Enterprise Safety Director

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Job Summary

The Opportunity

The Enterprise Safety Director oversees safety across Getty sites, including Getty Center, Getty Villa, 640 Sepulveda, and the Westwood Village property. Reporting to the Assistant Vice President of Facilities Operations and Capital Planning, the role oversees a team of 3-4 technical staff and provides strategic leadership and operational oversight for occupational safety, construction safety, and life safety programs across Getty programs and sites. This position establishes an enterprise-wide safety architecture designed to protect staff, visitors, facilities, cultural and real property assets, while ensuring strict compliance with local, state, and federal regulatory requirements. The ideal candidate is a professional who can thrive in a complex institutional arts and culture environment, build strong relationships, and drive safe work practices while balancing operations. The ideal candidate has significant experience in construction, facility maintenance, building and utilities operations, grounds maintenance, emergency preparedness, and hazardous waste/hazardous materials, knowledge of radiation safety, and can proactively and effectively manage compliance, coaching, accountability, and continuous improvement.

Major Job Responsibilities

• Strategic leadership: Develop, implement, and continuously refine an enterprise workplace safety strategy.

  Regulatory compliance: Oversee regulatory, safety, and environmental programs, ensuring internal controls for compliance, including OSHA, CalOSHA, EPA, NFPA, and local life safety codes. Direct environmental monitoring, hazard assessments, and regulatory audits across Getty sites. Provide oversight and management of hazardous material and hazardous waste programs.

  Safety policies and procedures: Develop and maintain Getty-wide safety policies and procedures. Oversight of all workplace safety programs across Getty.

  Management and supervision of safety staff: professional development, timekeeping, training, guidance, establishing goals and priorities, performance reviews.

  Training and culture: Build and implement safety training programs for staff and oversee contractor safety training programs. Cultivate a culture of proactive, safety-oriented, safety-first mindset.

• Incident investigations: Conducts and leads incident investigations and fact-finding efforts related to workplace incidents, near-misses, and safety violations. Oversees root cause analysis, lessons learned sessions, safety stand-downs, reviews incident reports, and implements mitigation strategies and corrective actions to prevent recurrence.

  Emergency Preparedness and Response: Actively participates in the Getty Emergency Operations Center. Work closely with Security Services on emergency contact lists, business continuity and recovery plans, as well as emergency drills and exercises.

• Applies comprehensive knowledge of area of expertise used in division
• Manages subordinate employees, including mentoring, coaching, counseling, training, and performance evaluation
• Provides direction and delegates assignments and objectives to subordinates
• Determines divisional objectives and assignments
• Establishes operating policies and procedures for the division
• Exerts influence in the development of objectives, budgets, and long-range goals for the organization
• May provide technical/thought leadership in area of expertise

Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in occupational safety, industrial safety, engineering, or a safety-related field. Master's Degree a plus.
• Experience: 10+ years of progressive leadership experience in occupational safety, construction safety, industrial safety, or a similar field. Knowledge of fire/life safety systems and impairment coordination.
• Certifications: Certified Safety Professional (CSP), OSHA 30 Hour Construction Certification, Safety Management Specialist (SMS) certificate, Construction Health and Safety Technician (CHST) or Certified Safety Manager Construction (CSMC) preferred.
• Current First Aid, CPR, and AED certification, or the ability to obtain certification within six months of hire.
• Valid California driver’s license with fewer than three DMV points; ability to drive to multiple Getty properties.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Leadership: Demonstrated proficiency in supervising, managing, and coaching teams to build skills and teamwork. Ability to influence crews, supervisors, and managers at all levels.

• Communication: Senior-level stakeholder communications, calm and clear crisis communications. Strong ability to present information in writing, presentation, or verbally. Strong experience working with senior management and field teams on safety and environmental programs across multiple sites and locations.

• Construction and facilities: Strong knowledge of OSHA construction standards. Experience with Uniform Plumbing & Building Codes and the National Electric Code. Experience and knowledge of demolition, renovation, and new construction building projects. Ensure contractor and subcontractors have proper controls, processes, and resources to establish and maintain a strong safety program. Knowledge of contractor safety submittals, JHA, MOP, Fall Protection Plans, Crane Lift Plans, Excavation and Scaffold Erecting Plans, Confined Space Entry and hazard assessment of other high-risk operations.

• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment, establish daily work priorities, and perform oversight at multiple active sites across facilities and construction.

• Audits, analysis, and reporting: Demonstrated ability to oversee and manage all regulatory compliance reporting with high quality and in a timely manner. Strong experience in safety incident reporting and daily reporting for multiple projects and programs. Ability to identify hazards, unsafe behaviors, understand trends, and find opportunities for coaching and improvement. Experience conducting job site audits and field observations. Conduct regular jobsite observations, audits, and safety inspections across active projects.

• Ability to manage, control, and report safety incidents in a timely manner in accordance with OSHA regulations and Getty processes. Ability to develop corrective action plans and bring best practices into processes and programs.

• Safety training management: Facilitate safety training and orientation as needed. Assist in identifying safety-related training requirements for associates and support processes to ensure training effectiveness and compliance.

• Hazardous material and hazardous waste management: Experience overseeing hazardous material and hazardous waste inventories, removal, and tracking.

Benefits and Perks

Here are just some examples that Getty offers/provides for full-time employees:

• Medical, Dental and Vision insurance coverage, starting on date of hire. Getty pays 75%-95% of the premium, depending on the plan selected.
• 403(b) Employee Investment retirement plan – with up to 5% Getty Match
• Getty contribution of 6%, on behalf of employee, to 401(a) retirement account
• Educational Assistance and professional development
• Paid Vacation, Sick and Personal Days
• 12 Paid Holidays
• Many positions have bi-weekly Off-Fridays
• On-Site Fitness Center at Getty Center
• Community service opportunities

To learn more about our comprehensive benefits and long list of perks, go to Getty HR .

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