Allied Universal

Safety and Risk Specialist

Job Description

Posted on: 
June 30, 2026

Allied Universal®, North America’s leading security and facility services company, offers rewarding careers that provide you a sense of purpose. While working in a dynamic, welcoming, and collaborative workplace, you will be part of a team that contributes to a culture that positively impacts the communities and customers we serve.

Allied Universal® is hiring a Temporary Safety and Risk Specialist for a 12 month project.The Safety and Risk Specialist will follow a predetermined schedule for facilitating the implementation of a standardized safety improvement process in multiple operational branches. An existing playbook, dashboard, and a cadence of meetings will be utilized to help educate, inform, and establish performance expectations with operational partners. Regular reporting of progress and attendance at Safety Department meetings will be a requirement. This is a remote temporary position.

Salary Range = $50,000-$75,000 (based upon a candidate's experience and background)

BENEFITS:

  • Medical, dental, vision, retirement plan, basic life, AD&D, and disability insurance
  • Eight paid holidays annually, five sick days, and four personal days
  • Vacation time offered at an accrual rate of 3.08 hours biweekly. Unused vacation is only paid out where required by law.

Responsibilities

  • Facilitate the implementation of a standardized safety improvement process for assigned branches to ensure understanding, drive accountability, and establish operational ownership
  • Produce recurring regional and branch-level reports using a standardized safety improvement process and approved reporting formats
  • Analyze safety data and educate how an operator should be reviewing for insights, trends, and actions
  • Coach branch and general managers on a standardized safety improvement process execution, follow-up expectations, and leadership accountability
  • Execute phased deployment activities, including branch onboarding, meeting facilitation, and transition of tactical dashboard process ownership to general managers
  • Actively participate in weekly facilitator check-ins, monthly quality reviews, and quarterly program refresh activities by sharing implementation experiences and suggestions for improvement
  • Support sustained branch execution of safety improvement process through follow-up meetings, coaching, and performance review
  • Collaborate with Health, Safety, and Environment (HSE) leadership and operational stakeholders to ensure successful implementation

Job Requirements

  • Must possess one of the following:
    • Associate’s degree or higher in Safety, Emergency Management, Behavioral Science, or related field
    • Military safety-related experience (e.g., Safety and Occupational Health (SOH), Safety Managers, Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) Officers or similar role)
  • Minimum of three (3) years of safety or quality related management experience
  • Minimum three (3) years of operations safety experience
  • Work history must demonstrate the ability to lead others and drive improvement
  • Demonstrated knowledge of principles, concepts, methods, and techniques of effective safety process management
  • Ability to execute an established course of action to implement a process
  • Facilitation and presentation skills
  • Safety leadership and accountability coaching skills
  • Data analysis and reporting accuracy
  • Operational communication skills
  • Process discipline and attention to detail
  • Change management skills with the ability to influence without authority
  • Ability to manage multiple branches and deadlines
  • Strong follow-up and execution discipline
  • Cross-functional collaboration
  • Continuous improvement mindset

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

  • Knowledge of and previous experience with dashboards and business intelligent tools (e.g., DOMO)
  • Current Associate Safety Professional (ASP)
  • Current Certified Safety Professional (CSP)
  • Construction Health and Safety Technician (CHST) certification and/or foreign (non-US) certifications

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