Safety Program Coordinator Trainee (WAE)

Division: Within the Safety Department at ELMHS Located in Jackson LA

The Mission of ELMHS is to provide mental health evaluation treatment habilitation and consultation for adults. Programs include inpatient interventions jail-based evaluations supervised group home and residential programs forensic evaluation care custody and aftercare; intermediate and long-term psychiatric services are coordinated with the total system of care in Louisiana

ELMHS is looking for a motivated detail-oriented and positive individual to join our team as a Safety Program Coordinator Trainee! The selected candidate will monitor coordinate and maintain facility safety and life-safety systems by ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements overseeing inspections testing maintenance documentation emergency preparedness hazardous communication and fire protection and emergency equipment.

No experience or training is required.

The official job specifications for this role as defined by the State Civil Service can be found here.

Job Duties:

In this role you will:

• Monitor elevator certification and maintenance to include monthly testing emergency operations and documentation.

• Conduct monthly review of department level Hazardous Communication monitoring and compliance and ensures SDS are current and placed in appropriate locations within the departments. Maintains records of all transactions.

• Maintain existing processes to track and report safety initiated or safety led projects services and resource requisition use and distribution.

• Assist in the conduct coordination evaluation and planning of emergency preparedness and response drills exercises and training.

• Inspect safety related equipment and facilities that include but not limited to eye wash stations and logs handicap means of access walk ways and paths lighting and buildings for electrical hazards structural hazards and environmental hazards.

• Coordinate and conduct static fire suppression equipment repair maintenance inspection and installation that include but not limited to sprinklers and sprinkler valves pull stations fire hydrants heat and smoke dampers.

• Coordinate or conduct repair maintenance and installation of moveable fire suppression equipment that include but not limited to fire extinguishers fire-fighting apparatuses and vehicles.

• Coordinate and conduct fire monitoring equipment repair maintenance and installation that include but not limited to fire panel boxes smoke detectors heat and smoke dampers.

• Coordinate repairs maintenance and installation of emergency equipment that include but not limited to emergency lights and fire doors.

Position-Specific Details:

Appointment Type: WAE (not to exceed 1245 hours in a 12-month period)

How To Apply:

No Civil Service test scoreis required in order to be considered for this vacancy.

To apply for this vacancy click on the Apply link above and complete an electronic application which can be used for this vacancy as well as future job opportunities. Applicants are responsible for checking the status of their application to determine where they are in the recruitment process. Further status message information is located under the Information section of the Current Job Opportunities page.

*Information to support your eligibility for this job title must be included in the application (i.e. relevant detailed experience/education).Resumes willnotbe accepted in lieu of completed education and experience sections on your application. Applications may be rejected if incomplete.

Contact Information:

For further information about this vacancy contact:

Leigh Moore

ELMHS HR

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