Risk Control Consultant

About Acrisure:

Acrisure is a global Fintech leader that combines the best of humans and high tech to offer multiple financial products and services to millions of businesses and individual clients. We connect clients to solutions that help them protect and grow what matters, including Insurance, Reinsurance, Cyber Services, Mortgage Origination and more.

Acrisure employs over 17,000 entrepreneurial colleagues in 21 countries and have grown from $38 million to $4.3 billion in revenue in just over ten years. Our culture is defined by our entrepreneurial spirit and all that comes with it: innovation, client centricity and an indomitable will to win.

Job Summary:

The Safety & Loss Control Specialist provides expertise in Safety and Health in an effort to prevent and mitigate employee injuries and illnesses for all IBTX Risk Services Clients. Assist clients and their field management to promote effective safety programs at their assigned branch(s) and job sites.  Ensure that our Clients remain in compliance with governmental regulations such as OSHA, DOT, MSHA, EPA, and related company policies.  Eliminate, mitigate, and reduce losses in order to reduce the overall insurance cost.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities (included the following; other duties may be assigned)

• Anticipate, identify, and evaluate hazardous conditions and practices;

• Perform client safety program needs assessment in order to identify deficiencies and implement preventive & corrective actions.

• Develop Health & Safety policies, procedures, rules and regulations are adhered to and are regularly reviewed, updated and communicated.

• Implement, administer and advise others on hazard controls and hazard control programs

•  Measure, audit and evaluate the effectiveness of hazard controls and hazard control programs.

• Employee / Supervisor / Temporary Employee Training: Facilitate, document, and ensure all employees, supervisors, and temporary employees receive the client’s company-required safety training.

• Conduct safety meetings and training programs for client employees. 

• Assist in Branch, Facilities, Field and Job Site Inspections & Observations

• Perform job hazard analysis to identify hazards within the workplace. Requires the ability to climb scaffolds, ladders and enter confined spaces in some cases on job sites. Will Coach and guide IBTX employees/client employees and management regarding safety compliance issues and safe product applications.

• Assist with ensuring compliance with Federal, State, and Local laws and regulations such as OSHA 1926 and 1910, DOT, MSHA, EPA, ADA

• Participate in safety initiatives, meetings, and programs as required by the client.  The Safety Specialist may provide custom safety training as determined by the needs assessment of the client.

• Work with job site safety personnel to identify and resolve safety issues.

• Incident / Accident Investigation & Reporting: Investigate and document incidents involving company property, employees, or temporary contracted employees.

• Medical Interface: Coordinate hand off injured or ill employees to IBTX Claims Advocates for follow-up. May work with medical providers and the Risk Management Department to ensure the procedure requirements of the client’s return to work program are followed.

• Administrative: Assist with OSHA recordkeeping requirements/training.  Train and assist authorized personnel in understanding the company’s safety incentive program at their assigned branch and/or job sites. 

• Must possess the ability to know when something is wrong and is likely to go wrong based on his/her experience, knowledge, and training. 

• Must possess the ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions and communicate this information on a formal report as part of an accident investigation.

•  Must be willing to be on call at all times unless scheduled time off has been approved by the SVP of Risk Management & Compliance.

• Travel and stay overnight as required up to 50% of the time.

Skills/Qualifications:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

• Demonstrated in-depth Safety related knowledge and skill

• Excellent bilingual (English/Spanish) communication skills; Safety Specialist must be able to effectively communicate with students, clients and/or staff in a manner that the student can comprehend and understand what is being taught orally.

• Or in written form with co-management, internal and external customers.

• Attend pertinent and productive safety seminars and/or safety courses that expand on current knowledge.

• Keep abreast of all 1910 and 1926 regulations and standards.

• OSHA Outreach Instructor Trainer certification

• Demonstrate the ability to anticipate and solve practical problems or resolve issues

• Review new products and services offered by various safety and scaffolding contractors and trade organizations

• Knowledge of business English, proper spelling, grammar, punctuation, and basic arithmetic

• Ability to establish and maintain professional relationships with individuals of varying social and cultural backgrounds and with co-workers at all levels

• Ability to follow instructions in verbal and written format

• Ability to demonstrate good judgment and foresight, moral character, honesty, tact, fairness, lack of prejudice and desire to help when dealing with people

• Must be able to learn, understand and apply new technologies

• Ability to perform with a professional appearance and excellent customer service skills

• Can conform to shifting priorities, demands and timelines through analytical and problem-solving capabilities

• Ability to work extended hours and various work schedules

• Strong attention to detail, good proofreading skills, excellent reliability, initiative and stress tolerance

• Competent and proficient understanding of the Microsoft Office suite, including Microsoft Excel

Education, Certificates, Licenses, Registrations:

• OSHA 500 and 501 Authorized Outreach Trainer

• Certified Safety and Health Official (CSHO) preferred

• Bachelor’s Degree in a related field preferred

• 5  years of related experience in the field of Safety and Loss Control

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