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Occupational Health and Safety

The Occupational Safety Specialist oversees and coordinates Occupational Health and Safety programs.

• Develop and maintain a strategic safety plan focusing on the protection of employees, contractors, guests, and the University Community
• Ensure regulatory compliance for safety programs through auditing and surveying work processes
• Develop, implement, and manage injury and illness prevention programs by performing root cause and failure analysis for incidents
• Analyze injury data to determine trends and set focus on injury prevention strategies
• Participate in creating and revising University policies and safety programs
• Perform accident investigations and make recommendations for corrective actions and follow up actions
• Train management and technical service supervisors on safety initiatives/programs; keep employees abreast of the overall mission, vision, and goals for safety
• Advise on safety projects required for improvements
• Champion the implementation of Prevention Through Design process
• May supervise staff members, including hiring, development, and performance management

Level:

– Principal Professional

Base Description:

– Completes activities, tasks, and/or projects of a functional nature.

Level Summary:

– Displays mastery of defined skill areas/applications, principles, theories and practices. Evaluates and enhances existing practices. Recognizes emerging trends in area of expertise. Works independently on complex or strategic assignments. Directs and delegates appropriate tasks to others. Implements strategies to ensure achievement of initiatives. Prepares written and/or verbal presentations or proposals on complex issues and deliver to broad audiences. Identifies and implements innovative solutions to important, highly complex strategic and/or operational issues.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

– Indirect supervisor for other full–time employees
– May serve as direct supervisor for part–time, student, and/or temporary workers, volunteers, or a full–time employee

Fiscal Responsibilities:

– Validates and pays invoices
– Monitors and tracks budgets and funding
– May plan and forecast budgets

Problem Solving:

– Encounters complex and novel problems
– Applies policies, practices, specialized knowledge, and skills to resolve problems
– Understands benefits, limitations, and impact of potential solutions
– Anticipates potential problems and recommends possible solutions within general guidelines

Independence of Action:

– Works independently on complex or strategic assignments
– Uses existing practices as guidelines as well as working knowledge to determine specific work methods
– Carries out work activities independently, with supervisor available to resolve problems
– Reviews work of others to verify technical soundness

Communication and Collaboration:

– Communicates with both internal and external audiences
– Collaborates closely with team members and area leads across the University
– Prepares written and/or verbal presentations or proposals on complex issues and delivers to a broad variety of audiences
– Establishes and maintains networks to facilitate successful communication among units

• Comp Grade – 11
• Minimum – $68,200.00
• MidPoint – $85,200.00
• Maximum – $102,300.00