Position Summary:
The Regional Safety Manager amp; Trainer is a corporate-based role responsible for leading, implementing, and continuously improving safety, fire amp; life safety, emergency preparedness, and regulatory compliance programs across assigned concessionaire operations. While this position is anchored in the corporate office, it primarily supports field locations in a remote capacity, with occasional travel as needed to reinforce training, assess operations, and support key initiatives.
This role serves as the field-facing extension of the Corporate Director of Risk amp; Safety, ensuring corporate standards are effectively deployed, understood, and executed at the operational level. The position balances remote leadership, virtual training delivery, program implementation, and risk-based coachingโsupplemented by periodic on-site engagementโto drive measurable reductions in incidents, claims, and regulatory exposure while supporting operational excellence in complex, high-risk, and often remote environments.
Key Responsibilities:
Regional Safety Leadership
- Serve as the primary safety leader for assigned regions, properties, and operational units.
- Act as a trusted advisor to General Managers, Operations Leaders, Maintenance, Food amp; Beverage, Marina, and Facilities teams.
- Champion a proactive safety culture that integrates safety into daily operationsโnot as a compliance exercise, but as an operational standard.
- Represent corporate safety expectations consistently across diverse locations and leadership teams.
Training amp; Workforce Development
- Deliver instructor-led and hands-on training programs, including but not limited to:
- OSHA regulatory awareness and operational compliance
- Fire amp; Life Safety fundamentals
- Emergency Action Plans (EAPs) and evacuation procedures
- Hazard communication, PPE, LOTO, confined space, fall protection, and hot work
- Incident reporting, near-miss recognition, and hazard identification
- Customize training for seasonal staff, remote locations, and varying operational risks.
- Support train-the-trainer initiatives and frontline leadership coaching.
- Ensure training documentation, attendance, and competency records meet corporate and regulatory standards.
Compliance amp; Risk Management
- Conduct scheduled and unscheduled site safety inspections, audits, and operational walkthroughs.
- Identify OSHA, fire/life safety, and operational risk exposures; develop corrective action plans with site leadership.
- Support regulatory compliance aligned with:
- OSHA 29 CFR (General Industry and Construction, as applicable)
- Fire amp; Life Safety standards (e.g., NFPA-aligned programs)
- Local AHJ, state, and federal requirements applicable to concessionaire operations
- Monitor corrective action tracking and closure to ensure sustainable risk reduction.
Incident Management amp; Investigations
- Lead or support investigations of incidents, near misses, property damage, and vehicle-related events.
- Perform root cause analysis and trend evaluations.
- Partner with operations and corporate leadership to implement preventive measures.
- Support claims management processes through timely documentation and field support.
Fire amp; Life Safety / Emergency Preparedness
- Support fire prevention, life safety, and emergency preparedness programs across facilities and operations.
- Assist with emergency drills, tabletop exercises, and response readiness evaluations.
- Coordinate with maintenance and leadership teams on life safety system readiness (egress, extinguishers, alarms, emergency lighting, signage).
- Support business continuity and emergency response planning aligned with corporate expectations.
Program Implementation amp; Corporate Alignment
- Deploy corporate safety programs, SOPs, and initiatives at the regional and site level.
- Provide feedback to the Corporate Director of Risk amp; Safety on field challenges, trends, and improvement opportunities.
- Support standardization while recognizing operational realities unique to concessionaire environments.
- Assist with enterprise-wide safety initiatives, campaigns, and performance metrics.
- Other duties as requested
Qualifications amp; Experience
Required:
- Bachelorโs degree in Safety, Risk Management, Environmental Health amp; Safety, Fire Science, or related field (or equivalent experience).
- Minimum 5+ years of progressive safety leadership experience in multi-site or regional operations.
- Demonstrated experience delivering live training to diverse workforces.
- Strong working knowledge of OSHA regulations and general fire/life safety principles.
- Proven ability to work independently in remote, fast-paced, and operationally complex environments.
- Valid driverโs license and ability to travel as needed.
Preferred
- Experience in concessionaire, hospitality, parks, marinas, food service, fleet, or mixed-use operations.
- Professional certifications (e.g., ASP, CSP, CHST, SSH, CHSP, or equivalent).
- Prior experience working with federal land agencies, AHJs, or multi-employer worksites.
- Strong presentation, facilitation, and executive communication skills.
Core Competencies
- Safety Leadership amp; Coaching
- Training amp; Adult Learning
- Regulatory Compliance (OSHA / Fire amp; Life Safety)
- Incident Investigation amp; Root Cause Analysis
- Field Auditing amp; Risk Assessment
- Cross-Functional Collaboration
- Operational Risk Reduction
- Executive amp; Frontline Communication
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or any other status protected by law.