Safety and Environmental Manager

Position Description: Ensure the workplace meets all legal expectations and actively supports occupational health and safety, including Annandale Policy and Procedures and licensing requirements.

Minimum Qualifications: Bachelor’s Degree or AA Degree in a related field and/or a minimum of 8 years’ experience in safety management, engineering or relevant field is preferred. Must be at least 21 years of age, have a valid Class C Georgia Driver’s License, proof of vehicle insurance, and meet company policy regarding MVR requirements. Must meet state requirements regarding a GBI and FBI criminal history record check which requires fingerprinting. Must undergo and pass a drug screening and screening for Tuberculosis.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Establishing policies that will create and maintain a safe workplace
• Prepare and enforce policies to establish a culture of health and safety
• Report on health and safety awareness, issues and statistics
• Facilitates Annandale Safety Committee Meetings, documents safety-related projects and reports progress to QAPI committee.
• Maintains all paperwork in preparation for Safety related inspections
• Sets schedule for non-residential buildings quarterly fire drills; facilitates these drills and completes follow-up paperwork.
• Facilitates emergency response drills including mass evacuation and sheltering in place.
• Attends Gwinnett County and regional emergency disaster preparedness meetings. Updates Emergency Response Plan policy as needed and conducts staff training based on meeting information.
• Assists Compliance Director with updates to the current Annandale Safety and Security Program and Emergency Response Plan.
• Available to answer safety/security related licensing/contract surveyor questions.
• Conducts Annandale emergency disaster preparedness policy training and Transportation and Safe Driving training and state mandated fire safety/disaster preparedness training during orientation.
• Reviews the Transportation and Safe Driving Policy with new employees during of orientation.
• Maintains the following agreements: sheltering/transfer agreements with Hi-Hope and Gwinnett Medical; Annandale’s Closed POD (inoculation site for vaccinations for Villagers, employees and family members in the event of a public health emergency) Memorandum of Understanding with Gwinnet County Board of Health; Food/Water vendor plan/agreement.
• Maintains Annandale’s emergency disaster supplies. Orders new supplies or coordinates GEMA/FEMA grant purchases.
• Serves as the Office of Inspector General Safety Officer for the Nursing Home
• Works with Nursing Home staff to implement the new emergency disaster preparedness rules.
• Works with the Compliance Director to complete safety-related incident report investigations.
• Attends all required and assigned trainings and meetings.
• Performs other duties that may be necessary in the best interest of Annandale at Suwanee, Inc. to ensure the highest level of Safety for all Villagers, Staff, guests and vendors on property.
• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential duties and responsibilities.

Physical and Sensory Requirements:

• Ability to read, write, and speak English, count, add and subtract.

• Ability to problem solve and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands; use fingers; handle or feel; reach with hands and arms; talk; and hear. The employee frequently is required to sit, stand, and walk; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, bend, or crawl. Employee is required to lift and move objects up to 75 pounds consistently with heavier weight necessary at times (with assistance). Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus. Employee is required to transport (drive) and assist Villagers in and out of vehicles. Employee is required to perform CPR/First Aid.