Safety Area Manager

Description

About Vala’s

Located in Gretna, Nebraska, Vala’s is a family owned and operated fall festival open to the public 45 to 55 days a year and is a treasured fall tradition for many families in the surrounding communities. Vala’s property spans 400+ acres, including over 50 attractions, such as pick-your-own pumpkins, apples, and flowers, and over 25+ food locations. Our mission at Vala’s is to bring happiness to the world by creating a place where magical memories are shared between families and friends- one person, one pumpkin, one experience at a time.

Requirements

The Safety Area Manager is a professional position responsible for the management of farm-wide safety protocols and initiatives. Reporting to the Director of Safety and Attractions, the Safety Area Manager will take an active role in the training and education of full time, part time and seasonal staff on safety topics. Additionally, this position will advocate for safety across the farm, monitoring the effectiveness of prevention methods and implementation procedures. This is a part time, year round position that works a minimum of 20 hours per week with increased hours during the summer and fall seasons. 

Responsibilities:

• Helps oversee all aspects of medical and security teams and team members
• Coordinates emergency response procedures
• Maintains and enforces safety programs and policies
• Responds to calls for safety occurrences and requests to include unanticipated events
• Ensures reports are completed and submitted in a timely manner
• Partner with other departments to ensure safety company wide
• Provides ongoing, on demand training and guidance for a variety of staff
• Assists with preseason set up and cleaning
• Assists with postseason clean up and winterization

Duties and Tasks by Season:

Spring

• Inventory all medical supplies
• Develop and submit supply order list
• Reach out to current seasonal supervisors and team leaders to get an idea of who will be returning for the season
• Begin to audit current training manual
• Inspect medical sheds, form repair list

Summer

• Help clean, organize, maintain various locations across the farm
• Assist with pre-season safety inspections
• Maintain photo catalog
• Assist with equipment inventory and stocking
• Assist with gator training
• Assist with specific safety training at orientation
• Assist with security needs

Fall

• Review and document radio traffic
• Document unrecorded safety calls for separated parties, lost and found and medical occurrences
• Prepare weekly safety data reports
• Conduct detailed daily inspections farm wide
• Maintain and review daily safety sheets
• Record and check on maintenance needs from daily safety sheets
• Assist with gator training
• Assist with safety training
• Document requests for radio maintenance
• Track, clean and maintain radios
• Assist with equipment inventory and stocking
• Assist with security needs

Winter

• Assist with winterizing locations across the farm 
• Assist with inventory
• Maintain SDS library
• Other duties as business requires

Requirements:

• Experience in large venue/campus safety and security
• Knowledge of OSHA regulations
• First-aid, CPR and AED certifications
• Computer literacy
• Demonstrated leadership
• Organization
• Multitask
• Detail oriented
• Energetic self starter
• Excellent communication abilities

Preferred Qualifications:

• EMT or above certification or experience
• 3+ years safety experience 
• OSHA 10 or 30 card (general industry or construction)
• Forklift operator
• Bilingual English and Spanish