Risk and Safety Manager job at Freese and Nichols in San Antonio, TX, Fort Worth, TX, Houston, TX, Austin, TX

Risk and Safety Manager

Location: San Antonio, Fort Worth, Houston, or Austin, TX

Full time

Job Description

Freese and Nichols is currently seeking an experienced Risk and Safety Manager in San Antonio, Fort Worth, Houston, or Austin, TX. As the Risk and Safety Manager

you will lead our corporate health and safety program. You will provide expert guidance to leaders across the organization on a broad and evolving array of topics to ensure the health and safety of FNI employees. You will craft strategy, spearhead safety initiatives, and serve as a resource for our technical groups.

Primary Responsibilities

Manage a significant portion of the organization's risk management and/or risk control strategies and processes, including policy development, risk assessment, risk appetite evaluation, training, and tactical risk modeling.

Demonstrate managerial courage by making difficult decisions, leading change, following company policies, and holding staff accountable to ensure team alignment and engagement.

Design and oversee health and safety programs to ensure regulatory compliance, protect employee well-being, and minimize business risk through training, audits, and performance evaluation.

Coordinate emergency management activities across the organization and serve as a resource and advisor on emergency preparedness and response.

Oversee administration of insurance policy renewals to ensure appropriate pricing, service standards, and coordination of professional and non-professional liability risk mitigation.

Coordinate physical security strategies, monitor risks to employees, and recommend appropriate prevention and mitigation measures.

Serve as a trusted business partner to internal clients by managing relationships and deploying appropriate resources to support business objectives.

Manage non-professional liability claims strategies, including tracking, investigation, coordination with carriers, and issue escalation.

Develop training courses to meet specific business requirements and performance needs. Support personal transformations by running complex leadership development programs.

Qualifications

Bachelor's Degree in related field

6+ years' of experience in Risk and Safety

3+ years of experience managing risk and safety resources, programs, and initiatives to meet organizational objectives

Certified Safety Professional (Board of Certified Safety Professionals)

Strong knowledge of OSHA standards, including 29 CFR Part 1910 (General Industry) and 29 CFR Part 1926 (Construction)

About Freese and Nichols

At the heart of our culture is our LEADS values (Learn continuously, Engage as family, Act with integrity, Deliver quality, and Serve always). Each year, our employee engagement survey confirms that our leaders and our employees live our values.

We strive to be the firm of choice for clients and employees through innovative approaches, practical results, and outstanding service. For more than 130 years, we have been planning and designing the infrastructure our communities need: developing water supplies, designing roadways and bridges, preparing for natural disasters, and much more.

Besides our comprehensive benefits package, we offer paid overtime for salaried employees, an annual bonus, and access to company cabins in Red River, New Mexico. We are proud of our flexible work environment which includes a hybrid schedule with up to 40% of remote work, and an alternative work schedule program which provides a day off every other Friday.

Freese and Nichols is firmly committed to Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) and prohibits employment discrimination for employees and applicants based upon race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, pregnancy, genetic information, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other protected category under applicable federal, state, and local laws.

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