Safety Consultant

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• Contact public and private employers to determine if employers wish to utilize the services offered through the Nebraska safety inspection program.

• Inspect businesses and industrial places of employment to ensure compliance with Federal Occupational Safety and Health Act standards and State laws rules and regulations which affect employee safety.

• Advise employers of violations or potential violations of Federal OSHA standards to provide employers the opportunity to meet OSHA standards through corrective action.

• Recommend changes in safety practices which would enable employers to meet Federal OSHA requirements.

• Interpret safety laws rules and regulations for employers and their employees and advise them of any changes to enable employers and their employees to stay abreast of current safety laws rules and regulations.

• Observe employees in work settings to ensure they are complying with State safety laws rules and regulations.

• Advise employers and employees on the application and use of safety guards on moving machinery parts and in the exercise of safe techniques and methods used in operation of machinery to promote safe work conditions habits and practices in the work place.

• Instruct employers and employees in areas of safety practices or procedures in which they lack specific knowledge of experience to update employers and employees knowledge of safety programs practices and procedures.

• Investigate complaints concerning alleged safety hazards or alleged violations of safety laws or regulations to determine if safety hazards exist or if safety laws and regulations have been violated.

• Write and submit inspection reports along with recommendations for corrective action to meet internal reporting requirements.

• Collect and report data on industrial safety accidents and their causes to meet reporting requirements and to provide data for statistical analysis.

• Job related travel is required.

Location: NDOL Administrative Building 550 South 16th Street Lincoln (On-site)

Work Schedule: 8am - 5pm Monday - Friday

Requirements / Qualifications:
Minimum Qualifications: Post high school coursework/training in:mechanical civil electrical industrial or architectural engineering industrial education or occupational/industrial safety OR Experience in: the operation and/or supervision of the operation of industrial equipment or machinery OR Responsibility for the coordination and/or management of a safety/accident prevention program accident analysis and reporting function or occupational safety standard compliance/enforcement activities.

Preferred Qualifications: Bachelors degree in occupational safety mechanical engineering or other related discipline; and/or substituted by three years of occupational safety experience in interpretation and/or application of OSHA standards Life safety codes or standards and/or investigating or analyzing occupational safety hazards and/or industrial accidents and/or planning/conducting a safety/accident prevention program.

Other: Must have a valid drivers license or ability to provide independent authorized transportation required. Frequent overnight and/or day statewide travel is required. Ability to stand/walk for long periods of time climb ladders and enter enclosed spaced is also required.

Knowledge Skills and Abilities

Knowledge of: Federal OSHA standards; State safety laws; principles and practices of safety in industrial and/or construction workplaces; engineering principles and methods as applied to accident prevention and safety education; the operation repair or maintenance of industrial machinery and construction equipment; proper and safe methods and procedures for operating industrial or construction equipment.

Skilled in: public speaking; business and technical writing; proficient with Microsoft Office (Outlook Access Word Excel and Power Point).

Ability to: communicate orally and in writing thoughts ideas and recommendations; interact to establish and maintain work relationships with plant managers and safety directors union representatives employers employees and the public; present technical information clearly and logically to engineers other inspectors and the public; plan and schedule ones personal workload; work independently.

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