Safety Compliance Specialist (Multiple Positions)

Initial Posting Date

04/03/2025

Application Deadline

04/17/2025

Agency

Department of Transportation

Salary Range

$4,831 - $7,402

Position Type

Employee

Position Title

Safety Compliance Specialist (Multiple Positions)

Job Description

Compliance Specialist 2 – Safety Compliance Specialist (Multiple Positions)

Oregon Department of Transportation

Commerce and Compliance Division

Safety Compliance Field Unit

Ashland or Umatilla

The Role

Join our Commerce and Compliance Division as a safety compliance specialist. In this critical role, you will work independently to investigate complaints, perform truck inspections and conduct safety reviews. In addition, you will review and explain complex regulations to motor carrier operators and use the information obtained during compliance reviews to recommend procedural changes. Apply today and become an essential part of keeping Oregon’s highways safe for all users!

Notice to Applicants: Each employee of the Oregon Department of Transportation in the Commerce and Compliance Division (CCD) must be aware of, and adhere to, OAR 740-020-0010 and ORS 823.007. Failure to follow applicable administrative rules and statutes may impact employment. Not sure what this means? Reach out to the recruiter listed below for more information.

We encourage people from all backgrounds to apply for our positions. We hope you’ll join us on our path to increasing diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging through our values, commitments, strategies and actions.

Before applying, visit our applicant information website to learn more about our process. If you are a current State of Oregon employee, you must apply through your employee Workday profile.

A Day In The Life

• Evaluate procedures for hiring commercial drivers to ensure compliance with state and federal requirements.
• Ensure compliance with controlled substance and alcohol testing requirements.
• Audit time documents, records of duty status, payroll ledgers and other documents to ensure compliance.
• Perform vehicle inspections to confirm compliance with all applicable safety regulations.
• Verify safety regulations are being followed for carriers transporting hazardous materials.
• Critique the safety compliance review process and explain avenues to become or remain compliant.
• Conduct investigations, prepare reports and issue citations for carriers who are out of compliance.
• Collaborate with others including law enforcement on accident investigations and provide expert witness testimony as requested.
• Serve as a technical resource for motor carriers and conduct meetings regarding safety standards.
• Must work with mechanical hand tools and testing equipment. Climbing, bending and crawling required to complete vehicle inspections.
• Work is primarily performed independently at weigh stations, motor carrier terminals and other remote locations with exposure to heavy duty highway equipment, hazardous materials and traffic.
• Irregular hours and overnight travel throughout the state is required. Hybrid work options available once training is complete.
• To request a copy of the position description, which includes all duties and working conditions, please email ODOTRecruitment@odot.oregon.gov.
  
  

What’s In It For You

• Work/life balance, 11 paid holidays a year, flexible work schedules, paid leave and so much more. Learn more about working at the Oregon Department of Transportation and the benefits we offer.
• Comprehensive and equitable base salary offer within the listed range. Through an equal pay assessment, we will determine the salary offer using the information you provide in your submitted application materials. Please ensure your application materials are detailed, accurate and reflect your skills, experience (paid and unpaid) and education as they relate to the position when applying.
• The salary range listed is the non-PERS monthly salary range. If you are already a participating PERS member or once you become PERS eligible, the salary range will increase by 6.95%.
• Public Service Loan Forgiveness opportunity!
  
  

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Minimum Qualifications

Four years’ experience doing administrative research that included compiling and evaluating facts to recommend management action or decide compliance with program guidelines and regulations. Two of the four years must be above the technical support level.

Note: college-level course work may substitute for experience on the basis of 45-quarter units per year, up to a maximum of three years.

Special qualifications: Driving is an essential function of this position. You must have a valid driver license and an acceptable driving record. We will conduct pre-employment driving records checks on our final candidate(s). Your license does not have to be issued in Oregon to be considered.

What We’d Like To See

If you have these attributes, let us know in your application materials! It's how we will choose whom to move forward! You do not need to have all these qualities to be eligible for this position. We may also use transferable skills, experience, education and alignment with ODOT values to help us decide who will move forward.

• Experience interpreting, applying and enforcing rules, laws, regulations and policies.
• Experience writing technical reports, including high level detail and factual data analysis.
• Experience conducting investigations for the purpose of collecting and evaluating facts for compliance determination.
• Ability to remain calm and professional in difficult situations.
• Experience making oral presentations with the ability to explain technical information in plain language to groups or individuals from diverse backgrounds.
  
  

How To Apply

• Complete the following required steps:
• Fill out the application or attach a resume. Please contact the recruiter under the ‘Need help?’ section if you have any questions about how to fill out the experience fields or to attach a document. Your submitted experience fields or attached resume must include dates (MM/YYYY) for each employer.
• Attach a cover letter. Your cover letter should clearly demonstrate how your experience and training relates to the qualities that you have under the “what we’d like to see” section above.
• Your cover letter must be limited to no more than two (2) pages.
• Please address your cover letter to Howard Russell, Field Safety Compliance Manager.
• Generic cover letters that do not address the qualities that you have under the “what we’d like to see” section may receive lower scores than those that addressed the desired qualities.
• You must upload your cover letter in the ‘Resume/Cover Letter’ section of the application.
• Complete questionnaire. Answer the checkbox-style questions before submitting your application.
• After you submit your application, please respond to the public records request authorization and gender identity questionnaire. This screen will come after you submit and will complete the process. If you are a current State of Oregon employee, the tasks will come to your Workday inbox.
• If you are a veteran, you may receive preference. The task to upload your documents will be available after you submit your application. For privacy reasons, please do not attach your military service document(s) to your application or combine it with any other required document attachments.
  

Need help?

• For questions, call 503-931-1206 or email ODOTRecruitmentTP@odot.oregon.gov.
  
  

Additional Information

• We do not offer visa sponsorship. If you are hired, you will be required to fill out the US Department of Homeland Security’s I-9 form confirming you are able to work in the US. We are not an E-Verify participating employer, and we are unable to proceed if E-Verify participation is required [e.g., STEM Optional Practical Training (OPT) Extension].
• We may use this recruitment to fill multiple or future vacancies.
• We will conduct name-based criminal background checks on final candidates, including current ODOT employees. All applicants may be subject to additional pre-employment check(s) such as driver license, LEDS (Law Enforcement Data System), and/or education verification as required for the position.
• This position is not represented by a union (unrepresented).
  
  

ODOT is an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, age, national origin, disability, sexual orientation or any other class protected by state or federal laws in admission or access to our programs, services, activities, hiring, and employment practices. Applicants with a disability may request a reasonable accommodation during the application process. For questions, concerns, or complaints regarding EEO/AA/ADA, contact 1-877-336-6368 (1-877-EEO-ODOT). This information can be made available in an alternative format by contacting ODOT Recruitment at 503-986-3700. Oregon Relay Service can be reached by calling 7-1-1.

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