Safety Specialist

Essential Functions

• Overall: Provide leadership in the safe management of hazardous waste, including handling, storage, disposal, and compliance with safety protocols. Oversee permitting, inspections, documentation, and training. Identify gaps, drive improvements, and stop work immediately when imminent hazards are identified.
• Baseline: Understand key regulations, procedures, and standards relevant to touring shows, events, and corporate sites. Build relationships as a “trusted advisor” influence line and middle management, promoting safety awareness and performance expectations.
• Risk ID: Support the implementation, documentation, and maintenance of routine risk assessments, controls, and safety processes across touring shows, events, and corporate sites. Assist in identifying and prioritizing EHS risks, recommend hazard controls, and help develop, review, and update safety procedures in collaboration with the safety team. 
• Inspections: Use established reporting criteria to coordinate and document inspections, monitor control effectiveness, and provide feedback. Support investigation, analysis, and reporting of incidents and nonconformities to identify control failures and areas for improvement.
• Monitoring Equipment: Use direct reading equipment to measure and monitor the work environment. Track and report the effectiveness of risk mitigation and EHS processes, identifying any deficiencies.
• Support the safety team with life safety inventories and inspections, ensuring timely completion and regular review. Provide compliance guidance to touring shows, events, and corporate sites in accordance with applicable regulations at all levels.
• Perform all other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Safety Engineering/Management, Public Health, Environment and or Biological/Educational Sciences or associated degree is preferred. 
• 2+ years’ experience in relation to general industry regulations or equivalent experience in the entertainment industry.
• 2+ years’ experience with primary responsibility day to day for inspection, investigation, hazard ID, basic regulatory compliance evaluation and regulatory recordkeeping requirements.
• Experience working with local authorities, including fire marshals, electrical inspectors, safety compliance officers and environmental inspectors preferred.
• OSHA 30 hr. in General Industry and/or Construction.
• Certifications in fall protection, rigging, electrical work, HAZWASTE, preferred.
• Proven experience in a safety-related role, preferably in the entertainment or live events industry

Skills & Ablilities

• Proficient in MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, Smart Sheets, SharePoint.
• Exhibit strength in math, logistics, data sampling and common-sense reasoning.  Ability to apply OSHA, EPA, and local regulations and practices.
• Looking for a team player, with strong analytical skills.
• Ability to sit for 35% of time, walking for 30%, standing for 20% and lifting up to 50lbs 10% of the time.
• Must be willing to Travel up to 35% of the time - Domestically and/or Internationally.
• Compile, analyze, and present data to Sr. Leadership and explain complex data.
• Familiar with Entertainment rigging principles, use, and inspection of rigging.
• Certified or ability to become certified in Fall Protection and rigging competencies.
• Ability to present information to varying levels of employee/staff (Front line to Executive).