Job Posting Title

Agency

Supervisory Organization

Job Posting End Date

Refer to the date listed at the top of this posting, if available. Continuous if date is blank.

Note: Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the day prior to the posting end date above.

Estimated Appointment End Date (Continuous if Blank)

Full/Part-Time

Job Type

Compensation

Job Description

Basic Purpose

Positions in this job family are assigned responsibilities involving the administration of an agency’s safety and health compliance program or providing consultative services to public-sector employers in planning, developing, and implementing occupational health and safety programs. This includes preparing and delivering public group presentations pertaining to health and safety practices; and providing guidance, assistance and training to other safety personnel in the performance of assigned tasks.

Typical Functions

The functions performed in this job family will vary by level, unit and organization, but may include the following:

• Evaluates occupational health and safety programs for the prevention of workplace accidents within an agency or public sector department.

• Assesses operation of equipment, for classes of work such as construction and maintenance, and other work areas where safety hazards exist.

• Inspects facilities and work in progress to determine where hazards exist; directs on-site corrections of flagrant safety violations and hazardous conditions; stops work in progress in extremely dangerous situations; determines action to be taken; and prepares reports of findings and action taken.

• Reviews publications, surveys, and programs of other public-sector employers; attends local, regional, or national safety conferences; and recommends changes in agency safety programs to lower accident frequency or severity; recommends acquisition of new equipment or modification of existing equipment that will eliminate or minimize occupational hazards.

• Provides advice and guidance to site and agency managers regarding inspection outcomes or discoveries and statutory regulations; provides pertinent OSHA materials to employers; makes related referrals and recommendations as indicated.

• Investigates workplace fatalities, other accidents and complaints made against public-sector employers.

• Operates state-of-the-art equipment and measuring devices, such as receptacle tension testers, voltage detectors, ground fault circuit interrupter testers, electrical continuity testers, or other equipment and machinery needed to detect safety hazards.

Level Descriptor

Levels are distinguished based on the complexity of assigned duties, the level of expertise required for completion of work assignments, and the responsibility assigned for the supervision of others.

This is the career level of the job family where employees are assigned duties and responsibilities at the full-performance level and perform a wide variety of tasks involving the implementation of an occupational health and safety hazards program. This position will be responsible for conducting public-sector employer workplace inspections, risk management analysis, and planning.

Education and Experience

Education and Experience requirements at this level consist of a bachelor’s degree in safety, industrial hygiene, or a closely related field and one year of qualifying experience; or an equivalent combination of education and experience, substituting one year of experience in industrial relations, safety, safety inspection, safety education, or risk management for each year of the required education.

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities and Competencies

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities required at this level include knowledge of occupational health and safety standards and procedures; of safety devices and protective equipment; of federal and state laws and agency regulations and policies governing agency operations; of safety inspection and consultation methods and analysis techniques and procedures; of report writing; of personnel practices and principles; and of public relations.

Ability is required to establish and maintain effective working relationships with others; to follow written and oral instructions; to review and analyze technical information; to read and comprehend policies and procedures, manuals, rules and regulations; to detect hazards and recommend remedial action; to analyze situations and formulate effective courses of action; to express ideas clearly and concisely, both orally and in writing; to conduct workplace inspections; and to identify and correct potential safety hazards.

Special Requirements

This position will require regular travel and occasional overnight stay. Applicants must be willing and able to fulfill all job-related travel normally associated with this position.

This position requires possession of a valid Oklahoma Driver’s license in order to operate state owned vehicles.

This position is safety sensitive as defined by 63 O.S. § 427.8.

Equal Opportunity Employment

The State of Oklahoma is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of genetic information, race, religion, color, sex, age, national origin, or disability.

Current active State of Oklahoma employees must apply for open positions internally through the Workday Jobs Hub.

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