Job Details

Senior Environmental Health and Safety Specialist

Salary Info: $148,596 - $180,624 Annually, Plus Excellent Benefits + Retirement

Opens online at www.ebmud.com/jobs on Monday, October 21, 2024

Online applications must be received by 4:30 p.m., Friday, November 8, 2024

Internal Reference # 24-131

The Senior Environmental Health and Safety Specialists assist the Manager of Workplace Health and Safety by providing oversight of key components of the East Bay Municipal Utility District's (EBMUD's) Workplace Health and Safety (WHS) Programs, such as hearing conservation, asbestos, electrical safety, respiratory protection, fall protection, excavation safety, heat illness, and confined space; assisting in the overall program planning and evaluation; performing safety investigations, reporting unsafe or hazardous working conditions and recommending corrective action; and other duties as required. Functional oversight over Workplace Health and Safety Specialists is provided on a project basis.

Important aspects of the position include:

• Directing, leading, and overseeing the work of assigned staff, technicians, and consultants; providing technical assistance and training staff in areas of assigned expertise.
• Initiating, developing, and implementing OSHA written programs and projects within the workplace health and safety function.
• Determining project scope, assembling, and leading interdisciplinary teams to improve or update EBMUD defined standards, documentation, and/or processes and procedures in new, complex, and/or specialized areas of workplace health and safety.
• Conducting general and specific training for employees to promote a safe and healthy work environment; developing new formats and content for use in educating EBMUD staff on compliance procedures for new or revised regulations relating to workplace health and safety issues; reviewing training provided by other Specialist staff and/or contract providers.
• Overseeing or personally providing contract administration for assigned specialty program areas including locating service providers, explaining and preparing scope of service agreements and contracts, reviewing bid submittals, preparing Board documents, recommending budgets and schedules, tracking and recommending expenditures authorization, and providing technical guidance and direction to assigned consultant or contract staff.
• Developing and maintaining health and safety filing and tracking systems such as exposure records (noise, chemical, asbestos, silica), respiratory medical clearance, and fit-test records for regulatory reports and required permits.
• Responding to and investigating health and safety complaints and incidents; preparing detailed reports and recommending corrective action and preventative strategies; providing information and technical assistance to regulatory agencies and concerned public and private organizations in resolving issues.
• Conducting audits of EBMUD facilities, property, materials, and equipment for compliance with state and federal regulations relative to health and safety; issuing reports of findings; developing new or revises existing internal procedures for meeting worksite compliance with health and safety regulations.
• Representing EBMUD to regulatory agencies and public and private organizations; presenting oral and written comments at public workshops.
• Remaining abreast of current and proposed workplace health and safety regulations, standards and policies; making recommendations on EBMUD's compliance with proposed laws and regulations.

The salary range is $12,383 per month increasing to $13,002, $13,652, $14,335 and $15,052 after 6, 18, 30, and 42 months, respectively.

EBMUD offers an excellent benefits program that includes paid vacation, holidays and sick leave; family health insurance coverage; family dental and vision care plans; retirement plan (reciprocal with CalPERS); 401(k), 401(a) and 457(b) tax-deferred retirement plans; transit subsidy; tuition reimbursement; and opportunities for professional growth including training and career development.

Requirements:

1. Bachelor's degree with major work in environmental science, industrial hygiene, safety engineering, chemistry, biology, toxicology, engineering, or a closely related field and, EITHER

2a. Two years of experience equivalent to Environmental Health and Safety Specialist II, OR

2b. Four years of experience in one or a combination of the following: workplace health and safety including accident prevention, evaluation, investigation, and safety training, or environmental compliance investigation and reporting, or enforcement of regulations which involved the review of water, wastewater or air pollution control industrial processes. Experience may require demonstrated expertise or specialization relevant to the position vacancy.

3. Must possess the physical characteristics to perform the critical and important duties of the job.
4. Must be willing to work overtime and standby as needed.
5. Must be willing to work under adverse conditions while collecting samples or conducting field studies.
6. Must possess a valid California driver's license.

Submit a completed EBMUD application and the required supplemental question responses online at www.ebmud.com/jobs by 4:30 p.m., Friday, November 8, 2024. Only application materials submitted online during the filing period will be accepted.

EBMUD is an Equal Opportunity Employer: Females/Minorities/Veterans/Disability

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Job Hotline: (510) 287-0735