Safety and Industrial Hygiene Administrator – Department of Transportation and Infrastructure

City and County of Denver • Denver, CO

2d • $93,566 - $115,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

The Department of Transportation and Infrastructure (DOTI) is seeking a Safety and Industrial Hygiene Administrator to develop and implement goals, objectives, and policies for a comprehensive occupational health and safety program. This role ensures compliance with occupational safety and health standards and enhances the safety and wellbeing of the DOTI workforce. The position involves performing specialized occupational health and safety work, utilizing scientific principles to identify and control workplace hazards, conducting inspections and audits, developing and implementing safety policies, leading training programs, reviewing job hazard assessments, serving on the Safety Committee, analyzing safety data, conducting post-incident reviews, and performing after-hours duty officer functions during emergencies.

Requirements

• Five or more years of occupational safety and health related experience.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications including MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, MS Outlook, MS Teams and MS Power BI.
• Experience in solid waste management operational safety and/or transportation-related operation safety.
• Passion about the well-being of employees and empowering them to voice their workplace health and safety concerns.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Strong communication and presentation skills.
• Bachelor's Degree in Safety Engineering, Industrial or Environmental Health and Safety, a physical science, or a related field accepted as support for required minimum certification.
• Three (3) years of professional level experience developing and implementing occupational safety and health policies and procedures, applying technological and scientific methods to reducing worker potential exposure to hazardous conditions and environments, and performing accident investigations.
• Certified Safety Professional (CSP) certification issued by the Board of Certified Safety Professionals (BCSP) OR Registered Environmental Health Specialist/Registered Sanitarian (REHS/RS) certification issued by the National Environmental Health Association (NEHA) OR Certified Industrial Hygienist (CIH) certification issued by the Board for Global EHS Credentialing at the time of application.
• Requires a valid Driver's License at the time of application.
• Licenses and certifications must be kept current as a condition of employment.
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Nice To Haves

• A Master's Degree in Occupational Safety and Health or Environmental Health Engineering may substitute for both the required bachelor’s degree and the required certification.

Responsibilities

• Perform specialized level occupational health and safety work developing and implementing goals, objectives, and policies for a comprehensive occupational safety program to ensure compliance with safety and health standards, to enhance the safety and wellbeing of the DOTI workforce.
• Utilize scientific principles to anticipate, recognize, evaluate and control workplace conditions that may cause injury; use environmental monitoring and analytical methods to detect the extent of worker exposure; and serve as the technical expert to senior management regarding occupational safety and health issues.
• Develop long-range and short-term planning initiatives related to occupational health, safety and industrial hygiene programs.
• Conduct work observations, facility inspections, and audits to evaluate safety-related program performance and develop and implement recommendations for improvement.
• Develop, modify, and implement policies, standards and procedures that are part of the DOTI Safety Management System such as: Lockout/Tagout/Verify, Hearing Conservation, Respiratory Protection, Hazard Communication, Driver Safety and Personal Protective Equipment.
• Lead the development, implementation and presentation of comprehensive training programs for a wide variety of occupational safety and health risk and exposures, utilizing both in-person and virtual methods.
• Review inspection reports for jobsites and facilities to ensure that working conditions and methods used by employees and contract personnel follow occupational safety and health standards.
• Review health and safety concerns encountered during daily operations and determine appropriate solutions.
• Conduct and review job hazard assessments for a wide variety of public infrastructure related operations.
• Serve as a member of Safety Committee and lead efforts to implement committee recommendations.
• Prepare, analyze, and evaluate statistical health and safety data to provide information for trends and solutions to work- related problems.
• Conduct post-incident reviews and determine appropriate corrective actions.
• Perform after-hours duty officer functions on a rotating basis, evaluate emergency and crisis incidents, coordinate agency or department level of response and allocation of resources, and perform operational duties at site of emergency or crisis.

Benefits

• Competitive salary commensurate with education and experience
• Hiring range for this position is $93,566-$115,000/year, based on experience and education
• Generous benefits for full-time employees
• A guaranteed life-long monthly pension, once vested after 5 years of service
• 457B Retirement Plan
• 140 hours of PTO earned within first year
• 11 paid holidays, 1 personal holiday, 1 wellness day, and 1 volunteer day per year
• Competitive medical, dental and vision plans effective within 1 month of start date

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior