Event Safety Manager - Content and Events Production EHS

Apple Inc.; Cupertino (CA); On-site; USD 186,000 - 280,000; Full time

Job summary

Apple Inc. in Cupertino seeks an Events Safety Manager to lead EHS across content production and live events worldwide, building policies, playbooks, and safety plans to keep crews, guests, and productions safe.

You will partner with production leadership, vendors, and external agencies to embed safety early in planning, implement training, manage incidents, and ensure compliance with global regulations.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in EHS with events/entertainment focus
• Experience creating event safety plans and risk assessments
• Proven leadership of EHS teams and vendors
• Experience managing multiple events and teams simultaneously

Responsibilities

• Oversee EHS across productions, events, and venues from start to finish
• Develop and maintain EHS policies, playbooks, and safety plans
• Ensure regulatory compliance and liaison with authorities and venues
• Train production teams and coordinate incident response
• Drive corrective actions for health and safety hazards
• Collaborate with leadership to integrate EHS in planning
• Build relationships with vendors and internal partners
• Define roles and standards across the team

Skills

EHS leadership

Regulatory compliance

Event safety

Stakeholder management

Risk assessment

Project management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Environmental Health & Safety

ASP/CSP certification

Job description

Event Safety Manager - Content and Events Production EHS

Cupertino, California, United States Corporate Functions

In Places, we don’t sit back and let things happen, we make things happen, and we do this in service to all Apple employees and customers. Our team is a diverse and nimble group that manages Apple’s retail stores, workplaces, and workplace services. We develop and manage Apple’s global real estate portfolio, lead all related capital construction projects, provide outstanding facilities and site services, develop and lead sustainability initiatives to reduce the environmental impact of all Apple facilities, including commute and renewable energy programs, and do everything we can to ensure the health and safety of all Apple personnel, facilities, and customers in our facilities around the world.The Content & Events Production EHS team keeps Apple's people, crews, guests, and productions safe across content filming and live events — from Keynote filming and NPI launches to WWDC, campus celebrations, and global event activations. We embed safety into productions from the earliest planning stages so teams can create ambitious work with confidence.We are seeking an experienced, collaborative, and decisive EHS professional to join our team as an Events Safety Manager to lead EHS across Apple's content production and live events worldwide.

Description

As an Events Safety Manager, you will lead EHS regulatory compliance for content production and live events across multiple venues, regions, and productions, developing the policies, playbooks, and event safety management plans that keep every production safe. You will ensure compliance with federal, state, local, and international regulations, oversee training and incident response readiness, and establish clear roles and standards across the team. You will work closely with production leadership, business units, vendors, and external agencies to integrate EHS early in planning and deliver safe, successful events and productions.

Responsibilities

• Oversee EHS across a portfolio of productions, events, and venues from initiation to completion.
• Develop and maintain EHS policies, procedures, playbooks, and event safety management plans covering risk assessment, crowd and event structure safety, production hazard identification, aerial/aviation and specialty activities, and life safety.
• Ensure compliance with federal, state, local, and international regulations, and manage contact with authorities, venues, and permitting agencies.
• Develop and oversee EHS training and readiness for production teams, crews, and event staff, and coordinate incident response and reporting.
• Ensure appropriate corrective action is taken where health and safety hazards exist.
• Collaborate with production leadership and cross-functional partners to integrate EHS early in event and production planning.
• Foster and maintain excellent relationships with business units, vendors, contractors, and internal partners.
• Select, develop, and evaluate personnel to ensure the efficient operation of the function, and establish clear roles, ownership, and standards across the team.

Minimum Qualifications

• 10+ years of EHS experience, with a focus on live events, content production, or entertainment safety.
• Working knowledge of federal, state, local, and international EHS regulations applicable to events and production environments.
• Experience developing and implementing event safety management plans, risk assessments, and emergency response procedures.
• Proven people leadership experience, including selecting, developing, and leading EHS teams, setting standards, and establishing clear roles and standards.
• Demonstrated portfolio and resource management, including oversight of external vendors, cross-functional partners, and multiple concurrent events, venues, or productions in a fast-paced environment.
• Demonstrated success managing multiple projects, priorities, and people concurrently in a fast-paced, results-driven environment.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Environmental Health & Safety, Occupational Safety, or a related field; advanced degree a plus.
• Professional certification such as ASP, CSP, or equivalent.
• Direct experience supporting large-scale live events, broadcast/film production, or product launches.
• Familiarity with specialty production activities such as aerial/aviation coordination, crowd management, and temporary event structures.
• Strong, decisive communication and presentation skills, with the ability to influence and align stakeholders at all levels.
• Excellent planning, analytical, organization, and problem-solving skills.

At Apple, base pay is one part of our total compensation package and is determined within a range. This provides the opportunity to progress as you grow and develop within a role. The base pay range for this role is between $186,200 and $280,300, and your base pay will depend on your skills, qualifications, experience, and location.

Apple employees also have the opportunity to become an Apple shareholder through participation in Apple’s discretionary employee stock programs. Apple employees are eligible for discretionary restricted stock unit awards, and can purchase Apple stock at a discount if voluntarily participating in Apple’s Employee Stock Purchase Plan.

You’ll also receive benefits including:

• Comprehensive medical and dental coverage
• retirement benefits
• a range of discounted products and free services
• reimbursement for certain educational expenses — including tuition
• eligible for discretionary bonuses or commission payments as well as relocation

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Apple is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity. We seek to promote equal opportunity for all applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, Veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics. Learn more about your EEO rights as an applicant

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