Agency Safety and Health Director NY HELPS

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Agency Parks, Recreation & Historic Preservation, Office of

Title Agency Safety and Health Director 1- (NY HELPS)

Occupational Category Other Professional Careers

Salary Grade 23

Bargaining Unit M/C - Managerial/Confidential (Unrepresented)

Salary Range From $90678 to $113292 Annually

Employment Type

Full-Time

Appointment Type Permanent

Jurisdictional Class Competitive Class

Travel Percentage 0%

Workweek Variable

From 12 AM

To 11:30 PM

Flextime allowed? No

Mandatory overtime? No

Compressed workweek allowed? No

Telecommuting allowed? No

County New York

Street Address Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. State Office Building

163 W. 125th Street, 17th Floor

City New York

State NY

Duties Description Under the supervision of the Deputy Regional Director, the incumbent is principally responsible for overseeing the development, implementation, and delivery of the following program areas:
Occupational Health and Safety (OSHA, PESH, CDC, DOH, DOL etc.);
Visitor Safety (risk management);
Playground Safety (CPSC/ASTM);
Automatic External Defibrillator Program (OGS, DOH, EHS);
Scaling Program; the Water Safety program (DOH); and assist with the hazardous tree inspection program. The incumbent will:

• Identify and assist occupational safety hazards; developing, implementing, directing and evaluating employee safety and occupational health programs;
  Identify patron health and safety hazards.
• Develop, implement, direct and evaluate public health and safety programs within the Park Region, including, but not limited to: general risk assessment and hazard abatement, playground safety, water safety program coordination, and concession (food) safety.
• Serve as the Regional Emergency Response Coordinator (“ERC”); identify and assess exposure to natural and man‑made hazards; and assist facility and regional managers in developing all Hazard Emergency Action Plans to respond to or recover from these events.
• Review regional and facility operations to identify and assess occupational and patron health and safety hazards; develop regional health and safety policies and strategies for implementing these policies; and ensure compliance with occupational, public safety, and health regulations and collective bargaining agreement provisions affecting employee safety and health at the regional level.
• Review recurrent and difficult to control occupational and patron health and safety hazards of varying complexity within geographically dispersed job sites.
• Provide intensive, ongoing training on occupational hazards to reduce or eliminate the likelihood of injuries and illnesses and staff trainings in a variety of topics.
• Prepare responses to citations for violations of safety and health regulations.
• Assist the Deputy Regional Director with budget development related to the region’s health, safety and emergency preparedness/response programs.
• Monitor employee and patron accident reports; analyze accidents, injuries and near miss incidents; design, recommend and assist facility managers with implementing modifications to procedures and processes to improve safety; and review emergency response actions to determine if improvements and updates are required.
• This is a hands‑on position requiring the successful…