Safety Specialist

The purpose of this position is to perform professional work in the development and implementation of a comprehensive safety program which assures that the City of Greenville provides a safe workplace for all employees.  This is accomplished by conducting safety training, performing safety inspections, conducting assessments on job hazards, investigating accidents, monitoring and processing workers' compensation claims, and performing other safety functions to minimize risk for the City.

FLSA Exemption Status: Non-Exempt
Hiring Salary Range:  $60,694.40 - $77,376.00/annually

• Use a variety of approaches, including job hazard assessments, to prioritize training programs.
• Develop educational training programs to promote proactive workplace safety concepts.
• Develop and execute a driver safety program.
• Communicate and recommend compliance and preventative measures necessary for improving workplace safety.
• Develop safety policies and procedures applicable to City operations.
• Schedule and coordinate employee occupational examinations.
• Ensure the City's compliance with OSHA statutory requirements, standards, and regulations.
• Interpret and provide technical guidance on health and safety standards pertinent to operations as needed.
• Prepare and submit mandatory recordkeeping and reports as required by federal and state safety laws.
• Maintain records of work-related accidents, injuries, and illnesses.
• Investigate near-miss, first aid, recordable, restricted-duty, and lost-time accidents and incidents.
• Collect work accident statements, related medical documents, and work status records in order to determine workers' compensation eligibility.
• Review the first report of injury, workers' compensation claims, managed care reports, and trend data using the third-party administrator's database.
• Serve as liaison between injured workers, supervisors, and third-party administrator adjusters for the City's return to work program.
• Conduct health and safety compliance inspections at all City-owned and leased facilities.
• Facilitate emergency action drills and evacuations at City-owned facilities.
• Coordinate Fire Marshal inspections at all City-owned and leased facilities.
• Record and submit all regulatory safety findings and violations to City management for corrective action.
• Keep current on new ideas and techniques for reducing workplace accidents, managing risk, and reducing workers' compensation costs.

Education and Experience:

• A Bachelor's degree in occupational health and safety, risk management, or a related field; and

• Over three years of experience in occupational safety or a closely related field.

REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES:
 
Knowledge of:

• principles and methods for training, educating and stimulating a diverse group of departments and divisions.
• federal, state, and local occupational safety and health laws, regulations, and codes.
• safety and health hazards and applicable safety precautions.
• interpreting and applying federal and state OSHA statutory requirements, standards, and regulation to City operations.
• the North Carolina Workers' Compensation Act as it pertains to compliance and administering benefits.

Skilled in:

• conveying information effectively both orally and written.
• critical thinking, using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems.
• complex problem solving, identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.

Ability to:

• create and implement a safety program across all City departments and division cultures.
• keep records and reports of all work-related employee injuries in accordance with the North Carolina Industrial Commission.
• conduct long-term safety assessments involving continuous improvement in the safety program.
• inspect City-owned and leased facilities and generate reports acknowledging violations and corrective actions required.
• investigate accidents and incidents and record reports identifying at-risk behaviors, unsafe acts, and conditions.
• manage multiple tasks, prioritize urgency of tasks, and necessitate department and division involvement.
• view problems neutrally and focus on solutions to problems.
• read and comprehend a multitude of documents, materials, and regulatory standards.
• compose memos, letters, reports, and charts pertinent to the City's safety program.
• operate assigned equipment, including computer equipment and various software packages.
• work cooperatively with regulatory agencies, City officials, other employees, and the general public.
• work safely without presenting a direct threat to self or others.
• meet the mental and physical demands of the position.

• FLSA Status: Nonexempt
• Valid North Carolina driver's license.

Salary : $60,694 - $94,058