Senior OSHA Specialist

Job Title:

Occupational Safety And Health Specialist

Working for the State of Wyoming means more than a job — it's a stable, rewarding career that lets you make a difference while enjoying a great quality of life.

Employees enjoy:

• Comprehensive health coverage – medical, dental, and vision plans for you and your family
• Voluntary benefits – including life insurance for you and family members, ambulance, pet insurance, short/long-term disability, flex spending and health savings accounts
• Multiple retirement options – including the Wyoming Retirement System and a 457B account, helping you plan for long-term financial security
• Generous paid leave and flexible schedules – vacation, sick leave, paid FMLA and 11 paid holidays each year
• Public Service Loan Forgiveness eligibility – for those with qualifying student loans
• Training and professional development – to support your career growth and advancement
• Employee Assistance Program – Includes paid short-term counseling, legal, financial and work-life benefits and select employee discounts
• Wellness Program – Earn paid time off and incentives by focusing on your personal health

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WORKING FOR THE GREATEST STATE IN THE NATION – Wyoming offers a lifestyle you can't find anywhere else — wide-open spaces, clean air, friendly communities, year-round recreation, and no state income tax.

Job Description and Functions:

Open Until Filled

GENERAL DESCRIPTION:

Schedules and conducts comprehensive OSHA health and safety inspections and fatality investigations of Wyoming workplaces to enforce the safety and health standards of the Wyoming Occupational Safety and Health Act for both private and public sector employers and writes extensive reports documenting hazards or violations when observed.

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ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

The listed functions are illustrative only and are not intended to describe every function that may be performed at the job level.

• Analyze the workplace to identify safety and health hazards and determine sources relating to the 29 CFR 1910 General Industry, 29 CFR 1926 Construction Standards, and Wyoming Oil and Gas Drilling, Servicing, and Special Servicing Standards, or other related industry standards and enforce corrective action.
• Conducts a fatality/catastrophe/accident investigation and prepares written, detailed, comprehensive, and technical case file documentation relating to the investigation.
• Photographs/videotapes of site hazards identified during the walk-around inspection/investigation as part of the evidence collection.
• Interviews onsite management, employees, general contractors, and subcontractors to determine employee exposure and employer knowledge in a formal and informal setting.
• Develops hazard citations, communicates abatement options and establishes reasonable correction due dates.
• Determines if interim protections are adequate until hazards are corrected.
• Develops a sampling plan and conducts sampling/monitoring to identify and evaluate hazardous conditions with a wide variety of complex industrial hygiene instruments (air, noise, gas, radiation, indoor air quality, chemical, biological, heat stress, ergonomic, et al.).
• Determines appropriate sampling methodology to identify and quantify chemical, physical, and biological hazards in various types of large, small/high-hazard, and complex industries.
• Evaluate the employer's safety and health programs to determine if it complies with OSHA requirements.
• Prepares and writes affidavits, applies, and obtains administrative warrants for employers that refuse entry. Serves and files administrative warrants per judicial rules and procedures associated with inspection.
• Makes independent decisions in the field regarding rules & regulations, interpretation, and application advising the employer and employees of agency policies and procedures.
• Prepares written…