Regional Safety Specialist - Durango

Applications will be considered from residents and non-residents of Colorado.

New employees to the State will be paid biweekly. There are 26 biweekly pay periods in a year.

CDOT employees make a difference by providing freedom, connection, and experience to the traveling public, while also keeping them safe. The State of Colorado offers competitive medical, dental and vision insurance, life and disability insurance, and flexible spending and health savings accounts. Visit State of Colorado benefits for details, current premium rates and a summary video about benefits. The state also offers PERA retirement, great optional PERA plans such as 401K, a generous paid time off package of annual, sick, holiday and other leave, strong career growth, tuition reimbursement and professional development.

Perks include Colorado Employee Assistance Program (CSEAP) counseling, wellness, credit union membership and employee discount program. Visit CDOT Benefits for details. Some positions may qualify for Public Service Loan Forgiveness.

CDOT’s strength is our people, and our commitment to our people is to shape, support, and sustain the employee experience, and ultimately, create a supportive workplace where everyone, regardless of gender, race, ethnicity, religion, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, citizenship status, education, disability, socio‑economic status, or any other identity, has the opportunity to thrive.

The eligible list created from this announcement may be used to fill current and future vacancies for a period of up to 6 months.

The Regional Safety Specialist is part of the Colorado Department of Transportation's (CDOT's) Region 5 Safety Team in southwestern Colorado. This team supports Region‑wide safety initiatives as established by the Region Transportation Director (RTD) and the Regional Leadership Team (RLT). The Safety Team gathers, analyzes, interprets, monitors, and reports safety trends and safety‑related information and supports the Department‑level safety initiatives as directed by the Office of Transportation Safety.

As the Regional Safety Specialist, classified as Safety Specialist III, you will provide staff oversight to daily operations and activities as they relate to employee health and safety, as guided by the Region Safety Officer (RSO). This includes identifying and evaluating hazardous conditions and practices, developing and implementing prevention methodologies, ensuring procedures and programs related to employee safety and health are providing value and being followed, advising and educating others on hazard identification and prevention methods, and measuring and evaluating overall safety process effectiveness.

This position supports the current statewide safety process called “Excellence in Safety” and all corresponding initiatives and programs as directed by the Office of Transportation Safety.

• Implement and maintain a program for identification of hazards evaluation and assessment of the probability and severity of loss events and accidents.
• Conduct hazard analyses, interpretation and documentation of results for the Region Safety Officer (RSO), Region Transportation Director (RTD), Region Leadership Team (RLT) and employees.
• Conduct reviews of processes and operations for potential failure modes and their causes and effects.
• Review, compile, analyze, and interpret data from accident and loss prevention reports, along with other sources, regarding injuries, illnesses, and damage to determine causes and trends.
• Provide safety bulletins and other information for dissemination at meetings and via e‑mail.
• Implement and maintain a tracking database program designed to reduce or eliminate hazards such as roadside hazards, Protective Equipment (PPE) requirements, sight specific project requirements, etc. preferably before they occur, by reducing or eliminating the cause of exposures, accidents, and loss events. This program is to be managed to reduce the probability or severity of injuries, illnesses, losses, or environmental damage from potential exposures, accidents,…