What are the responsibilities and job description for the Transportation and Utilities Safety Coordinator position at City of Lincoln & Lancaster County?
Job Posting Information
Administration is one of 11 divisions in the City of Lincoln Transportation and Utilities (LTU) Department. The LTU team provides transit, transportation and utilities services year-round to the citizens of Lincoln. Nearly 600 team members make up LTU. We fuel the importance of building relationships within our divisions and department and with our community partners. We value our team’s forward-thinking attitude and pride ourselves on good stewardship of our environment. We celebrate our individual strengths that in turn take our teams to new levels of accomplishment. We commit ourselves to offering additional training opportunities and a variety of paths for professional job growth. Our teammates enjoy benefits that include, but are not limited to, a retirement match, paid vacation, holidays, sick leave, and health, dental, and vision plans. Join the largest department at the City of Lincoln today. We are excited to enhance our community’s quality of life together.
We are looking for our next Transportation and Utilities Safety Coordinator. This is administrative and technical work directing the training program and developing and maintaining a comprehensive safety/loss control program for the Division/Department.Nature of Work/Examples of Work Performed
In this role you will:
- Develop and maintain a Comprehensive Safety Management System for the Transportation and Utilities Department.
- Perform, conduct or coordinate training sessions for the Transportation and Utilities Department to meet required local, state, and federal requirements.
- Conduct and perform safety Inspections of Transportation and Utilities divisional operating facilities and work sites.
- Be responsible for safety communication and coordination with divisional employees, supervisors and management, City safety training coordinator and regulating agencies.
- Assist divisions in emergency preparedness activities.
Minimum Qualifications/Necessary Special Requirements
Graduation from an accredited four-year college or university with major coursework in safety and health, industrial engineering, industrial hygiene, business administration or related field plus two years of experience relating to safety, loss control or risk management; or any equivalent combination of training and experience that provides the desirable knowledge, abilities and skills.
We value each City of Lincoln employee and one way we demonstrate this is by providing an attractive and competitive total compensation package that adds value to our employees' professional and personal lives. The following benefits are available for this position:
- Pay increases are available upon completion of the 6-month new employee probationary period, and annually thereafter based on performance.
- We encourage a healthy work-life balance by offering 11 days of vacation leave and 12 days of sick leave annually that you begin accruing upon hire; plus 11 paid holidays and 2 personal convenience days.
- All medical, dental, and vision benefits for you and your family begin the first of the month following hire, no need to wait!
- 30 days of Paid Parental Leave
- Employee Assistance Programs offering work/life services, wellness coaching, short-term counseling, legal assistance, and financial coaching.
- Up to 4 days of Funeral and Bereavement Leave
- $70,000 of Life Insurance
- $1,250 of Tuition Reimbursement
- 401(a) Retirement Plan. If you make a 7% contribution, the City will contribute 9%
- Employer provided Post Employment Health Plan for eligible medical expenses that occur after you leave City employment.
- Optional benefits include:
- Medical and/or Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
- Allstate Voluntary Plans
- Supplemental Term Life
- Deferred Compensation Plans
Salary : $70,000
