Risk and Safety Manager

Description

• Manage risk management and control strategies, including policy development, risk assessment, risk appetite evaluation, training, and tactical risk modeling.
• Design and oversee health and safety programs to ensure regulatory compliance, protect employee well‑being, and reduce business risk through training, audits, and performance evaluation.
• Coordinate emergency management activities and advise on emergency preparedness and response.
• Oversee insurance policy renewals, ensuring appropriate pricing, service standards, and liability risk mitigation.
• Coordinate physical security strategies, monitor employee risks, and recommend prevention and mitigation measures.
• Serve as a trusted business partner, managing internal client relationships and deploying resources to support objectives.
• Manage non‑professional liability claims, including tracking, investigation, carrier coordination, and issue escalation.
• Develop training courses tailored to business requirements and performance needs.
• Support personal transformations by operating complex leadership development programs.

Requirements

Freese and Nichols is seeking an experienced Risk and Safety Manager for locations in San Antonio, Fort Worth, Houston, or Austin, Texas. The manager will lead the corporate health and safety program and provide expert guidance to leaders across the organization. They will craft strategy, spearhead safety initiatives, and serve as a resource for technical groups. This role ensures the health and safety of FNI employees.

• Demonstrate managerial courage by making difficult decisions, leading change, enforcing policies, and holding staff accountable.
• Bachelor’s degree in a related field.
• Minimum 6 years’ experience in risk and safety, with at least 3 years managing resources, programs, and initiatives.
• Certified Safety Professional (Board of Certified Safety Professionals).
• Strong knowledge of OSHA standards, including 29 CFR Part 1910 and 29 CFR Part 1926.

Benefits

The company offers a comprehensive benefits package, paid overtime for salaried staff, an annual bonus, and access to company cabins in Red River, New Mexico. Employees enjoy a flexible hybrid work environment, with up to 40 % remote work and an alternate schedule providing a day off every other Friday. Freese and Nichols currently employs over 1,300 professionals and continues to expand.

• Provide paid overtime for salaried employees, an annual bonus, and access to company cabins in Red River, NM.
• Offer a flexible hybrid work schedule with up to 40% remote work and an alternative schedule granting a day off every other Friday.

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance