Department: Human Resources / Safety
Reports To: EVP of Human Resources
Location: Las Vegas, NV (with travel to all SGPS ShowRig locations and project sites)
Status: Exempt
Job Summary
The Risk Management, Health & Safety Manager is responsible for the implementation, administration, training, monitoring, and enforcement of SGPS ShowRig’s environmental health, safety, security, and risk management programs across all company locations and project sites.
This role is highly operational and compliance-focused, ensuring that established company policies, OSHA standards, regulatory requirements, insurance protocols, and customer safety expectations are consistently followed in warehouses, fabrication environments, offices, transportation activities, and live production job sites.
This position plays a critical leadership and partnership role within the organization by working closely with each Director of Operations at every SGPS ShowRig location to ensure safety expectations are consistently executed in daily operations. Success in this role requires strong collaboration, communication, coaching, and the ability to build accountability for safety across all departments.
This position reports to the EVP of HR and directly supervises the Safety Coordinator, ensuring consistent safety support, documentation, training coordination, and follow-through across all sites.
Key Responsibilities
- Implement, administer, and monitor all environmental health, safety, and security programs across SGPS ShowRig facilities and job sites.
- Provide day-to-day leadership and direction to the Safety Coordinator, ensuring consistent execution of inspections, documentation, training tracking, and reporting.
- Partner closely with each Director of Operations to embed safety practices into daily workflows across warehouse (shipping, receiving, staging), fabrication, motors, welding, transportation, and job site activities.
- Conduct regular safety meetings, audits, training drills, inspections, and compliance reviews to identify hazards and correct violations.
- Maintain safety logs, incident reporting, OSHA documentation, and required compliance records.
- Travel to company locations and job sites (Atlanta, Boston, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Nashville, New Orleans, Niscon, and project sites) to conduct inspections, training, and operational safety reviews with site leadership.
- Provide guidance and coaching to Project Managers, Supervisors, Show Crew and Operations leaders to ensure job sites meet OSHA, federal, state, local, and client safety standards.
- Administer and maintain the company Emergency Action Plan and required OSHA reporting protocols.
- Work closely with department supervisors and Directors of Operations to identify hazards, evaluate near-miss reports, review accident trends, and ensure proper PPE usage.
- Manage and maintain all requirements for our drivers under DOT compliance when applicable.
- Manage all COI requests with clients, and partner closely with all liability policies and workers compensation.
- Ensure compliance with customer, venue, and touring safety protocols for in-house and road operations.
- Coordinate environmental and safety orientations for employees and project teams.
- Maintain current safety and security contact information and documentation for all projects and facilities.
- Manage and administer OSHA compliance requirements and partner with the company’s Workers’ Compensation provider.
- Serve as the primary contact for job site injuries, incident notifications, investigations, and documentation.
- Manage the Workers’ Compensation process end-to-end in collaboration with the EVP of HR, including:
- Employee injury education and reporting procedures
- Filing and managing claims
- Working with brokers and insurance carriers
- Modified duty coordination
- Claim tracking and closure
- Support insurance audits, safety audits, and documentation requests from insurance carriers, legal, finance, and operations.
- Perform other duties related to risk management, safety, compliance, and operational partnership as assigned.
Leadership & Partnership Expectations
- Lead through influence, partnership, and accountability rather than authority.
- Build strong working relationships with Directors of Operations, Supervisors, and Project Managers at every site.
- Provide coaching and practical safety guidance that aligns with real operational workflows.
- Ensure the Safety Coordinator is effectively deployed to support the needs of each site.
- Promote a culture where safety is viewed as part of operational excellence, not a separate function.
Qualifications
- 10+ years of experience in Safety, Health, Risk Management, or related fields in manufacturing, industrial, or live production/rigging environments.
- Bachelor’s degree in Occupational Safety, Health, Environmental Science, Engineering, or related field preferred.
- OSHA certifications required (Construction and/or General Industry).
- Certifications in First Aid, CPR, and industry safety standards.
- Minimum 8 years of experience in large-scale commercial or industrial environments, with at least 4 years in a safety leadership role.
- Experience supervising safety personnel or support staff required.
- Strong working knowledge of OSHA, ADA, Workers’ Compensation, and regulatory compliance requirements.
- Experience working in warehouse, fabrication, transportation, and live event environments preferred.
Physical Requirements & Work Environment
- Work in an office and warehouse environment, sitting and standing for extended periods.
- Walking between warehouse, fabrication, and office buildings regularly.
- Travel to company locations and job sites as needed.
- Ability to lift up to 25 lbs.
- Exposure to varying temperatures (hot/cold) and industrial warehouse conditions up to 30% of the time.
- Ability to navigate active warehouse, fabrication, and job site environments safely.
What This Role Is Accountable For
This role is accountable for execution, compliance, training, documentation, monitoring, enforcement, and operational partnership of SGPS ShowRig’s safety and risk programs as directed by company policy and the EVP of HR.
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $100,000.00 - $135,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- 401(k) matching
- Dental insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Flexible spending account
- Health insurance
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Referral program
- Retirement plan
- Vision insurance
Ability to Commute:
- North Las Vegas, NV 89032 (Required)
Work Location: In person
