Senior Safety & Health Specialist

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Date:
Feb 17, 2026

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Requisition No:869515

Agency:
Department of Transportation

Working Title:

SENIOR SAFETY & HEALTH SPECIALIST -

STATE OF FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

JOB POSTING DESCRIPTION

621 / Safety Office

ANTICIPATED VACANCY / OPEN COMPETITIVE

CAREER SERVICE

CONTACT PHONE NUMBER:

HIRING SALARY RANGE: $2,218.33 - $2,870.78/bi-weekly range /

$57,676.60 - $74,640.31/annual range

To ensure honesty and transparency, all applicants must provide their own work.

Unless explicitly requested, the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools to assist with qualifying questions, work samples, or interviews is strictly prohibited, and any breach of this requirement will lead to the applicant being removed from consideration.

Candidates must be United States (U.S.) citizens or lawfully authorized alien workers. Visa sponsorship is not available.

The mission of the Florida Department of Transportation is to provide a safe statewide transportation system that promotes the efficient movement of people and goods, supports the state’s economic competitiveness, prioritizes Florida’s environment and natural resources, and preserves the quality of life and connectedness of the state’s communities.

As a OneFDOT team, we serve the people of Florida by providing a transportation network that is well planned, supports economic growth, and has the goal of being congestion and fatality free.

SENIOR SAFETY & HEALTH SPECIALIST

District Six/District Safety

This position Inspect Department buildings, grounds, equipment, and field operations to ensure compliance with all relevant laws, codes, statutes, rules, regulations, policies and procedures regarding industrial safety and health. It will also provide on-the-job-training and coordinates the training of employees on safety-related activities.

Through cooperation, coordination and collaboration among the OneFDOT team, you will be contributing to a strong and empowering culture of TRREC:
Trust, Relationships, Respect, Empowerment, and Communication.

FDOT encourages our team members to grow through engagement, empowerment, training, and professional development. Through our agency’s learning management system, you have access to hundreds of computer-based training and instructor-led courses.

South Dade Maintenance Yard

14655 SW 122 Avenue

Miami, FL 33186

Annual Salary Range:

$57,676.60 - $74,640.31

Inspects Department buildings, grounds, equipment, and field operations for all assigned areas to identify unsafe acts and conditions to ensure compliance with all relevant laws, codes, statutes, rules, regulations, policies, and procedures regarding industrial safety and health programs. Issues orders to shut down activities when judgment indicates that imminent danger to life and/or property exists. Reports findings of these inspections and recommends the appropriate corrective action to the responsible Cost Center Manager.

Ensures that the noted deficiencies are corrected.

Investigates crashes and personal injuries involving Department personnel and equipment by inspecting the crash site and other contributing factors. Reports the cause of these harmful events and identifies the corrective action that may prevent recurrence. Reviews, edits and/or returns for correction injury and/or accident reports that are prepared within assigned area. Develops and promulgate crash and injury trend analyses with recommendations for improvement.

Provides on-the-job training and coordinates the training of employees on safety-related activities within assigned areas. Prepares, maintains, and submits training reports. Assists in the development of Individual Training Plans to ensure that each employee in assigned area is properly trained to comply with the various industrial safety and health programs.

Coordinates the Hazardous Materials Program to ensure that those employees involved are…