Project Safety Advisor - Industrial Construction Projects, Mexico

Company Description

• Turner & Townsend is a global professional services company with over 22,000 people in more than 60 countries.
• Working with our clients across real estate, infrastructure, energy and natural resources, we transform together delivering outcomes that improve people’s lives.

Working in partnership makes it possible to deliver the world’s most impactful projects and programmes as we turn challenge into opportunity and complexity into success.

Our capabilities include programme, project, cost, asset and commercial management, controls and performance, procurement and supply chain, net zero and digital solutions.

We are majority-owned by CBRE Group, Inc., the world’s largest commercial real estate services and investment firm, with our partners holding a significant minority interest. Turner & Townsend and CBRE work together to provide clients with the premier programme, project and cost management offering in markets around the world.
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Job Description

The Project Safety Advisor in Querétaro, MX will provide authoritative guidance to project and construction teams, becoming an integral part of them—especially on legal compliance topics such as risk assessments, legal audits, claims from local authorities regarding site safety labor inspections, safety committee workstreams, "contingencies determination," job position adaptations, and incident investigations.

This role involves supervising all aspects of complex structural and electrical construction projects, ensuring compliance with STPS and OSHA standards. The advisor will review and oversee contractor safety plans, ensuring their effective implementation across all project phases.

You will plan and develop strategic work systems aligned with HS&E guidelines, recommending suitable processes that meet both client and regulatory standards. You’ll also support the existing site safety team to maintain robust reporting regimes for Health and Safety statistics.

Additional Responsibilities Include:

• Attending safety and management meetings, training workshops, and daily activity briefings.
• Supervising subcontractors and contractors to ensure their competence.
• Promoting continuous Health and Safety initiatives to foster a positive safety culture across all projects.
• Supporting business change through effective change management in a fast-paced environment.
• Implementing and reviewing the company's global safety policies, ensuring local legislative compliance.
• Maintaining and developing personal competence to meet business and client demands.
• Advising senior management on Health and Safety procedures and strategies.

It is expected that the successful candidate will have sufficient flexibility to manage and deliver projects within the region.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Architecture, or a related HS&E field.
• Minimum of 7 years of professional experience in construction safety, ideally in mission-critical environments such as data centers.
• Formal qualifications in occupational health and safety management, in accordance with Mexican regulations.
• Experience as an Owner’s Representative is desirable.
• NFPA 70e certification is a plus.
• Proven experience in contractor communications, coordination with design teams, and other project professionals.
• A flexible individual who can adapt general methods and processes to meet client and business needs.
• Significant Health and Safety experience in industrial and/or construction environments.
• Able to effectively lead and manage an HS&E team.
• Excellent communication and influencing skills; results-oriented and tenacious.
• Comfortable communicating at all levels of seniority within a large organization.
• In-depth understanding of Mexico’s Health and Safety legislation.
• Ability to quickly build credibility and influence change.
• Fluent in Spanish; good communication skills in English are preferable.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills – Essential.
• Strong organizational skills and ability to meet deadlines – Essential.
• Advanced IT skills for generating reports and documentation.
• Willingness to relocate to Querétaro, if not already residing there.

Additional Information

Our inspired people share our vision and mission. We provide a great place to work, where each person has the opportunity and voice to affect change.

We want our people to succeed both in work and life. To support this we promote a healthy, productive and flexible working environment that respects work-life balance. 

Turner & Townsend is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and actively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.

Turner & Townsend does not accept any speculative or unsolicited CV’s that have been sent to our internal recruitment team or hiring managers from agencies outside of our preferred supplier list or that have not followed due process. Any speculative or unsolicited CV’s will be treated as a direct application.

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Please find out more about us at www.turnerandtownsend.com/

It is strictly against Turner & Townsend policy for candidates to pay any fee in relation to our recruitment process. No recruitment agency working with Turner & Townsend will ask candidates to pay a fee at any time. 

Any unsolicited resumes/CVs submitted through our website or to Turner & Townsend personal e-mail accounts, are considered property of Turner & Townsend and are not subject to payment of agency fees. In order to be an authorised Recruitment Agency/Search Firm for Turner & Townsend, there must be a formal written agreement in place and the agency must be invited, by the Recruitment Team, to submit candidates for review. 

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It is strictly against Turner & Townsend policy for candidates to pay any fee in relation to our recruitment process. No recruitment agency working with Turner & Townsend will ask candidates to pay a fee at any time. 

Any unsolicited resumes/CVs submitted through our website or to Turner & Townsend personal e-mail accounts, are considered property of Turner & Townsend and are not subject to payment of agency fees. In order to be an authorised Recruitment Agency/Search Firm for Turner & Townsend, there must be a formal written agreement in place and the agency must be invited, by the Recruitment Team, to submit candidates for review.