Senior Manager of Health and Safety

Create Your Experience of a Lifetime!

Come work and play in the mountains! Whether it’s your first time seeing snow or you were born on the slopes, joining our team means discovering (or re-discovering!) a passion for the outdoors while building lifelong connections with teammates and guests from around the world.

With 40 resorts across 3 continents, you can join our team for a season or stay to build a career. From day one, you’ll receive some of the highest compensation rates in the industry, free Epic pass(es) along with free ski and snowboard lessons, 40% retail discounts, the chance to grow through Epic Service – our leading training and development experience, and wellness benefits to fuel your success.

Job Benefits

• Ski/Mountain Perks!Free passes for employees, employee discounted lift tickets for friends and familyAND free ski lessons
• MORE employee discounts on lodging, food, gear, mountain shuttlesAND during the summer on bike haul, golf and other activities
• RSP Options (after 12 months or 2000 cumulative hours of service)
• Employee Assistance Program
• Excellent training and professional development
• Referral Program

Full Time roles are eligible for the above, plus:

• Health Insurance; Medical Insurance, Dental Insurance, and Vision Insurance plans (for eligible seasonal employees after working 500 hours)
• Free ski passes for dependents
• Critical Illness and Accident plans

Job Summary:

The Senior Manager of Health and Safety will set the strategy; lead and plan all aspects of Health and Safety at their resort location. This position will work closely with Health and Safety leadership, resort operations, and corporate leadership to create, build, implement and sustain a Health and Safety culture that achieves world class safety performance. This position will collaborate cross functionally to ensure safety programs are properly vetted, dynamic, on schedule and within budget. This position will work and collaborate with external partners, community leaders, and regulators in supporting the resort as well as the Company’s core value of Be Safe.

Job Specifications:

• Shift & Schedule Availability: Full Time / Year Round
• Outlet: Whistler Blackcomb

Job Responsibilities:

• Drive, influence, and support the Company’s Health and Safety strategy to achieve world class Health and Safety performance within the travel and leisure industry.
• Be an unbiased leader and voice for resort leadership so they understand the risks and opportunities to drive, improve, and then maintain superior safety performance.
• Advise and support the resort COO/GM and all operations including but not limited to: Mountain Division, Hospitality and VRR.
• Have a deep understanding of the core business needs and in doing so adjust safety strategy to the business.
• Use historic, current and predictive safety metrics to inform adjustments/decisions.
• Proactively address compliance and regulatory safety as well as risk management trends and regulatory focus areas.
• Engage with local, provincial, and federal officials/regulators as necessary to support Health and Safety Compliance and best practices.
• Lead resort safety programs.
• Communicate across a variety of stakeholders in a matrix environment.
• Manage and execute projects according to plan within timeline and budget.
• Identify and develop talent on the Health and Safety Team.
• Other duties or tasks as assigned

Job Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite, including project management software
• Proven experience leading a team to achieve objectives and results in a matrixed environment
• Experience analyzing, and advising on safety data analytics
• Experience leading and implementing change
• Experience accomplishing objectives through others
• Knowledge of Health and Safety practices including Behavior Based Safety

Preferred:

• 7 years’ experience working in Health and Safety
• Supervisory Experience
• Professional certification in safety, health or environmental e.g. CRSP, OH&S Certification, CSP or ASP
• Degree in Health and Safety-related field

Vail Resorts is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, protected veteran status or any other status protected by applicable law.

Requisition ID 490390