Director – Health & Food Safety

Coming soon to the Las Vegas Strip, Hard Rock Las Vegas will be a fully integrated luxury resort offering world-class hospitality, gaming, dining, entertainment and retail. Positioned on the 50-yard line of the Strip, the resort will feature a nearly 700 ft. guitar-shaped hotel that will change the Las Vegas skyline. The finished complex will feature over 3,700 hotel rooms, approximately 175,000 square feet of gaming space, two spas, multiple pools, live entertainment venues and dozens of restaurants, lounges and retail outlets.

Position: Director, Health & Food Safety

Department: Food & Beverage

Job Summary:

The Director of Health & Food Safety is responsible for the strategic leadership, development, implementation, and oversight of all sanitation, environmental health, public health compliance, and regulatory inspection readiness programs across Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Las Vegas. This enterprise-wide leadership role serves as the property's primary liaison with regulatory agencies, including the Southern Nevada Health District (SNHD), and is accountable for ensuring compliance with all applicable health, sanitation, safety, environmental, and operational regulations.

The Director oversees sanitation standards and inspection preparedness for all SNHD-permitted and regulated areas, including food and beverage operations, hotel guest rooms, public areas, pools, spas, aquatic venues, employee dining facilities, retail food outlets, warehouses, stewarding operations, and other facilities subject to public health inspections. The position partners extensively with Hotel Operations, Housekeeping, Food & Beverage, Engineering, Risk Management, Security, Human Resources, and Resort Operations leadership to foster a culture of sanitation excellence and continuous compliance.

All duties are performed in accordance with departmental and property policies, practices, and procedures.

Responsibilities:

• Provide property-wide leadership for sanitation, environmental health, and public health compliance programs throughout the resort.
• Serve as the primary property liaison with the Southern Nevada Health District (SNHD) and other applicable regulatory agencies.
• Establish and maintain sanitation standards, policies, and procedures that meet or exceed regulatory and brand requirements.
• Lead all regulatory inspections, audits, and compliance reviews.
• Develop corrective action plans and ensure timely resolution of all inspection findings and compliance deficiencies.
• Maintain inspection readiness across all operational areas at all times.

• Monitor changes in regulations and proactively implement operational enhancements to ensure compliance.
• Oversee sanitation and environmental health compliance for:
  • Restaurants, bars, lounges, kitchens, bakeries, and commissaries.
  • Stewarding operations.
  • Food warehouses and storage facilities.
  • Employee dining facilities.
  • Hotel guest rooms and suites.
  • Public areas and back-of-house facilities.
  • Pools, spas, aquatic facilities, and recreational water venues.
  • Retail food and beverage locations.
  • Any additional facility regulated or inspected by SNHD or other governmental agencies.

• Develop and execute comprehensive internal inspection and audit programs.
• Conduct routine and unannounced inspections to identify sanitation risks and compliance gaps.
• Analyze inspection trends and performance metrics to drive continuous improvement initiatives.
• Establish sanitation scorecards and compliance reporting for executive leadership.
• Prepare executive summaries and operational updates related to health inspections and compliance performance.
• Direct all property sanitation and food safety training programs.
• Maintain ServSafe Instructor and Proctor certifications and oversee certification programs for management and supervisory personnel.
• Partner with Learning & Development to implement sanitation awareness, environmental health, and regulatory compliance training.
• Promote a culture of accountability and ownership regarding sanitation standards across all departments.
• Participate in operational planning, project reviews, resort openings, renovations, and capital projects to ensure sanitation and regulatory requirements are incorporated.
• Lead investigations involving sanitation concerns, environmental health issues, guest complaints, contamination concerns, or potential regulatory violations.
• Develop contingency plans for sanitation-related emergencies and operational disruptions.
• Implement preventive measures to mitigate public health and sanitation risks.
• Coordinate with operational leaders to ensure immediate response and remediation when deficiencies are identified.
• Recruit, develop, coach, and mentor sanitation professionals and support staff.
• Establish departmental goals, performance metrics, and succession planning initiatives.
• Foster a culture of compliance, accountability, service excellence, and continuous improvement.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Environmental Health, Public Health, Food Science, Occupational Safety, Hospitality Management, Biology, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• Minimum 10 years of progressive experience in environmental health, sanitation, food safety, public health compliance, or regulatory inspection programs.
• Minimum 5 years of leadership experience managing sanitation, compliance, environmental health, or regulatory functions.
• Certified ServSafe Instructor/Proctor.
• HACCP Certification.
• REHS/RS (Registered Environmental Health Specialist/Sanitarian) certification strongly preferred.
• Extensive knowledge of Southern Nevada Health District regulations and inspection processes.
• Certified Professional in Food Safety (CP-FS).
• Certified Pool Operator (CPO) or equivalent aquatic facility certification.
• Experience working directly with governmental and regulatory agencies.
• Experience leading large-scale compliance, sanitation, or public health initiatives in a complex resort, casino, hospitality, healthcare, or regulatory environment.
• Experience in a unionized environment preferred.
• Previous experience in an integrated resort, luxury hotel, casino, or large hospitality environment.

The Company gives preference in all of its employment practices to Native Americans. First preference in hiring, promoting and in all other aspects of employment is given to members of the Native American and Indigenous Tribes who meet the job requirements.