incident investigation and corrective action, metrics and regulatory compliance.
- Site safety: the people in the field every day: site orientations, job hazard analyses, toolbox talks and safety meetings, inspections and observations, permits, and coordinating subcontractors and field supervision so the crew goes home safe.
- Electrical safety: the specialists for the hazard that defines energy work. See the next section.
Electrical Safety: Construction, Power Generation and Utilities
Electrical work is where a safety professional’s own experience matters most. We recruit electrical safety people who have worked around the voltages, the equipment and the procedures on your kind of site, not only in a classroom.
- Electrical construction: safety for electrical contractors and EPCs building substations, transmission and distribution lines, utility-scale solar and wind collection systems, battery energy storage and data centers: energized and de-energized work, MV trenching and cable pulls, inverter, transformer and switchgear setting, crane and lifting operations around energized equipment, and temporary power.
- Power generation: plant electrical safety programs, NFPA 70E and arc flash programs, lockout / tagout and energy isolation for outages and maintenance shutdowns, switchyard access, and contractor safety during outages.
- Utilities: transmission, distribution and substation safety: switching and clearance procedures, minimum approach distances, grounding, live-line and line clearance work, and OSHA 1910.269 and 1926 Subpart V.
- Medium and high voltage: candidates with personal, hands-on medium and high voltage experience, the requirement employers name most often for electrical construction and substation safety roles.
- Programs and training: electrical safety program managers who write and audit NFPA 70E programs, run arc flash risk assessments and labeling, manage energized work permits, and train and qualify electrical workers.
Certifications our electrical safety candidates hold, depending on the role: NFPA 70E training and qualified electrical worker status, CESCP (Certified Electrical Safety Compliance Professional), CUSP (Certified Utility Safety Professional), OSHA 30 and OSHA 500 / 510 (authorized outreach trainer), CHST, OHST, STS, ASP and CSP, along with electrical trade backgrounds such as journeyman or master electrician, lineman and substation or relay technician.
Where They Work
- Construction: electrical and general construction, utility-scale solar and wind, substations and transmission, pipelines, and industrial projects
- Power generation: plant safety programs, outages and maintenance shutdowns; see Power Generation Staffing & Recruiting
- Renewables and battery energy storage: construction, commissioning and O&M; see Renewable Energy Staffing and BESS Staffing Solutions
- Data centers and critical facilities: construction and operations; see Data Center & Critical Facilities Staffing
- Utilities and industrial operations: field operations, maintenance and environmental programs
What We Screen For
Safety candidates are interviewed by recruiters who know the field: the types of sites they have covered and the size of the crews, the hazards they have managed (excavations, energized electrical work and medium and high voltage, crane and lifting operations, confined space, fall protection), how they run job hazard analyses, toolbox talks and site orientations, how they handle incident investigation and corrective action, and the credentials they hold, such as OSHA 30 and OSHA 500 / 510, CHST, OHST, STS, ASP and CSP, CUSP and CESCP, and NFPA 70E. Electrical safety candidates are also asked about the voltage classes they have worked around and the switching, clearance and energized work procedures they have run. Then every candidate goes through The Proven Vetting Process™; only the strongest 2–3% are ever submitted to a client.
Why Hiring Leaders Call PMAA First
- Specialist recruiters, not generalists. Our recruiters speak your language and understand how the asset runs, so the first conversation about your role starts at the technical level.
- Speed. Qualified candidates in your inbox within 24–48 hours of your job description.
- Rigor. The Proven Vetting Process™ screens out unqualified candidates up front; only the strongest 2–3% are submitted.
- Confidentiality. Your business, expansions and internal needs remain protected.
- Three generations since 1967. A family-run firm trusted by hiring leaders from start-ups and the middle market to the Fortune 500.
Ways to Work With PMAA
- Direct-Hire Services: permanent hires, with PMAA carrying candidates through sourcing, screening, interview preparation and scheduling, and offer management.
- Staff Augmentation: contract specialists who fill a specific skill gap on your team, with the flexibility to expand and scale back as your needs change.
- Retained Search: confidential, research-led search for senior and hard-to-find leaders.
- Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO): PMAA runs all or part of your recruiting function, from sourcing and assessing to placing and onboarding.
Safety Professionals: Looking for Your Next Project?
See our open jobs or submit your résumé. Our recruiters will talk with you about the sites, the schedule and the role before anything goes to an employer.
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Frequently Asked Questions
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Which recruiting firms place HSE, site safety and electrical safety professionals?
PMAA, Inc. recruits HSE and EHS Managers, Site Safety Supervisors and Managers, Safety Coordinators, Electrical Safety Specialists (NFPA 70E, arc flash, LOTO) and Environmental Compliance professionals for construction, power generation, renewables, battery storage, utilities and data centers, on direct-hire, contract and contract-to-hire bases. https://pmaainc.com/safety-ehs-staffing/
Does PMAA recruit site safety supervisors and HSE managers?
Yes. PMAA recruits Site Safety Supervisors and Managers, Safety Coordinators and Specialists, HSE and Senior HSE Managers, EHS Managers, Construction Safety Managers and Directors and VPs of EHS.
Does PMAA recruit electrical safety specialists?
Yes. PMAA recruits Electrical Safety Specialists and Managers, Arc Flash and NFPA 70E Program Leads and Qualified Electrical Worker Trainers, and site safety professionals with medium and high voltage experience for substations, power plants, solar, battery storage and data centers.
Does PMAA place contract safety professionals for a project or an outage?
Yes. We recruit safety professionals for a single project, an outage, a shutdown or a construction season, on a contract or contract-to-hire basis, as well as permanent hires.
What credentials do PMAA’s safety candidates hold?
It depends on the role. We screen for the credentials the work requires, such as OSHA 30 and OSHA 500 / 510, CHST, OHST, STS, ASP and CSP, CUSP and CESCP for utility and electrical safety, and NFPA 70E, along with hands-on experience on similar sites and, for electrical roles, medium and high voltage experience.
Can I hire on contract or as a direct hire?
Both. PMAA offers Direct-Hire Services, Staff Augmentation, Retained Executive Search and Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO).
How quickly can PMAA send candidates?
Submit your job description(s) and we’ll have qualified candidates delivered to your inbox within 24–48 hours. Call (954) 228-6609.