Health and Safety Coordinator

DCASs mission is to make city government work for all New Yorkers. From managing New York Citys most iconic courthouses and municipal buildings to purchasing over $1 billion annually in goods and services for more than 80 City agencies. What we do ensures that all agencies can deliver on their mission. Our reach touches every facet of City government and is instrumental to the successful day-to-day operations of the City of New York. Our commitment to equity effectiveness and sustainability guides our work providing City agencies with the critical
resources and support needed to succeed including:

- Recruiting hiring and training City employees.
- Managing 55 public buildings.
- Acquiring selling and leasing City property.
- Purchasing over $1 billion in goods and services for City agencies.
- Overseeing the greenest municipal vehicle fleet in the country.
- Leading the Citys efforts to reduce carbon emissions from government operations.

When you work at DCAS youre not just working for one agency but in service to all of them. Its an opportunity to provide meaningful support quality customer service and help protect the future of New York City for generations to come. Visit our website at to learn more about the work we do.

The Office of the General Counsel (OGC) serves as the chief legal advisor to DCAS providing legal and strategic counsel across all twelve lines of service. OGC is organized into four primary legal units: Procurement and Operations Real Estate Services Human Capital and Workforce Oversight and Policy and Compliance. Together these units provide expert guidance on a broad range of matters critical to agency operations and citywide functions. OGCs legal portfolio includes advising on civil service labor and employment and disciplinary matters; negotiating and reviewing real estate transactions; overseeing procurement compliance; and guiding policy risk and audit processes. The office also manages litigation related to landlord-tenant disputes legislative review
Freedom of Information Law (FOIL) requests and legal matters tied to fleet administration energy and facilities collaboration with Corporation Counsel OGC supports special legal matters that require litigation or further Charter-mandated review ensuring the Citys interests are protected and upheld.

DCAS Office of the General Counsel (OGC) seeks a highly motivated professional to serve as the Health and Safety Coordinator within the Human Capital and Workforce Oversight Unit. Working under the direction of the Managing Counsel and with day-to-day supervision from the Senior Counsel for Labor Relations & Health and Safety this role supports agencywide occupational safety environmental health and regulatory compliance efforts. The Health and Safety Coordinator plays a critical part in ensuring DCAS maintains safe compliant and healthy work environments across all lines of service.

The successful candidate must be organized proactive and solutions-oriented with strong communication and analytical skills. They must be able to identify safety risks respond to incidents assess environmental conditions and implement corrective measures while managing multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

The Safety and Health Coordinator will assume the below responsibilities:
- Develop administer and manage occupational and environmental (agency) safety and health programs.
- Develop and maintain employee safety and health plans/policies and procedures.
- Co-Chair the agencys Labor Management Health and Safety Committee.
- Co-Chair the Labor Management Health and Safety Committee.
- Serve as a liaison between DCAS and Labor Unions/ New York State Public Employee Safety and Health Act (PESH) concerning occupational safety and health issues.
- Provide indoor air quality (IAQ) assessments; asbestos and/or lead investigations; ergonomic surveys and other environmental services to DCAS employees.
- Develop and conduct environmental health and safety training programs to achieve and maintain compliance with environmental health and safety regulations and specific needs identified by emerging disease and historical data.
- Serve as the DCAS Respiratory Protection Program Administrator Workplace Violence Coordinator and other agency safety program leads as needed.
- Responds to occupational incidents worksite emergencies and provides corrective action reports as needed.
- Perform job hazard analysis review operational procedures and implement control measures during incidents to ensure employees safety.
- Serve as Citywide Health and Safety Program Member.
- Assists Lines of Service by assessing agency/employee occupational needs and provides technical guidance.

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