Preliminary Investigator

Job Description

The Wynn Las Vegas (WLV) Preliminary Investigator is responsible for protecting company assets and provides a safe environment for our team members and guests; interviewing, summarizing, and writing comprehensive security reports to memorialize incidents that occur on property. Duties include, but are not limited to: maintaining records and processes for auditing purposes, supporting department team members and maximizing opportunities for departmental success;

maintaining all company standards; and ensuring excellent guest and team member experience.

• Effectively document all incidents and events into security incident reports, ensuring these reports will be complete and accurate relevant to the incident. Incident reports will include Guest/Patron Missing Property reports, Guest/Patron Injury reports, Guest /Patron Property Damage reports, VIP/Private Access reports, Hotel Property Damage reports, Employee Injury reports, Guest/Employee Assist reports, Outside Agency Assist reports, Recovered Property reports, Criminal Acts reports, Safe Recovery reports, Vehicle Damage reports, Suspicious Incident reports, Guest/Employee Misconduct reports, and any other incident requiring documented evidence of occurrence.
• Effectively identify and use all forms and documents that are relevant within Preliminary Investigations. Forms and documents will include Guest/Employee Voluntary statements, Guest Accident/Illness reports, Guest Injury forms, Refusal of Medical Assistance forms, Medical Provider forms, Property Loss/Damage forms, Guest Claims cards, Employee Accident reports, Notice of Injury forms C-1 and C-3, Additional Information and Medical Release forms, Medical Referral forms, Prescription forms, Transport and Taxicab forms.
• Effectively make use of the iTrak computer program and become knowledgeable in basic procedures including, but not limited to, adding participants, transferring media files and forms, conducting supplemental reports, completing detailed and accurate incident reports and printing and emailing reports. In addition, proofread incident reports and prepare them to be approved by members of Security management.
• Correctly identify affected persons and potential witnesses that are involved in incidents and events and ensuring the proper procedures are implemented, such as issuing statements to affected persons, collecting contact information from witnesses, advising lost property claimants to contact Lost and Found Services.
• Effectively gather pertinent information and determine if and when an incident report is necessary. The determining factors will include company liability, acts of a criminal nature, safety violations, emergency medical service responses, damages to hotel property, incidents that are suspicious in nature and misconduct by employed personnel.
• Effectively make use of the computer program Opera and conduct inquiries in guest(s) folios along with gathering information and history from guests and specific patrons using gathered contact and other information.
• Effectively make use of the computer program HotSOS and become knowledgeable with initiating work order requests, providing specific issues and locations and providing additional information when necessary.
• Conduct minor investigations in conjunction with incident reports. Minor investigations will include reporting safety violations, requesting video coverage from the Security Control Center, initiating engineering work orders via the HotSOS computer program and requesting lock interrogation reports via Timelox.
• Conduct the correct procedures and provide the proper documents that are relevant to the incident. These procedures will include obtaining photos from accidents, notifying hotel management on incidents involving hotel guests, notifying Safety Department management on incidents involving guest/employee transports, notifying Corporate Investigations on Incidents involving VIP/Private Access Guests, providing correct forms for guest /employee injuries, securing accident scenes and securing and logging evidence.
• Document and correct any types of conditions or hazards that have contributed to incidents. These conditions include wet floors, low lighting conditions, debris, obstructions and worn or damaged areas.
• Effectively collect and secure any and all evidence related to incidents and affected persons and ensures the proper chain of custody is followed.
• Provide assistance to outside agencies and organizations. Outside agencies will include Las Vegas Metropolitan Police, Nevada Gaming Control Board, Taxi Authority and others.
• Work extensively with other investigative departments and provide information and specific details when necessary. These investigative departments will include the Guest Claims Department, Food and Health Department, Worker’s Compensation, Safety Department and Corporate Investigations.
• Evaluate conditions of guests or employees and offer emergency medical assistance and other services and ensure…