Safety Specialist

Under the direction of the Safety Supervisor, the Safety Specialist is responsible for the safety of Yaamava’ Resort & Casino at San Manuel property. This role is also responsible for the safety of all team members, guests, and the public while onsite including events and activities. The Safety Specialist makes every reasonable effort to promote accident prevention, fire protection and health preservation. With guidance from the Safety Supervisor, this role also provides tactical safety direction to all departments within Yaamava’ Resort & Casino. The Safety Specialist leads through influence, not authority and drives compliance to protect the property as necessary. In addition, the Safety Specialist supports property safety programs and assures safety compliance with Tribal, Federal, State, and Local regulations by team members, vendors, and contractors. This role also works closely with all levels of leadership to assure policies and programs are effectively developed, implemented, communicated, and supported throughout the property.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

1. Performs incident response to accidents, injuries, and near miss investigations.  Assembles and analyzes compliance, safety performance statistics (leading and lagging), accident trend data, and develop and implement initiatives to drive improvement.

2. Conducts job walks to inspect electrical installations, equipment installations, portable heater use, pool area including pool equipment, and chemicals.  Coordinates and facilitates fire and emergency drills, monitors checks of the eye wash stations, fire extinguishers, other required EHS checks, and maintain departmental chemical lists.

3. Executes enforcement, conducts audits, and defines opportunities for improvement to ensure exemplary regulatory performance to comply with Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), regulatory agencies, and enterprise guidelines. 

4. Designs, develops, and facilitates regulatory training programs scheduled for operating team members.  Conducts on-the-job training for safety awareness and compliance including new employee safety orientation, hazardous communications, defensive driving, emergency action and evacuation plans, fire extinguisher use, and other applicable programs.

5. Develops and implements effective safety and health risk and hazard management methods, designs, procedures, and programs.  Researches and standardizes procedures to improve efficiency based on findings.

6. Supports project plans related to processes and equipment changes and improvements as well as building additions and modifications to ensure regulatory compliance.

7. Manages environmental, health and safety (EHS) projects that help produce continuous measurable improvements.  Uses inspections checklists, apps, and centralized platforms for tracking inspection results, safety performance data and corrective actions plans property wide.

8. Works with responsible department(s) in resolving Hazardous Condition Reports, as well as all other health and safety hazards, which pose an immediate threat to team members, patrons, equipment, or buildings.  Responds to health and safety questions, concerns and inquiries.  Creates and distributes safety bulletins, charts, and displays in relation to accident prevention, emergency reporting, first-aid, injuries, etc.

9. Leads a process for sharing of learnings and best practices throughout the property.  Moderates quarterly safety committee meetings (to include all enterprises and departments).  Investigates and assist departments, when appropriate, with implementation of safety committee recommendations.

10. Performs other duties as assigned to support the efficiency of the department.

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