Safety and Training Manager

City of San Diego•San Diego, CA

About The Position

The Safety and Training Manager plans, coordinates, supervises, and reviews the work of professional staff involved in department-wide training and/or security and emergency management, occupational safety and health, hazardous material control and management, and/or emergency disaster preparedness programs. This role assesses training and/or security and emergency management needs, develops, administers, and evaluates training and/or security and emergency management, health and safety, and emergency and disaster preparedness programs. The position monitors changes in governmental regulations, analyzes and interprets accident and injury data to develop standard industry loss rates, oversees budget preparation, develops and administers contracts, and prepares reports. The Safety and Training Manager provides information to regulatory agencies, community groups, and the general public, and trains, supervises, and evaluates the work performance of subordinates. This position can be utilized to fill Safety Manager, Security Manager, and/or Training Manager roles. Safety Manager duties include managing and directing subordinate staff in implementing safety program management and ensuring safety regulatory compliance for workforce personnel. Security Manager duties include managing and directing subordinate staff in implementing security program management, surveillance methodologies, personnel safety, and asset protection. Training Manager duties include managing and directing subordinate staff in implementing training program management, continuing education, safety training, and regulatory compliance training for workforce personnel.

Requirements

Bachelor's Degree or equivalent education (i.e., minimum completed units = 120 semester/180 quarter).
Four years of full-time experience developing, implementing, administering, and evaluating comprehensive training and/or security and emergency programs for entry-level through managerial-level employees which MUST include safety, policy, supervisory, professional growth, and technical skills training.
Qualifying experience MUST include managing staff, resources, and projects of significant size/complexity.
Proof of degree/transcripts, if utilized to meet the minimum requirements.
For City of San Diego employees, proof of Out-of-Class Assignment (OCA), if utilized to meet the minimum requirements.

Nice To Haves

Employees in job classifications represented by Municipal Employees Association (MEA) are scheduled to receive the following general wage increases: 3.5% effective 7/1/27, 2% effective 7/1/28, 2% effective 1/1/29.
Eligible benefitted employees originally hired on or after July 10, 2021, will be automatically enrolled in the San Diego City Employees Retirement System (SDCERS).
Safety and Training Manager employees may be required to secure federal security clearance for positions in Public Utilities Department, Water Operations.

Responsibilities

Plan, coordinate, supervise and review the work of professional staff involved in department-wide training and/or security and emergency management, occupational safety and health, hazardous material control and management, and/or emergency disaster preparedness programs.
Assess training and/or security and emergency management needs.
Develop, administer and evaluate training and/or security and emergency management, health and safety, and emergency and disaster preparedness programs.
Monitor changes in governmental regulations.
Analyze and interpret accident and injury data to develop standard industry loss rates.
Oversee budget preparation.
Develop and administer contracts.
Prepare reports.
Provide information to regulatory agencies, community groups and the general public.
Train, supervise, and evaluate the work performance of subordinates.
Manage and direct subordinate staff in implementing safety program management and ensuring safety regulatory compliance for workforce personnel.
Manage and direct subordinate staff in implementing security program management, surveillance methodologies, personnel safety, and asset protection.
Manage and direct subordinate staff in implementing training program management, continuing education, safety training, and regulatory compliance training for workforce personnel.