Unit Safety Manager 2

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*Relocation Assistance Available*

Sodexo is seeking an experienced Unit Safety Manager 2 for Quality Assurance for Food Service for University of Albany located in Albany, NY. This position is going to be apart of a team who is constantly keeping up with trends and culture, and the best fit candidate will have university culinary management experience, retail managerial experience, and the ability to adapt to new surrounding easily and go with changes.

Key Responsibilities:

• this role requires knowledge of food safety and local health department guidelines;
• this will require knowledge of site specific and OSHA requirements; 
• other duties include training of staff, overseeing work, proactive evaluation of potential hazards, thorough reporting and safety communications;
• review of unit specific policies and procedures for controlling occupational health, safety, and environmental hazards that come under Federal, State, and local regulations (e.g., Control of Hazardous Energy; Permit Required Confined Space Identification and Entry, Asbestos, Lead, Right to Know (GHS), Fall Prevention, Slips/Trips/Falls, Storm Water, etc.);
• measure the effectiveness of Operational Excellence / Food Safety strategies and programs in a fact based and objective manner;
• complete Food / Physical Safety audits. Recommend, justify, implement, and manage safety devices, equipment, and/or products that help protect employees and customers and mitigate losses;
• serve as liaison to external professional organizations and regulatory groups;
• provide guidance and assistance to staff involved in performing audit work;
• analyze chemicals in the workplace and take action to reduce hazardous materials exposure (e.g., replace hazardous chemicals with safer chemicals) and improve sustainability;
• provide full support and take direction, as required, by the General Manager;
• provide safety management/accident prevention assistance to all applicable Client units;
• produce Food Safety progress reports as required to meet the Food Safety objectives of the division;
• conduct business statistical analyses on accidents, including frequency of occurrence and types and length of training;
• train and educate employees, as necessary and required, on Food Safety topics;
• track accident cause and injury type trends and facilitate remedial action(s).Communicate Food Safety information to key management as directed; and/or
• conduct routine on-site inspections and implement corrective action plans.

Learn more about University of Albany at https://www.albany.edu/.

Sodexo offers a full array of benefits including paid time off, holidays, medical, dental, vision, 401K and access to ongoing training and development programs, tuition reimbursement, plus health and wellness programs.   

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Working for Sodexo:

How far will your ambition, talent and dedication take you? Sodexo fosters a culture committed to the growth of individuals through continuous learning, mentoring and other career growth opportunities, along with the performance of organizations. We believe it is important for our work to be meaningful to all who contribute to it, and we remain faithful to our mission, our core values and the ethical principles that have guided us since 1966. We support these values and help them thrive in each employee.

We strive to make working for Sodexo a genuinely great experience with benefits to promote your professional, personal and financial well-being, and to improve your Quality of Life now and into the future. Our experiences with our over 50 million customers each and every day enable us to develop Quality of Life services that reinforce the well-being of individuals, improving their effectiveness and helping companies and organizations to improve performance … every day. 

Sodexo offers fair and equitable compensation, partially determined by a candidate's education level or years of relevant experience. While the budgeted range for the position is posted, Sodexo salary offers are based on a candidate's specific criteria, like experience, skills, education and training.

The primary purpose of this role is to ensure a safe work environment at client sites by providing HS&E and/or Quality Assurance consultation. This role drives a safety culture at the site level. This position is responsible for ensuring the implementation and compliance with North American and client safety guidelines. Ensures legal compliance to all Federal (Provincial), State and Local regulations.

Basic Education Requirement - Associate’s Degree or equivalent experience

Basic Management Experience - 2 years
Basic Functional Experience - 2 years of related experience

Sodexo is an EEO/AA/Minority/Female/Disability/Veteran employer.