Health & Safety Compliance Officer

City of Dayton•Dayton, OH

About The Position

The Health and Safety Compliance Officer identifies and evaluates potential risks to the City of Dayton, focusing on the frequency and severity of loss exposures, and implements safety and loss prevention procedures. The role develops and manages citywide safety and risk management programs with department leaders to reduce losses involving property damage, workplace injuries, workers’ compensation, and liability claims. The officer conducts worksite hazard assessments, leads safety meetings and training, and ensures departments implement recommended safety measures. The role reviews incident and accident reports, analyzes codes and regulations, advises the Deputy Director of Human Resources and departmental stakeholders about program changes, monitors citywide safety performance, tracks relevant statistics, and helps draft policies to support compliance and safety awareness. Additional duties include evaluating liability exposure, assisting with accident investigations, supporting departments on public health and safety issues, overseeing the tri-annual application and reporting for the State of Ohio safety intervention grant, and managing the City’s OSHA/PERPP compliance program in coordination with the BWC Third Party Administrator. Applicants must specifically address each minimum qualification in their application. A background investigation and proof of employment authorization and identity are required before employment. Final appointment is contingent on passing a job-related medical examination, including a drug screen. Applicants offered employment must also pass nicotine screening; newly hired employees must remain tobacco- and nicotine-free as a condition of continued employment. The nicotine-free hiring policy does not apply to current City employees.

Requirements

One of the following education and experience combinations: a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Human Resources Administration, Organizational Behavior, Organizational Safety, or a Behavior Science and one year of qualifying experience; an associate degree in one of those fields and three years of qualifying experience; or a high school diploma/GED and ten years of qualifying City of Dayton blue-collar or clerical experience involving physical operations in the Water, Public Works, or Aviation departments and active worksite and task exposure.
Qualifying experience must involve training, counseling, or coaching while professionally working in one or more of the areas of Human Resources, Business Administration, Organizational Behavior, Safety, or Human Services for the degree-based pathways.
For the high school/GED pathway, experience must provide familiarity with jobsite and position safety requirements and the ability to train other City employees on those requirements.
A master’s degree may be substituted for two years of experience.
Degree must be from a college or university accredited by the U.S. Department of Education through the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools Higher Learning Commission or an equivalent region.
Must possess a valid driver’s license at the time of appointment and maintain it as a condition of continued employment.
Must pass the applicable background investigation and provide evidence of employment authorization and identity before employment.
Final appointment requires passing a job-related medical examination, including a drug screen; applicants offered employment must also pass nicotine screening.

Responsibilities

Identify and evaluate potential risks to the City, including the frequency and severity of loss exposures.
Implement safety and loss prevention procedures.
Develop and manage citywide safety and risk management programs in collaboration with department leaders.
Conduct hazard assessments at City worksites.
Lead safety meetings and training.
Ensure departments implement and follow through on recommended safety measures.
Review incident and accident reports, analyze applicable codes and regulations, and advise the Deputy Director of Human Resources and departmental stakeholders on necessary program changes.
Monitor citywide safety performance and track relevant statistics.
Help draft policies to ensure compliance and improve safety awareness.
Evaluate liability exposure and assist with accident investigations.
Support departments on issues affecting public health and safety.
Oversee the tri-annual application and reporting for the State of Ohio safety intervention grant.
Manage the City’s OSHA/PERPP compliance program in coordination with the BWC Third Party Administrator.