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Safety Manager
- 300 Austin Ave, Waco, Texas
- CITY OF WACO, TEXAS
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- Administration and Management
- Public Safety
Plans Examiner I, II, or III
- 300 Austin Ave, Waco, Texas
- CITY OF WACO, TEXAS
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- Code Enforcement and Inspections
Senior Animal Services Technician
- 300 Austin Ave, Waco, Texas
- CITY OF WACO, TEXAS
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- Animal Control or Services
Historic Site Manager
- 300 Austin Ave, Waco, Texas
- CITY OF WACO, TEXAS
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- Construction and Skilled Trades
Wastewater Treatment Plant Superintendent
- 300 Austin Ave, Waco, Texas
- CITY OF WACO, TEXAS
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- Clerical and Administrative Support
- Water and Wastewater Treatment
Treatment Operations Manager
- 300 Austin Ave, Waco, Texas
- CITY OF WACO, TEXAS
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- Administration and Management
Development Engineering Manager
- 300 Austin Ave, Waco, Texas
- CITY OF WACO, TEXAS
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- Administration and Management
- Engineering
Solid Waste Maintenance Worker
- 300 Austin Ave, Waco, Texas
- CITY OF WACO, TEXAS
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- Building Maintenance
- Sanitation and Solid Waste
Lateral Transfer Police Officer
- 300 Austin Ave, Waco, Texas
- CITY OF WACO, TEXAS
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- Public Safety
- Other
Environmental Compliance Manager
- 300 Austin Ave, Waco, Texas
- CITY OF WACO, TEXAS
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- Environmental Services
- Regulatory and Licensing
Water Plant Apprentice/Water Plant Operator I/Water Plant Operator II
- 300 Austin Ave, Waco, Texas
- CITY OF WACO, TEXAS
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- Clerical and Administrative Support
- Water and Wastewater Treatment
- Other
Public Works Utilities Operator-CDL / Senior Public Works Utilities Operator-CDL
- 300 Austin Ave, Waco, Texas
- CITY OF WACO, TEXAS
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- Public Works
- Utilities
- Other
Level 3 Campus Guard
- Waco, Texas
- Klein ISD
- Full Time
- Public Safety

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Safety Manager
- 300 Austin Ave, Waco, Texas 76701 United States
- CITY OF WACO, TEXAS
- Aug 13, 2026
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CITY OF WACO, TEXAS

Waco is centrally located in the heart of Texas on the I-35 corridor midway between Dallas-Fort Worth and Austin. This progressive and diverse city with a vibrant community spirit offers major attractions, museums, recreation, and abundant shopping to more than 140,000 residents. Waco is the 25th largest city in Texas and the county seat of McLennan County. Waco is not only briming with Texas history, economic opportunity, and a rich variety of cultural experiences, it is also a major seat of high learning within three major colleges in its city limits including Baylor University, Texas State Technical College and McLennan Community College. The city is also the birthplace of Dr. Pepper, the Texas Ranger Hall of Fame Museum and the Texas Sports Hall of Fame. Waco boasts one of the biggest and best municipal parks in Texas, Cameron Park. While the park is located in the middle of downtown situated on the Brazos and Bosque River it hosts numerous races, triathlons, boat races and much, much more. Governance and Organization Waco is a home rule city with a council-manager form of government. The City Council is comprised of a Mayor, elected at-large, and five City Council members representing single-member districts, all serving two-year terms. The City Council sets the tax rate, approves the budget, appoints members to City boards and commissions, enacts City ordinances, and appoints the City Manager, City Attorney, City Secretary, and the Municipal Court Judge. The City has a strong Financial Management Policy that guides the operation and delivery of quality City services, contributes to excellent AA+ and Aa1 bond ratings, and maintains an unassigned fund balance reserve in the General Fund equal to 28% of current year budgeted expenditures. The City of Waco has more than 1,600 employees and a total operating budget of over $400 million. The City provides a full range of municipal services including a regional airport, animal services, building inspections, code enforcement, convention and visitors bureau, emergency management, housing and community development, economic development, fire, public health, library, municipal court, parks and recreation, planning, police, public works, Texas Ranger Hall of Fame Museum, utilities and zoo operations. The City Council and City Manager are committed to the mission of providing exemplary municipal services for citizens and visitors in a collaborative and transparent manner while honoring the public’s trust. Waco values include providing excellent and innovative services, promoting equality and inclusion, focusing on teamwork, investing in people and always doing the right thing. With the City of Waco, you will find our home; where everyone belongs and thrives as move forward together.
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- Aug 13, 2026
Job Description
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Minimum Starting Salary: $110,000.00 per year, Depending on Qualifications

The City of Waco Seeks
The City of Waco is seeking a visionary leader to become our next Safety Manager. This role will be responsible for the development and implementation of safety and health programs for the City of Waco. The ideal candidate will have experience driving a safety-based culture.

Minimum Qualifications
Required:
Bachelor’s degree in Occupational Safety and Health, Civil Engineering, or a related field and 5 years increasingly responsible experience in organization-wide Health & Safety programs, including direct responsibility for managing or supervising personnel, operations, programs, and/or services, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
Texas Driver’s License required

Preferred:
Certified Safety Professional (CSP)
Certified Industrial Hygienist
CHSP - Certified Healthcare Safety Professional
Certified Professional Environmental Auditor
Certified Hazardous Materials Manager

Position Overview
The Safety Manager is responsible for the development and implementation of safety and health programs that ensure the safety of all employees, visitors, and contractors, and that meet and exceed the requirements set forth by OSHA, in pursuit of acquiring ISO 45001 certification. The Safety Manager will actively manage the City's team of safety professionals and will engage and involve leaders and employees at all levels of the organization to drive a safety-based culture characterized by teamwork, commitment, compliance, and accountability.

Essential Functions
Leads the City’s Safety & Health team in advancing initiatives that promote and sustain the safety, health, security, and welfare of all personnel.
Provides organization-wide safety leadership, direction, and technical expertise to support effective safety programs and services.
Provides executive-level safety advice and expertise to City management to inform policy decisions; develops, monitors, and updates safety policies, procedures, and training to address operational needs, regulatory requirements, and employee awareness.
Develops, implements, and administers ‘best known’ Environmental Health and Safety standards and practices with a focus on achieving World Class Performance.
Disseminates governing safety regulations, appropriate industry “best practices” as well as internal “best practices” to city management, supervisors, and employees to ensure continuous learning and improvement in safety and health performance.
Analyzes safety performance, makes recommendations, and drive positive change. Communicates to leadership and operations the requirements for improving performance including addressing issues, concerns, and corrective actions.
Develops, monitors, and disseminates city safety goals and/or benchmarks to employees and subcontractors.
Participates in project safety meetings as well as significant safety incident investigations and root cause analysis.
Manages interactions and effectively communicates with all levels of the city, outside support/consulting and regulatory agency personnel.
Investigates safety complaints, violations, deficiencies, near misses, and incidents; conducts root cause analyses to identify lessons learned and recommends corrective actions to prevent recurrence. Communicates post incident/near miss findings (written/verbal: Incident Flash; Detailed Incident Investigation; and phone/net conferences).
Develops, implements, and institutionalizes a process to identify and eliminate high risk occurrences through review of historical incident data; leading/warning indicators; plant, process, and equipment audits; job and activity observations; and highly specified Job Safety Analysis (JSA)s and Standardized Work Instructions (SWIs).
Partners with Risk Management and other business partners to proactively manage the administration of Workers' Compensation benefits, case management, and cost containment measures, and the administration and management of risk and loss control activities.
Promotes a positive safety culture through effective leadership, coaching, and mentorship, while leading organizational change that supports sustained adoption of safety practices and initiatives.
Leads continuous improvement activities and programs, leveraging processes, tools, and best practices.
May be required to respond afterhours, including holidays and weekends, in the event of a departmental or City-wide emergency.
Operates a City vehicle to conduct job site visits, incident investigations, training sessions, audits, and emergency response activities at municipal facilities and worksites, and may be required to respond after hours, weekends, and holidays. May drive a City vehicle out of town and overnight for training and other business.
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Performs other related duties as assigned.
Complies with all policies and standards.
Supports the relationship between the City of Waco and the general public by demonstrating courteous and cooperative behavior when interacting with residents, visitors, and City staff; maintains confidentiality of work-related issues and City information.
Lives the City of Waco Values.

The City of Waco offers a complete benefits package for eligible employees including; health, dental, vision, Employee Assistance Program (EAP), Flexible Spending Accounts, life insurance, long term and short term disability, retirement, deferred compensation plans, holidays, vacation, sick leave, credit union and savings bonds.

To learn more about the benefits offered, visit our Benefits page.

Why Work For Waco:
Meaningful and challenging work
Make a difference and improve communities
Competitive Salary and Benefits
Full Range of Benefits, including Health, Dental, Vision, Disability, and Life Insurance
Mandatory TMRS Retirement Plan with a 2:1 City Match
Education Assistance Program
Paid Parental Leave
Employee Assistance
Longevity Pay
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Chance to do work you are passionate about
Desire to give back
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CITY OF WACO, TEXAS

Waco is centrally located in the heart of Texas on the I-35 corridor midway between Dallas-Fort Worth and Austin. This progressive and diverse city with a vibrant community spirit offers major attractions, museums, recreation, and abundant shopping to more than 140,000 residents. Waco is the 25th largest city in Texas and the county seat of McLennan County.

Waco is not only briming with Texas history, economic opportunity, and a rich variety of cultural experiences, it is also a major seat of high learning within three major colleges in its city limits including Baylor University, Texas State Technical College and McLennan Community College.

The city is also the birthplace of Dr. Pepper, the Texas Ranger Hall of Fame Museum and the Texas Sports Hall of Fame. Waco boasts one of the biggest and best municipal parks in Texas, Cameron Park. While the park is located in the middle of downtown situated on the Brazos and Bosque River it hosts numerous races, triathlons, boat races and much, much more.

Governance and Organization

Waco is a home rule city with a council-manager form of government. The City Council is comprised of a Mayor, elected at-large, and five City Council members representing single-member districts, all serving two-year terms. The City Council sets the tax rate, approves the budget, appoints members to City boards and commissions, enacts City ordinances, and appoints the City Manager, City Attorney, City Secretary, and the Municipal Court Judge.

The City has a strong Financial Management Policy that guides the operation and delivery of quality City services, contributes to excellent AA+ and Aa1 bond ratings, and maintains an unassigned fund balance reserve in the General Fund equal to 28% of current year budgeted expenditures. The City of Waco has more than 1,600 employees and a total operating budget of over $400 million.

The City provides a full range of municipal services including a regional airport, animal services, building inspections, code enforcement, convention and visitors bureau, emergency management, housing and community development, economic development, fire, public health, library, municipal court, parks and recreation, planning, police, public works, Texas Ranger Hall of Fame Museum, utilities and zoo operations.

The City Council and City Manager are committed to the mission of providing exemplary municipal services for citizens and visitors in a collaborative and transparent manner while honoring the public’s trust. Waco values include providing excellent and innovative services, promoting equality and inclusion, focusing on teamwork, investing in people and always doing the right thing.

With the City of Waco, you will find our home; where everyone belongs and thrives as move forward together.
CITY OF WACO, TEXAS
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Senior Animal Services Technician

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Wastewater Treatment Plant Superintendent

Treatment Operations Manager

Development Engineering Manager

Solid Waste Maintenance Worker

Lateral Transfer Police Officer

Environmental Compliance Manager

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Public Works Utilities Operator-CDL / Senior Public Works Utilities Operator-CDL

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Safety Manager

Plans Examiner I, II, or III

Senior Animal Services Technician

Historic Site Manager

Wastewater Treatment Plant Superintendent

Treatment Operations Manager

Development Engineering Manager

Solid Waste Maintenance Worker

Lateral Transfer Police Officer

Environmental Compliance Manager

Water Plant Apprentice/Water Plant Operator I/Water Plant Operator II

Public Works Utilities Operator-CDL / Senior Public Works Utilities Operator-CDL

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