Safety Specialist
Safety Specialist
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Job Description
Under the direction of the Director of the Occupational Safety and Health office the selected candidate will perform various safety and health tasks. Specific tasks include but are not limited to: conducting various safety inspections and quality control audits to identify and respond to unsafe work conditions that could affect employees; conducting job hazard assessments and recommending engineering controls as well as Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) for job tasks; issuing reports with recommended corrective actions to protect DOT workforce and assist agency with compliance findings documenting deficiencies and providing recommended corrective actions; providing guidance to division safety coordinators managers and other staff on occupational health and safety issues; developing safety procedures guidelines and trainings; conducting safety & health trainings as directed operating and demonstrating technical equipment (i.e. 4 gas monitor moisture sound and light meter; personal protective equipment); attending and participating in safety trainings; assisting in various safety programs and agency-wide initiatives; assisting in the development of agency-wide policies and sitting on committees as directed conducting incident/accident investigations and assisting in ensuring the agencys compliance with applicable Federal State and City regulations pertaining to employee occupational safety and health. The City Research Scientist will assist the Director with review and evaluation of various safety reports. Some early morning night and weekend work is expected.
CITY RESEARCH SCIENTIST - 21744
Qualifications :
1. For Assignment Level I (only physical biological and environmental sciences and public health) A masters degree from an accredited college or university with a specialization in an appropriate field of physical biological or environmental science or in public health.
To be appointed to Assignment Level II and above candidates must have:
1. A doctorate degree from an accredited college or university with specialization in an appropriate field of physical biological environmental or social science and one year of full-time experience in a responsible supervisory administrative or research capacity in the appropriate field of specialization; or
2. A masters degree from an accredited college or university with specialization in an appropriate field of physical biological environmental or social science and three years of responsible full-time research experience in the appropriate field of specialization; or
3. Education and/or experience which is equivalent to 1 or 2 above. However all candidates must have at least a masters degree in an appropriate field of specialization and at least two years of experience described in 2 above. Two years as a City Research Scientist Level I can be substituted for the experience required in 1 and 2 above.
NOTE:
Probationary Period
Appointments to this position are subject to a minimum probationary period of one year.
Additional Information :
The City of New York is an inclusive equal opportunity employer committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse workforce and providing a work environment that is free from discrimination and harassment based upon any legally protected status or protected characteristic including but not limited to an individuals sex race color ethnicity national origin age religion disability sexual orientation veteran status gender identity or pregnancy.
Remote Work :
No
Employment Type :
Full-time
Employment Type
Full-time
