Safety Specialist, Boiler - Dir

Overview

The Department of Business and Industry’s Division of Industrial Relations is hiring for a Safety Specialist-Boiler within the Mine Safety and Training Section based in Carson City. Safety Specialists promote recognized safety practices among businesses subject to state and federal safety and health regulations and identify workplace hazards and regulatory violations, or train others to do so, and recommend reasonable and practical solutions to achieve compliance and hazard abatement.

This position supports the Mine Safety and Training program and is responsible for conducting inspections of boilers, pressure vessels, and related equipment at surface and underground mines, mills, quarries, and associated facilities; investigating boiler- and pressure vessel-related mine incidents; providing technical guidance and consultation to mine operators; conducting research using applicable codes, standards, and technical references; preparing written reports and training materials;

delivering public presentations to increase awareness of mine safety issues; and maintaining current knowledge of emerging technologies, standards, and regulations. This role may require non-standard work hours, including evenings and weekends.

• Conduct inspections of boilers, pressure vessels, and related equipment at surface and underground mines, mills, quarries, and associated facilities.
• Investigate boiler- and pressure vessel-related mine incidents; provide technical guidance and consultation to mine operators; conduct research using applicable codes, standards, and technical references; prepare written reports and training materials; deliver public presentations to increase awareness of mine safety issues; and maintain current knowledge of emerging technologies, standards, and regulations.
• Maintain current knowledge of emerging technologies, standards, and regulations; deliver public presentations to increase awareness of mine safety issues; and perform related investigations as needed.
• Conduct shutdown and operating inspections of assigned equipment to ensure compliance with regulations and adopted industry codes related to the equipment’s installation; conduct opening and closing conferences with company management as needed; exercise appropriate safety precautions when working near operating boilers and pressure vessels.
• Evaluate whether appropriate preventive maintenance is being performed by company personnel; issue notices of violation with time period for abatement; recommend fines when violations are not corrected in specified time period; submit inspection reports determining whether operating permits are issued, withheld, or revoked; and order changes to the authorized operating pressure of boilers when warranted by the condition of the boiler.
• Investigate all accidents and complaints concerning boilers and related equipment, including interviewing complainants and witnesses, inspecting equipment, determining cause and correction methods; issue administrative fines or permit suspensions as appropriate; prepare investigation reports.
• Provide technical assistance in response to inquiries from builders, constructors, architects, owners, users, service, and repair organizations regarding interpretation of code requirements, maintenance, or operational problems with equipment.
• Perform related duties as assigned.
• Under general supervision, incumbents perform the full range of duties outlined in the series concept; orient and train new Safety Specialists and/or Safety Representatives, may serve as lead on functional or team assignments, and may be assigned to focus on special projects; this is the journey level in the series.

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university in engineering, occupational safety and health, construction management, or a closely related field and two years of experience in the design, construction, repair, or operation of high-pressure boilers and pressure vessels; OR
• Associate’s degree from an accredited college, university, or trade school in engineering, occupational safety and health, construction management, or a closely related field and…