Safety Program Coordinator Trainee (WAE

Division:
Within the Safety Department at ELMHS, Located in Jackson, LA

The Mission of ELMHS is to provide mental health evaluation, treatment, habilitation, and consultation for adults. Programs include inpatient interventions, jail-based evaluations, supervised group home and residential programs, forensic evaluation, care, custody, and aftercare; intermediate and long-term psychiatric services are coordinated with the total system of care in Louisiana

ELMHS is looking for a motivated, detail-oriented, and positive individual to join our team as a Safety Program Coordinator Trainee! The selected candidate will monitor, coordinate, and maintain facility safety and life-safety systems by ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements, overseeing inspections, testing, maintenance, documentation, emergency preparedness, hazardous communication, and fire protection and emergency equipment.

No experience or training is required.

The official job specifications for this role, as defined by the State Civil Service, can be found here.

• Monitor elevator certification and maintenance to include monthly testing, emergency operations, and documentation.

• Conduct monthly review of department level Hazardous Communication monitoring and compliance and ensures SDS are current and placed in appropriate locations within the departments. Maintains records of all transactions.

• Maintain existing processes to track and report safety initiated or safety led projects, services, and resource requisition, use and distribution.

• Assist in the conduct, coordination, evaluation, and planning of emergency preparedness and response drills, exercises, and training.

• Inspect safety related equipment and facilities that include but not limited to eye wash stations and logs, handicap means of access, walk ways and paths, lighting, and buildings for electrical hazards, structural hazards, and environmental hazards.

• Coordinate and conduct static fire suppression equipment repair, maintenance, inspection, and installation that include but not limited to sprinklers and sprinkler valves, pull stations, fire hydrants, heat and smoke dampers.

• Coordinate or conduct repair, maintenance, and installation of moveable fire suppression equipment that include but not limited to fire extinguishers, fire-fighting apparatuses and vehicles.

• Coordinate and conduct fire monitoring equipment repair, maintenance, and installation that include but not limited to fire panel boxes, smoke detectors, heat and smoke dampers.

• Coordinate repairs, maintenance, and installation of emergency equipment that include but not limited to emergency lights and fire doors.

Appointment Type: WAE (not to exceed 1,245 hours in a 12-month period)

Leigh Moore

ELMHS HR

ELMHS-HR

Louisiana is a State As a Model Employer (SAME) that supports the recruitment, hiring, and retention of individuals with disabilities.