OSH Safety Compliance Officer I

State of North Carolina

24d • $55,823 - $61,000 • Onsite

About The Position

An individual in this position inspects and makes timely written reports of employee exposures to potentially hazardous work conditions in North Carolina workplaces, and recommends the issuance of citations when justified by the occupational safety and health laws of the State of North Carolina. Travel is necessary to make on-site inspections of safety-related items such as physical hazards and chemical exposures. The types of inspections conducted include complaints, referrals, follow-ups, accidents, fatalities, and general schedule assignments. All inspections are conducted in accordance with the North Carolina Field Information System (FIS) and the Field Operations Manual (FOM) as established for administration of the 1973 Occupational Safety and Health Act of North Carolina.

This position may be filled as Safety Compliance Officer (SCO) Trainee if there are no fully qualified SCOI candidates in the applicant pool. The hiring salary for a SCO Trainee is $55,823. The hiring salary for a fully qualified SCOI is $61,000.

The Occupational Safety and Health Division (OSH Division or OSHNC) of the Department of Labor, under the direction of the North Carolina Deputy Commissioner of Labor, is the lead state agency with the responsibility of fostering safe and healthy workplaces for more than four million employees and migrant workers in more than two hundred seventy-five thousand workplaces in North Carolina by educating, developing, and enforcing compliance to safety, health, and agriculture laws, rules, regulations, and standards.

OSH Compliance Bureaus: OSH Compliance, comprised of the East and West Bureaus, conducts inspections to identify safety and health hazards that are in violation of OSHA standards, documents those violations, and then issues the appropriate citations and penalties per established procedures. The Compliance inspectors identify corrective measures for each hazard and work closely with the employer to ensure implementation of those measures. They investigate safety & health complaints filed by employees as well as accidents, fatalities, and catastrophic events in the workplace, and assist with training & outreach activities statewide. This position is located in the Raleigh OSHA field office.

Requirements

• SCO with an understanding of industrial engineering concepts, must be knowledgeable and decisive inconsistently applying the OSHNC standards.
• The SCO must be a self-motivated professional who has outstanding time management and database management skills and must be physically, mentally and emotionally capable of conducting independent inspections.
• The SCO must have excellent documentation and writing skills to write legally defensible reports and must be proficient in keyboarding using word processing programs, i.e. WordPerfect and Microsoft Word.
• The SCO must-have excellent verbal communication skills. Duties include speaking with complainants, employers, state and local agencies (including law enforcement) and NCDOL personnel.
• The SCO will be required to evaluate and make recommendations on unusual problems.
• Valid driver's license is required.
• No more than a 50-mile commute to the Raleigh OSHA Field Office is required.
• A valid Drivers License is required.
• SCOI: Bachelor's degree preferably with a major in occupational safety, industrial management or technology, industrial engineering, industrial arts, engineering operations, or a closely-related curriculum from an appropriately accredited institution and two years of experience in occupational safety and health inspections; or Associate s degree in industrial safety and health technology, or a closely-related curriculum from an appropriately accredited institution and four years of experience in occupational safety and health inspections; or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• SCO Trainee: Bachelor’s degree preferably with a major in occupational safety, industrial management or technology, industrial engineering, industrial arts, engineering operations, or a closely-related curriculum from an appropriately accredited institution; or Associate s degree in industrial safety and health technology, or a closely-related curriculum from an appropriately accredited institution and two years of experience in occupational safety and health inspections; or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

Responsibilities

• Identifying workplace hazards (and potential hazards)
• Recommending citations for alleged violations and making appropriate referrals
• Inspecting a variety of establishments
• Performing safety and health hazard assessments
• Evaluating employer's hazard abatement efforts
• Preparing reports
• Investigating fatalities, accidents and complaints as required by the Occupational Safety and Health Act

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees