Safety Consultant

State of Oklahoma•Holdenville, OK

4d•Onsite

About The Position

Positions in this job family are assigned responsibilities involving the administration of an agency’s safety program or providing consultative services to the public or private sector in planning, developing, and implementing occupational health and safety programs. This includes preparing and delivering public group presentations pertaining to health and safety practices; and providing guidance, assistance and training to other safety personnel in the performance of assigned tasks. At this level of this job family employees are assigned responsibilities involving advanced level professional work related to an occupational and health safety program. This may include independent responsibility for implementing safety programs at an institution or facility, or similar responsibilities.

Requirements

A bachelor’s degree in safety, industrial hygiene, forestry or a closely related field and two years of qualifying experience; or an equivalent combination of education and experience, substituting one year of experience in industrial relations, safety, safety inspection, safety education, transportation management, engineering, human resources or risk management for each year of the required education.
Knowledge of occupational health and safety standards and procedures.
Knowledge of safety devices and protective equipment.
Knowledge of federal and state laws and agency regulations and policies governing agency operations and regulating worker’s compensation.
Knowledge of safety consultation methods and analysis techniques and procedures.
Knowledge of report writing.
Knowledge of personnel practices and principles.
Knowledge of public relations.
Knowledge of training techniques.
Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with others.
Ability to follow written and oral instructions.
Ability to review and analyze technical information.
Ability to read and comprehend policies and procedures, manuals, rules and regulations.
Ability to detect hazards and recommend remedial action.
Ability to analyze situations and formulate effective courses of action.
Ability to express ideas clearly and concisely, both orally and in writing.
Ability to conduct workplace inspections.
Ability to identify and correct potential safety hazards.
Ability to anticipate, identify and resolve safety problems.

Nice To Haves

Applicants must be willing and able to fulfill all job-related travel normally associated with this position.
Some positions may require possession of a valid Oklahoma Driver’s license in order to operate state.

Responsibilities

Evaluates and maintains occupational health and safety programs for the prevention of industrial, motor vehicle and/or workplace accidents within an agency or business.
Prepares and revises safety rules for the operation of equipment, for classes of work such as construction and maintenance, and other work areas where safety hazards exist.
Inspects facilities and work in progress to determine where hazards exist; makes on-site corrections of flagrant safety violations and hazardous conditions; stops work in progress in extremely dangerous situations; determines action to be taken; and prepares reports of findings and action taken.
Reviews publications, surveys and programs of other organizations; examines and evaluates new safety devices and equipment; attends local, regional or national safety conferences and recommends changes in agency safety programs to lower accident frequency or severity; recommends acquisition of new equipment or modification of existing equipment which will eliminate or minimize occupational hazards.
Provides technical training in the operation of sophisticated detection equipment and in the identification of actual and potential hazards and dangers; and serves as a specialized training instructor in areas such as defensive driving and first aid.
Provides advice and guidance to site and agency managers regarding inspection procedures and statutory regulations; provides pertinent OSHA materials to employers; makes related referrals and recommendations as indicated.
Investigates workplace fatalities, other accidents and complaints made against employers.
Operates state-of-the-art equipment and measuring devices, such as receptacle tension testers, voltage detectors, ground fault circuit interrupter testers, electrical continuity testers, air velocity meters, pressure gauges and other equipment and machinery needed to detect safety hazards.
Conducts safety analyses with the use of pre-calibrated equipment; collects data by recognized sampling techniques; prepares and sends filter samples for laboratory analysis; reviews laboratory results.
Performs a variety of risk management functions including evaluations and recommendations pertaining to automobile operations, liability exposure, property and casualty.