Agency Safety & Health Representative 1 (NY HELPS)

About the role

Working under the direction of the Regional Safety and Health Representative 2, duties include but are not limited to those listed below.

Responsibilities

• Inspect regional buildings and structures to ensure compliance with the NYS Uniform Fire Prevention and Building Code.
• Conduct safety inspections of all regional facilities, prepare reports of findings, and recommend corrective action.
• In coordination with Resident Engineers and Group Directors, participate in routinely scheduled tailgate and safety meetings and the Region’s Fall and Spring Safety meetings.
• Provide CPR/First Aid and facilitate mandated training related to employee safety and health to ensure timely compliance.
• Administer OSHA hearing and respiratory protection programs.
• Investigate highway, vehicle, and equipment crashes; collect, compile, and analyze crash data; prepare verbal and written reports.
• Maintain thorough working knowledge of work zone traffic control, regional safety policies, rules, and procedures.
• Coordinate safety recognition awards.
• Obtain within one year and maintain a New York State Code Enforcement Officer’s certificate.
• Use Microsoft software applications: Word, PowerPoint, Excel.
• Travel throughout the region and within the state as required.
• Serve a role within the Incident Command System to support the department’s response to regional and statewide emergency situations.

Requirements

• At the time of appointment, and continuously thereafter, candidates must be able to demonstrate the ability to meet travel requirements either by possession of a valid New York State driver’s license or access to reliable transportation; use of a personal vehicle may be required, with reimbursement provided in accordance with NYS OSC requirements.

Minimum Qualifications

Promotional (NY HELPS): One year of permanent competitive or non-competitive (including 55-b/55-c) service in a position allocated to Grade 8 or higher; and either

• One year of experience in occupational safety and health, industrial safety, industrial hygiene, fire safety and prevention, construction safety, or building design relating to fire codes; or
• 30 semester college credits in occupational safety and health, industrial safety, industrial hygiene, fire safety and prevention, construction safety, or building design relating to fire codes; or
• Successful completion of NYS Firefighter 1 certification.

Open Competitive: Either

• Four years of experience in occupational safety and health, industrial safety, industrial hygiene, construction safety, fire safety and prevention, or building design relating to fire codes; or
• 30 semester college credits in the specified fields and three years of the required experience.

Candidates must include with their application a list of qualifying courses showing the name of each course, number of credits, date(s) of completion, and the college or university where the education was received. Experience related to firefighting (paid or volunteer) is not qualifying.

Appointees will be required to successfully complete six code courses as required by the NYS Department of State; failure to do so will result in termination for failure to complete probation.