Safety & Health Inspector - Syracuse; NY HELPS

Position Details

• Agency:
  Labor, Department of
• Title:
  
  Safety & Health Inspector – Syracuse (NY HELPS)
• Occupational Category:
  Skilled Craft, Apprenticeship, Maintenance
• Salary Grade: 16 (From $59,994 to $76,359 Annually)
• Employment Type:
  
  Full-Time, Permanent
• Jurisdictional Class:
  Competitive Class
• Travel Percentage: 75%
• Workweek:
  Mon‑Fri, 37.5 hours per week
• Workday: 9 AM – 5 PM; no flextime, no mandatory overtime, no compressed workweek; telecommuting allowed
• Location:
  
  450 S. Salina St., Syracuse, NY 13202, Onondaga County

The incumbent within the Division of Safety & Health (DOSH) will plan, schedule, and conduct safety and health inspections of selected work sites such as state, county, city, and town offices. Inspections may also be conducted at places of public assembly, ski areas, carnivals, fairs, amusement parks, explosives magazines, power scaffolds, and other window‑washing operations. Such work sites may include asbestos abatement projects.

The inspections are made in order to assure conformance with established standards, identifying unsafe conditions and work practices, and to protect workers and the public.

• Five years of experience in field inspections pertaining to the enforcement of building laws, codes, and regulations or in an occupational safety or public safety setting as an evaluator or inspector for a public or private organization evaluating the effectiveness of safety devices, protective equipment, or safety programs; or five years of experience in an apprentice able trade in the manufacturing or construction industries, or active‑duty military, or fire protection, which must include responsibility for the enforcement of safety standards and procedures by workers in that trade;
  
  or five years of experience with asbestos or mold inspections or abatement.
• Associate degree can substitute for two years of specialized experience; bachelor’s degree can substitute for four years of experience; master’s degree in a related field can substitute for five years of experience; and a doctorate in a related field can substitute for six years of experience, provided the degree was awarded by a college or university accredited by a regional, national, or specialized agency recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.
• It is essential that you describe your qualifying education and/or experience in detail on your application; omissions or vagueness may not be interpreted in your favor.
• Employees hired under NY HELPS will have their non‑competitive employment status converted to competitive status in the future without competing in an examination. They will then be afforded all rights and privileges of competitive class employees of New York State and may take part in any promotion examination for which they are qualified.

• Competitive
  
  Minimum Qualifications:
  
  Review of your state history is needed; if you meet any of the below Permanent Competitive qualifications, provide the last four digits of your social security number in your email response or on your resume.
• 55 B/C
  
  Qualifications:
  
  Position is designated 55b/c and is subject to verification of applicant eligibility. Provide a copy of your 55b/c letter when applying. You must also meet the open competitive qualifications from the most recent examination announcement.
• Reassignment:
  Current Department of Labor employees only, with at least one year of permanent, contingent‑permanent, or 55b/c service as a Safety & Health Inspector; if you have less than one year, you must be reachable on the current Safety & Health Inspector eligible list for this location, if one exists.
• 70.1 Transfer
  
  Qualifications:
  
  One year of permanent, contingent‑permanent, or 55b/c service as a Salary Grade 14 or higher determined to be similar by Civil Service.
• NOTE:
  
  For 70.1 transfers a comprehensive list of titles approved for transfer is available at (Use the "Apply for this Job" box below)..

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