Senior Environmental Safety Specialist

Job Overview

The Metropolitan Sewer District (MSD) of Greater Cincinnati seeks a Safety Professional with a wide variety of experience in construction safety or related fields. The incumbent will manage several OSHA programs and provide safety guidance across engineering and collection operations.

• Trenching and Excavation
• Fall Protection and Prevention
• Permit Required Confined Space Entry
• Walking Working Surfaces
• PPE
• Hearing Conservation
• Respiratory Protection
• Other safety programs as assigned

• Establish a field presence in Engineering and Collection divisions to provide safety guidance and minimize injuries.
• Support Engineering Division by reviewing and auditing construction site safety plans, performing site visits with inspectors to ensure safe operations.
• Support Collection Division by auditing and improving safe field operations of trenching and excavation crews.
• Develop and deliver training for OSHA programs as well as MSD safety policies.

Knowledge of

• Biology, chemistry, physics as they apply to environmental management and/or health and safety.
• Principles and practices of environmental management and/or health and safety management.
• Research, investigation, and analysis techniques and principles.
• City facilities, equipment, materials, and job functions.
• Statistical principles and methods.
• English usage, spelling, grammar, and punctuation.
• Federal, state, and local codes, laws, and regulations pertaining to environmental management and/or health and safety.
• Training processes, techniques, methods, and procedures.

Skill to

• Operate a computer and other standard office equipment in performance of assigned duties.
• Operate monitors and various instruments in performance of job.
• Operate assigned vehicle in performance of job duties.

Ability to

• Inspect complex city facilities, equipment, materials, and employee work practices to determine unsafe conditions or environmental problems.
• Recommend and implement goals, policies, and procedures for effective and efficient environmental or health and safety practice.
• Prepare clear and concise analytical and statistical reports.
• Analyze problems, identify alternative solutions, project consequences of proposed actions, and implement recommendations in support of goals.
• Interpret and apply federal, state, and local codes, laws, and regulations.
• Communicate clearly and concisely, both orally and in writing.
• Respond to requests and inquiries from the general public.
• Work independently in the absence of supervision.
• Understand and follow oral and written instructions.
• Recognize hazards and respond with plausible solutions.

Illustrative only. Any one position may not require all of the listed KSAs.

• Each applicant must have a Bachelor's Degree from an accredited institution in Environmental Science, Risk Management, Occupational Safety, or a closely related field.
• Minimum of five years of related work experience.
• A Master's Degree in one of the above fields or professional certification from an accredited professional organization dealing with environmental issues is preferred.

• Must have a valid Driver's License.
• Some assignments may require possession of a valid registration from the Ohio State Board of Sanitation Registration.
• Other licenses and/or certifications may be required, depending on area of responsibility.

Military education and experience may be substituted for college level coursework on a case‑by‑case basis per ACE Military Guide recommendations.

Travel from site to site; office/field environment; exposure to computer screens, noise, dust, grease, smoke, fumes, gases, potentially hazardous chemicals, toxic materials, potentially hostile environments; human or animal body fluids; waste and infectious materials; work at heights on scaffolding and ladders; confined spaces; underground; slippery or uneven surfaces; heavy construction equipment; may be subject to call back and/or overtime work.

Physical conditions require maintaining physical condition necessary for heavy, moderate or light lifting; bending, stooping, kneeling, crawling; walking or standing for prolonged periods.

The City of Cincinnati is dedicated to providing equal employment without regard to race, gender, age, color, religion, disability status, marital status, sexual orientation or transgendered status, or ethnic, national or Appalachian origin, or on the basis of any other category protected under federal, state and local laws.

HR CONTACT:
Denise.

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