Senior Safety Specialist Job Oakland area,California USA,Healthcare

Pay Rate AFSCME Pay Grade A13
Annual Salary: $ (Step
1) - $ (Step
5)

Note: The starting negotiable salary offer will be $ (Step
1) - $ (Step
3) to commensurate with experience and education.

Reports To Manager of Employee/Patron Safety

Current Assignment

Application Timeline Applications will be reviewed in three rounds:

Round 1: February 18 – March 17
Round 2: March 18 – April 17
Round 3: April 18 – May 18

BART Senior Safety Specialist

The San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District (BART) is currently seeking an experienced Senior Safety Specialist to join our dynamic and dedicated System Safety Department. This is an exciting opportunity for a safety professional who thrives on tackling complex safety challenges and has a strong background in occupational health and safety program development, implementation, and compliance.

In this advanced journey-level role, this position will play a key role in shaping and enhancing the District’s safety culture, work on high-impact projects, lead critical safety initiatives, and collaborate across multiple departments to ensure our facilities and operations meet or exceed regulatory safety standards. This includes conducting comprehensive accident investigations and safety audits, to developing targeted training programs and emergency preparedness strategies, your work will directly contribute to the health and well‑being of both employees and the public.

Responsibilities

Participates in the more complex work of staff responsible for the design, analysis, review, administration, and implementation of District occupational health and safety programs including facility inspections, accident investigations, and emergency planning operations; monitors program compliance with mandated laws, rules, and regulations.

Monitors and inspects new and planned District facilities for compliance with environmental requirements including noise, equipment layout, air quality, and related health and safety issues.

Administers Illness and Injury Prevention program; reviews Cal/OSHA, Public Utility Commission, and other safety regulatory standards; observes District operations to assess potentially unsafe working practices and conditions; develops code of practices to address these issues.

Administers a variety of programs addressing occupational health and safety issues including cumulative trauma, blood‑borne pathogen, hearing conservation, and emergency preparedness programs; evaluates program goals and objectives; determines training or other support requirements; makes recommendations on program implementation.

Functions as liaison between System Safety Department and other departments and between District and regulatory agencies; participates on a variety of District‑wide safety‑related committees; communicates safety concerns and integrates safety concerns into goals, objectives, priorities, and project plans.

Investigates employee and patron accidents, complaints from employees, and all unusual occurrence reports or near‑miss incidents; participates in non‑criminal accident/incident investigations; responds to scene; gathers evidence and other information; writes report of findings.

Trains District employees in safety‑related work practices, procedures, and techniques; conducts training, drills, and communication checks with District and local fire protection services; ensures adherence to safe work practices and procedures.

Maintains records and develops reports on new or ongoing programs and program effectiveness; prepares statistical reports as required.

Develops safety education and safety training programs; evaluates training needs; develops materials and conducts training sessions to meet District safety objectives.

Provides technical safety information and compliance requirements to District management staff, employees, and contractors; conducts health and safety audits and inspections at District locations; determines liability and compliance concerns, documents findings, and tracks findings closure.

Reviews safety accident investigation reports of employee injuries; determines cause and recommends preventive measures.

Oversees and administers the District's defensive…


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