Specialist, Environment, Health, & Safety – Universal Kids Resort (Training Experience Preferred)

Universal Orlando•Frisco, TX

About The Position

Responsible for daily advisement, technical support and conformance for Team Member safety and health, and environmental stewardship by fostering the implementation of the EHS Management System, EHS Standards, and associated processes. Partner with EHS Health & Safety, Environmental Affairs and Assurance functions to gain understanding and support conformance with these elements. Responsibilities include management (including quality control) of documents and records, evaluation of established EHS processes and practices, evaluation effectiveness of prescribed controls, communicating findings and contributing factors, responding to emergent incidents, and effectively using a range of EHS tools and practices to aid the business to mitigate risk, reduce incidents and drive conformance in all areas of EHS.

Requirements

Must be self-starter with a basic working knowledge of applicable EHS regulations.
Understand possess business acumen and strong communication skills to identify, analyze and act on information in a range of workplace conditions and ability to plan and evaluate approaches to sometimes unpredicted problems within a framework of existing operations and processes.
Ability to influence and work in a team by applying communication, engagement and skills to promote and support change and utilize mentoring skills to develop capability of management team members.
Strong computer skills with Microsoft office, presentation development, and delivery.
Possess business acumen, strong analytical skills, strategic thinking, organizational behavior, and communication skills.
Strong analytical skills with a logical approach to problem solving, troubleshooting capabilities, organized, collaborative and self-motivated.
2+ years of EHS experience within the functions of training, inspections, audits, hazard recognition, incident response, technical report preparation, sampling and monitoring, and review of safe work permits is required; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Nice To Haves

Training Experience Preferred
Bachelor's degree from a four-year college or university in Safety Management, Public Health, Environmental, Biological or Educational Sciences, or related field is preferred.

Responsibilities

Performs and documents assigned inspections to identify conformance gaps caused by a breakdown in the EHS Management System.
Evaluates for effectiveness of prescribed controls, training, standards and other management system elements.
Seeks immediate and root cause for corrective action and preventive mitigations for non-conformances.
Evaluates conditions or behaviors for EHS risk as part of inspections.
Executes and documents incident investigations, as assigned.
Evaluates for effectiveness of prescribed controls, training, standards and other management system elements.
Seeks immediate and root cause for corrective action and preventive mitigations.
Evaluates incident causes for EHS risk.
Verifies and documents complete findings closure and evaluate for effectiveness of initiated corrective actions to mitigate immediate and root cause.
Builds relationships as a “trusted advisor” to influence management teams’ understanding of regulations, “partner facing” EHS process, and Standards.
Provides guidance on EHS performance by understanding the causes of nonconformity, prescribed control effectiveness, and methods to improve EHS standards and processes.
Actively responds to and participates in the EHS on-call, audit and other EHS process as assigned, continually identify hazards, make observations and stop work when there is imminent danger.
Conforms to internal EHS processes, procedures, and the EHS Code of Professionalism.
Collaborates with UDX with EHS peers, shares resources, fosters communication, and remains aligned to a single EHS vision and mission with one set of established goals and objectives.
Consistently and accurately documents incidents, actions, and nonconformities using the prescribed EHS Applications and processes.
Understand and actively participate in Environmental, Health & Safety responsibilities by following established UDX policy, procedures, training, and Team Member involvement activities.
Perform other duties as assigned.