Safety Officer

Pay Range: $65,563 - $75,397

Job Posting Closing on: Thursday, April 10, 2025 📅

Workdays & Hours: Monday – Friday 8am – 5pm; Some evening/weekend work required.

Benefits for this position include: 11 Paid Holidays, Medical, Dental, Vision, Paid Time Off, Pension Plan, and Professional Development Opportunities. Find out More!

The City of Fort Worth is one of the fastest growing large cities in the U.S. Our employees serve the needs of nearly 1,000,000 residents, promoting our values of exceptional customer experience, mutual respect, embracing our diversity, continuous improvement, ethical behavior, and accountability. 🌆

The Environmental Services Department seeks to hire an experienced Safety Officer to provide technical support in coordinating, developing, and implementing safety programs; provide specialized training and assessments to employees and department operations; perform safety training; and conduct thorough accident investigations and inspections to determine the root causes and prevent occurrences and or recurrence. This involves analyzing data, interviewing witnesses, and identifying areas for improvement in safety protocols or procedures. The Safety Officer is tasked with ensuring employees in the department can work in a safe and secure environment and oversee safety-related programs and training. The candidate must be able to communicate clearly and effectively, both oral and written, and should be responsible, dependable, and extremely detail-oriented individual.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree from a four-year college or university in safety management, occupational health and safety, environmental safety, or a closely related field.
• Three (3) years of safety experience and/or training.
• Valid Texas Driver’s License
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Proficient in Microsoft Office, SharePoint, PowerPoint, and Excel.
• Safety certification (GSP, ASP, SSH, CSHO, SHEP or equivalent)
• Experience with accident/incident investigations
• Ability to know, understand, interpret and apply federal, state and local regulations
  
  

The Safety Office Job Responsibilities Include

• Providing safety training and educational programs to employees to raise awareness about safety protocols, emergency procedures, and the proper use of safety equipment.
• Identifying potential hazards in the workplace through regular inspections, risk assessments, and audits at each center and inspections.
• Drafting, updating, and enforcing safety policies and procedures to ensure compliance with relevant regulations and standards.
• Developing and implementing emergency response plans, conducting drills, and coordinating with external emergency services to ensure the department is prepared to respond effectively to emergencies.
• Fostering a culture of safety within the organization by encouraging employee participation, recognizing safety achievements, and promoting open communication about safety concerns.
• Collaborating with management and employee representatives to form safety committees and actively participate in meetings to address safety issues and develop solutions.
• Respond to and investigate accidents and incidents for corrective actions, and prepare and provide outcome summary reports to the Executive Team.
• Overseeing the selection, maintenance, and inspection of safety equipment such as personal protective equipment (PPE), fire extinguishers, and safety signage.
• Representative of ENV Serv. in City-wide safety committee meetings and ARB board hearings.
• Create a list of training throughout the year for the Department staff to comply with.
• Write safety articles to be produced in the Department’s employee newsletter
  
  

Working Conditions

Depending on assignment, positions in this class typically require touching, talking, hearing, seeing, grasping, standing, walking and repetitive motions.

Physical Demand

Sedentary Work – Depending on assignment, positions in this class typically exert up to 10 pounds of force occasionally, a negligible amount of force frequently, and/or or constantly having to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects. Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time. Jobs are sedentary if walking and standing are required only occasionally, and all other sedentary criteria are met.

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Conditions of Employment

The City of Fort Worth is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. It is the policy and practice of the City to recruit, hire, train and promote a diverse workforce without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity), national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, membership in an employee organization, parental status, military service, or another non-merit factor.

The City of Fort Worth is committed to full compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to participate in the job application or interview process and to perform essential job functions.

Candidates who do not meet the Education requirement, may be considered if they have more relevant work experience than the position requires. Those selected for employment will be required to pass Pre-Employment checks depending on the position requirements. Those could include, but are not limited to: criminal background check, drug screen, education verification, etc. criminal convictions will be considered on a case-by-case basis. Employees are paid by direct deposit only.