Proactive Risk & Safety Specialist

City of Wichita Falls, Texas; Wichita Falls (TX); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

The City of Wichita Falls seeks a Risk and Safety Specialist to promote a safe, compliant workplace. The role administers risk management programs, supports safety training, workers’ compensation processes, and liability claims while collaborating with city departments to meet regulatory requirements.

Responsibilities include investigating incidents, developing preventive measures, managing insurance and bonds, and coordinating accident review activities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or education and training equivalent to four years of college education in business, liberal arts, or any field other than engineering or the hard sciences.

Responsibilities

• Oversee the City’s risk management activities, including Property and General Liability claims, ensuring timely reporting, documentation, and resolution in coordination with departments, insurers, and legal counsel.
• Coordinate all aspects of Workers’ Compensation claims while maintaining compliance with state and City policies.
• Develops, schedules, and delivers safety-related training and education programs for City employees to promote awareness, regulatory compliance, and a culture of workplace safety.
• Investigates employee and public accidents, incidents, and near-misses as needed both during business hours and after hours to determine root causes, document findings, and recommend preventive measures to reduce future risks. On-call rotation is one week approximately every 5-6 weeks.
• Manages city insurance policies and bonds by preparing bid specifications or requests for proposals, reviewing and updating insurance requirements and property values, procuring bonds for city officials, reviewing information received, recommending successful vendors and processing premium payments and claims.
• Facilitates Accident review programs by setting and distributing meeting schedules, facilitating regular meetings, assembling packets, coordinating training, providing safety training information to employees, and distributing meeting results.
• Assists in Civil Service Testing and other Human Resource projects during the normally scheduled work hours and after hours/weekends/holidays as needed.

Skills

Risk management

Safety training

Incident investigation

Regulatory compliance

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

The City of Wichita Falls seeks a Risk and Safety Specialist to promote a safe, compliant workplace. The role administers risk management programs, supports safety training, workers’ compensation processes, and liability claims while collaborating with city departments to meet regulatory requirements.

Responsibilities include investigating incidents, developing preventive measures, managing insurance and bonds, and coordinating accident review activities.