Construction Safety Engineer in NYC.
Plan review, incident investigation, OSHA defense, and expert witness for NYC construction. PE-stamped means-and-methods deliverables available where required.
Construction Safety Engineers are the strategic, project-wide counterpart to the on-site Site Safety Manager. While the SSM enforces the safety plan day-to-day, the CSE designs the program, reviews complex operations before they happen, investigates incidents, and represents the project in regulatory or legal matters. CSEs frequently hold Professional Engineer (PE) licensure in New York and adjacent states.
"Construction Safety Engineering is the engineering discipline that supports owners, GCs, and law firms through Site Safety Plan authorship, means-and-methods review, incident investigation, and OSHA defense."
Industry definition · ASSP / OSHA
- Author or peer-review Site Safety Plans before DOB filing
- Engineering review of high-risk operations: crane picks, hoist erection, large structural steel, mat pours, deep excavation, demolition sequencing, façade access
- Pre-construction safety planning: JHAs, AHAs, task hazard analyses
- Incident investigation: root-cause analysis built for legal and regulatory review
- OSHA / DOB / FDNY citation defense: response, contestation, abatement plans
- Expert witness: civil litigation involving construction injury, scaffold collapse, falls, struck-by, electrocution
- Insurance and General Liability audit support for GCs and CMs
Project intake
Send DOB job number, address, and key project documents. We confirm the credential needed and quote a fixed weekly or hourly rate.
Manager assignment
We match your project to a licensed manager whose experience fits your scope and provide their license number and resume before they start.
Mobilization
Manager visits the site, reviews the approved Site Safety Plan, meets the GC superintendent, and confirms day-one logistics.
On-site coverage
Daily presence aligned to your active hours, including night shifts and weekends if required. Logbook updated in real time and shared weekly.
Project closeout
Final logbook delivered, sign-off on remaining DOB requirements, and the final invoice issued.
Several team members hold PE licenses in New York and adjacent states. PE-stamped deliverables available where required.
A premium service, quoted per project.
Skilled Safety Management is a premium service. We don't publish standard rate cards because every NYC project has different scope, duration, shift requirements, and complexity factors that materially change the price. We provide a fixed-fee proposal within 24 hours of receiving your project documents.
Factors that affect a quote
- Project size, height, and DOB classification (Major Building, alteration, demolition)
- Project duration: months on the books drive total fee
- Shift requirements: night, weekend, 24-hour operations
- Dual credentials needed (SSM + CSM, SSM + F-89, etc.)
- Complexity and risk profile: adjacent to occupied buildings, transit, landmarks
- Geography: mobilization distance from our Brooklyn HQ
Owners and developers wanting independent safety oversight separate from the GC. General contractors filing complex DOB applications. Insurance underwriters and brokers. Law firms in construction litigation, plaintiff or defense. Public agencies and authorities.
Are your engineers PE-licensed?
Can you serve as expert witness in NY State and federal court?
How quickly can you start?
Need engineering judgment on a project?
Initial scoping calls are free. Fixed-fee or capped-hourly proposals returned within 24 hours.