Environmental Health and Safety Manager

Responsible for ensuring the highest level of operational safety and asset protection across the company, including oversight of the environmental health and safety program to reduce and control RP and LSP's exposures to injury and accident risks, while ensuring operational regulatory compliance with all appropriate state and federal regulations.

Essential Job Functions:       

• Responsible for ensuring the highest level of operational safety and asset protection across the company, including oversight of the environmental health and safety programs to reduce and control RP and LSP's exposures to injury and accident risks, while ensuring operational regulatory compliance with all appropriate state and federal regulations.
• Direct and control the safety and health function for organization to improve safety rates, mitigate financial losses, and eliminate occupational injuries and illnesses.
• Lead the development of enterprise-wide strategies for the proactive control of safety and the development and implementation of strategic business plans for the department to include but not limited to:
  • Provide technical safety, health support and information to all business units.
  • Identify company safety training needs; develop and coordinate safety training programs.
  • Develop annual safety and health goals.
• Collaborate with peers in the organization to provide global support to ensure compliance with all applicable health and safety, environmental, and workers compensation regulations while focusing on the improvement of key performance indicators.
• Conduct assessment (gap analysis) of workers’ compensation exposures; design and implement loss prevention, safety programs to prevent or reduce employee injury exposures and costs. Establish program in compliance with RP and LSP's Loss Control program guidelines and expectations. Conduct comprehensive root cause analyses and monitor completion of corrective action plan. Communicate and provide timely trend analysis and defined action plans to address identified issues. Monitor claim management activities of TPA; make recommendations to further mitigate claim expenses; monitor reserve adequacy for assigned facility claims. Manage work comp performance program (costs allocated to facilities); timely and accurate management of performance program reports as well as Key Prevention Metrics.
• Drive claim strategy/execution through effective communication and by endorsing a Safety First mindset.
• Develop a thorough understanding of each claim by planning and conducting investigations in order to accurately determine potential liability and damages, as well as the potential for subrogation, then refers claims to the subrogation group as appropriate.
• Identify key issues with respect to the circumstances surrounding any incident/injury and advice appropriate members of management and insurer of potential resolution strategies and/or concerns.
• Communicate with Team Members, Risk Management, and insurer to close claims in an efficient and cost-effective manner.
• Review claims regularly with the Director of Corporate Human Resources and Corporate Director of Risk Management and insurance teams as required.
• Ensure business units compliance with federal, state, and local law enforcement regulatory agency.
• Act as a liaison between Senior Management, Facility Management and Team Member on matters relating to safety and health.
• Plan and set health and safety objectives and goals to be utilized by corporate and business units.
• Oversee the reporting mechanisms for injuries, workers’ compensation, serious incidents, and environmental releases ensuring compatibility with company objectives.
• Analyze expenditures, financial and operation reports to determine requirements for increasing safety and communicate recommendation to Senior Management.
• Improve the health and safety standards and practices by creating programs to improve metrics.
• Further a culture of safety across the organization so that safety and environmental health becomes second nature for all our Team Members.
• Develop and monitor departmental budget.
• Direct risk assessment reviews and provide direction while conducting physical assessments. Review adherence to action plan schedules resulting from assessments.
• Benchmark and develop leading edge metrics, auditing tools and reporting methods for all business units.
• Ensure accurate reporting, develop, and provide appropriate reports to executive leadership. 
• Monitor all occupational incidents and develop metrics that will identify root causes, implement effective risk control methods and reporting techniques.
• Conduct organizational tours relating to Safety and Environmental Compliance.
• Responsible for assuring deficiencies related to inspections are answered in a timely manner and ensure countermeasures are implemented to meet inspection recommendations.
• Liaison between State, Local and Federal agencies relating to Safety and Environmental issues and the Company.
• Ensure Safety and Environmental Policies meet or exceed regulatory Compliance and are reviewed and updated as needed.
• Responsible for assuring OSHA training requirements are met.
• Responsible for ensuring OSHA reporting requirements are met.
• Provide safety training during new hire orientation.
• Coordinate with Insurance Companies regarding Workers' Compensation and Jockey claims.
• Assist in the Corporate Director of Risk Management with general liability claim processes and assessments.
• Verify that all daily CAFO inspection logs are completed in accordance with Company policy.
• Review requested reports for accuracy, and ensure timely submission.
• Ensure compliance with all EPA and Property CAFO Best Management Practices
• Act as primary liaison between personnel and horsemen regarding any CAFO and manure handling issues.
• Ensure all manure disposal protocols are followed and that all substances are handled and disposed of per company policy.
• Perform in-depth annual inspections in collaboration with CAFO specialist and/or Executive leadership.
• Perform all other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Occupational Safety and Health or related field preferred.
• 10 years’ experience in progressive health and safety position.
• Minimum 5 years’ experience managing safety for a company with multiple locations.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Advanced knowledge and understanding of existing OSHA laws required.
• Strong analytical skills to evaluate facility safety awareness and behaviors.
• Must be able to evaluate performance metrics and establish the necessary plans to drive continuous improvement.
• Must be able to translate goals and objectives into actionable plans.
• Working knowledge of safe work practices and experience in conducting accident investigation.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and demonstrated proficiency building and maintaining positive professional relationships.
• High degree of business acumen and decisiveness required.
• Must be able to work independently and with teams.
• Strong presentation, public speaking and facilitation skills.
• Must have the ability to work in a fast-paced environment and work with multiple locations.
• Strong organizational skills are required.
• Must be willing to travel extensively (50% may be expected).
• Excellent technical and analytical skills in general safety, and loss prevention.
• Strong computer skills to include effective working knowledge of Microsoft Office Products. Knowledge of Human Resources Information Systems and Learning Management Systems.
• Strong written and oral communication skills required.
• Ability to solve problems and deal with a variety of situations where only limited standardization exists.
• Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
• Ability to work a flexible and irregular schedule including weekends, evenings and holidays
• Must be able to work in a smoke filled casino environment

Training:      

• CPR Certification, or ability to gain certification in first 90 days

Licenses/Certifications/Other: 

• Must be able to pass a background check and receive a license or permit from any Regulatory Agency if applicable to perform the essential job functions
• Must be able to complete a pre-employment drug test with a negative result

Physical Requirements: 

The physical demands and work environment characteristics described are representative of those that must be met by a team member to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Strength:
  • Sedentary to medium workload
  • Stand, sit and walk consistently
  • Will be required to lift up to or over 30lbs or exert occasionally over 100lbs
• Movement:
  • Will consistently be required to touch, feel, stoop, bend, kneel, climb, reach
  • Will use office equipment
  • Driving motor vehicles as needed
• Auditory:
  • Frequently speak and articulate
  • Noise levels will be varied from moderate to heavy machinery
• Environmental:
  • Exposure to weather and extreme elements are minimal
  • Frequent exposure in close proximity to horses