Safety Professional

2 Weeks ago • 3-5 Years • Facilities Management

About the job

Summary

The Safety Professional at Walt Disney Parks and Resorts promotes safe working practices, ensures compliance with occupational health and safety guidelines, and assists leaders in preventing injuries. Responsibilities include conducting incident investigations, job safety analyses, and site walks; assessing safety performance through data review and audits; participating in project reviews to improve safety in design; and addressing guest-related safety issues. The role requires expertise in hazard recognition, mitigation, and regulatory standards, along with strong leadership and problem-solving skills. This position involves a flexible schedule including weekends, holidays, and evenings.
Must have:
  • 3+ years industrial safety experience
  • Knowledge of industrial fall protection
  • Regulatory standards expertise (confined space, incident investigation)
  • Hazard recognition and mitigation skills
  • Proficient in WDP&R leadership competencies
Good to have:
  • 5+ years safety management experience
  • Experience with web-based mapping tools (ArcGIS)
  • Mentoring experience
  • CIH, CSP, or CPE certification
  • Bachelor of Science degree in safety and health
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Job Summary:

We create happiness.” That’s our motto at Walt Disney Parks and Resorts. And it permeates everything we do. At Disney, you’ll help encourage that magic by enabling our teams to push the limits and build the never-before-seen! Are you ready to join this team and make an impact?"

As a Safety Professional, you would join a dynamic, team that has a passion for spotting problems and the know-how to diminish them. Our Safety Professionals enjoy keeping others safe and the diversity of opportunity at The Walt Disney World Resort is unrivaled in the industry. If this sounds like an opportunity for you, please apply today!

The Safety Professional will report to Manager, Safety.

What You Will Do

On any given day, as a Safety Professional, you might:

  • Promote healthy and safe working practices to all levels of leadership and lines of business to target improvements and reduce risk.
  • Facilitate compliance with occupational health and safety guidelines.
  • Assist Leaders to prevent injury and assure compliance by integrating actionable, sustainable and efficient safety processes into their business.
  • Assess safety and health performance through data review, incident history and audits. Guide the necessary behavioral or environmental changes, creatively and cost-effectively.
  • Help with Guest-related safety issues.
  • Participate in the project review process to guide safety and health improvements in the design phase.
  • Inform Operations Leaders and Safety Leadership of safety and health local, global and industry issues and safety standard processes that impact performance.
  • Attend area Leadership Staff Meetings
  • Conduct incident investigations, job safety analyses and site walks with area leaders
  • Conduct slip tests, light tests, noise surveys, IAQ investigations as-needed
  • Partner with the Safety and Health Programs Team to conduct indoor air quality investigations
  • Help with OSHA complaints and inspections
  • Be the Safety & Health Duty Manager on a rotational basis.

Required Qualifications & Skills

Here’s what you need to be successful at this job:

  • 3+ years of industrial safety experience in a related industry such as petrochemical, construction, maintenance, manufacturing, hospitality, entertainment/theatrical, transportation, distribution/warehouse
  • Background and in-depth knowledge of industrial fall protection
  • Comfortable working at high heights and wearing active fall protection equipment
  • Knowledge and hands-on application of regulatory standards, best practices and guidelines, such as confined space, incident investigation and root-cause analysis
  • Expert in recognizing hazards and proposing mitigations
  • Proficient in each of WDP&R's leadership competencies (Leadership, Management, Technical, and Relationships)Creatively resolve problems – sometimes in areas outside your realm of expertise – and work within a dynamic, sometimes ambiguous atmosphere
  • You will work a flexible schedule, including weekends, holidays and evenings

Preferred Qualifications

It would be great if you also have:

  • 5+ years of demonstrated safety management experience
  • Experience in utilizing web-based mapping tools like ArcGIS
  • Passion for mentoring others through training and feedback

Required Education

  • Bachelor’s degree

Preferred Education

  • Bachelor of Science degree in the safety and health field
  • CIH, CSP, or CPE certification

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About The Company

From classic animated features and exhilarating theme park attractions to cutting edge sports coverage, and the hottest shows on television, The Walt Disney Company has been making magic since 1923, creating unforgettable stories that connect with audiences around the world. And we’re just getting started!

The key to our success…. The Cast, Crew, Imagineers and Employees who honor Disney’s rich legacy by stretching the bounds of imagination to create the never-before-seen, bringing unparalleled entertainment experiences to people of all ages. Begin a career that delivers unparalleled creative content and experiences to audiences around the world and just imagine the stories you could be part of…

What is #LifeAtDisney like? It’s a series of magical moments with cast members and employees developing and telling our stories in the most innovative ways. Whether it’s a day spent as a Disney VoluntEAR, or celebrating the release of a new interactive experience, retail product or movie, our days are filled with the knowledge that we are creating entertainment experiences the whole family can enjoy. Follow @DisneyCareers on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram for a peek behind-the-curtain, and discover how you could connect to a world of stories with Disney!

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