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Occupational Health and Safety

The Occupational Safety Specialist is responsible for promoting and ensuring a safe work environment; identifies workplace hazards, implements safety programs, conducts inspections, and ensures compliance with local, state, and federal safety regulations within a work unit; works closely with management and employees to reduce risks, prevent accidents, and foster a culture of safety; serves as a liaison for the work unit to the Office of Environmental Health and Safety (EHS).

• Conduct regular workplace inspections and risk assessments
• Develop, implement, and maintain safety policies and procedures for a work unit, in collaboration with (EHS)
• Ensure compliance with OSHA and other regulatory standards
• Investigate workplace incidents, accidents, and near-misses; prepare detailed reports and recommend corrective actions
• Implement and manage injury and illness prevention programs by performing root cause and failure analysis for incidents
• Conduct ergonomic evaluations
• Ensure regulatory compliance for safety programs through auditing and surveying work processes
• Monitor workplace conditions and recommend improvements to reduce risks
• Deliver safety training programs and educational workshops for employees
• Implement Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) programs, including selecting appropriate PPE, ensuring proper usage, conducting fit testing and training, and monitoring compliance to protect employees from workplace hazards
• Maintain safety records, reports, and documentation
• Analyze injury data to determine trends and set focus on injury prevention strategies
• Collaborate with management to promote a culture of safety and continuous improvement
• Stay up to date on changes in safety regulations and industry best practices
• 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 – $72,300.00
• MidPoint – $90,312.00
• Maximum – $108,444.00

• Accident investigation
• Attention To Detail
• Data Analysis
• Organizational training
• Regulatory compliance
• Risk analysis