L&I DOSH Construction Safety Technical Specialist; OSHPRO

Description

Our Mission:
Keep Washington Safe and Working!
Our Values:
Customer Focus, One L&I, Respect, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Learning and Growth, Reliability

We will begin reviewing applications for this position immediately. This posting may be closed prior to October 25, 2026 if enough qualified applicants apply.

• In addition to the base salary above**

Industrial Hygienists and Safety & Health Professionals will be compensated basic salary plus 10% for each hour they are required to use personal protective equipment (excluding hard hats, boots, hearing and eye protection) to enter a hazardous worksite to consult, inspect or investigate where serious hazards are present.

If hired as bilingual (not required), after passing an assessment of your ability to write and speak fluently. We do not use translating software. Employees with bilingual responsibilities receive a 5% increase in pay.

The salary listed for this position does not include the 5% premium pay for positions based in King County.

All Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) required for this position will be provided by L&I DOSH as specified in WAC .

Bring your construction experience to a job that makes a statewide impact.

L&I's Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) is looking for a Construction Safety Technical Specialist to join our Technical Services team.

This is a highly visible, externally facing role for someone who knows construction, understands workplace safety, and is comfortable working with people. You’ll provide technical expertise to DOSH staff, employers, employees, industry groups, and other stakeholders and help shape the safety standards and policies that protect Washington workers.

If you can walk onto a construction job site, understand what you’re seeing, talk comfortably with the people doing the work, and translate safety requirements into practical solutions, this could be the role for you.

We value our employees and their work-life balance by encouraging flexible schedules. This position can be offered with a flexible schedule (4/10's, 9/80's, 5/8's etc.) once fully trained and approved by management.

This position is mostly teleworking with occasional travel to meetings, conferences, and field visits with other DOSH employees. The assigned duty can be at any of our Western WA L&I locations up and down the I5 corridor.

Learn more about DOSH here: 50 Years of DOSH

As the Construction Safety Technical Specialist, you’ll serve as a technical resource for construction safety and health issues. You’ll work with both residential and commercial construction and provide expertise to DOSH staff, employers, employees, industry groups, and other stakeholders.

• Researching construction safety and health rules and recommending changes, clarifications, and proactive compliance strategies.
• Providing technical support to DOSH compliance and consultation staff on complex safety issues and investigations, including serious injuries, fatalities, and catastrophes.
• Applying and interpreting DOSH (Division of Occupational Safety and Health), OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration), ASME (American Society of Mechanical Engineers), ANSI (American National Standards Institute), and other applicable construction standards.
• Making independent decisions about rules interpretation and application.
• Advising employers and employees on practical approaches to hazard correction and prevention, personal protective equipment, accident prevention programs, and other safety concerns.
• Reviewing citations and Notices of Violation for consistency with applicable laws, policies, and interpretations.
• Researching emerging hazards and helping develop new policies,…