L&I DOSH Compliance Manager – Region Internal L&I

Our Mission

Keep Washington Safe and Working!

• Customer Focus
• One L&I
• Respect
• Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
• Learning and Growth
• Reliability
• Only available to current L&I employees
• Target Pay Range: $93,408 - $130,320 annually.
• Full Pay Range for this WMS Band 2 (X2C): $71,004 - $130,320 annually.

The Department of Labor & Industries (L&I) is seeking a DOSH Compliance Manager in Region 6 (Spokane) to provide strategic leadership for occupational safety and health compliance operations across Southwest Washington.

This is a unique opportunity to lead one of the state's largest and most influential workplace safety programs. You'll oversee a team of supervisors, investigators, and technical experts responsible for ensuring employers comply with workplace safety laws, reducing injuries and illnesses, and protecting workers in industries ranging from construction and manufacturing to logging, agriculture, maritime, and more.

Every decision you make has the potential to improve workplace safety for thousands of Washington workers.

As the Region 6 Compliance Manager, you will lead a team of 22 Compliance Industrial Safety and Health Investigator Supervisors (CISHI 5s), field investigators, and technical staff.

This position serves as a key member of DOSH leadership, helping to shape policy, improve statewide consistency, strengthen technical excellence, and advance the agency's mission of keeping Washington workers safe and healthy.

• Lead and Develop a High-Performing Team
• Mentor, coach, and support supervisors and compliance staff.
• Build a culture of accountability, collaboration, professionalism, and continuous improvement.
• Recruit, develop, and retain a highly skilled workforce.
• Promote employee growth, engagement, and succession planning.
• Influence Policy and Strategic Direction
• Collaborate with senior leaders to develop and implement agency and division priorities.
• Provide expertise on legislation, regulations, enforcement policies, and emerging workplace hazards.
• Participate in statewide initiatives, strategic planning efforts, and continuous improvement projects.
• Build Partnerships and Public Trust
• Work closely with employers, labor organizations, industry associations, legislators, local governments, and community stakeholders.
• Represent L&I in public meetings, presentations, and stakeholder discussions.
• Foster productive labor-management relationships and collaborative problem-solving.

• Five or more years of progressively responsible management and leadership experience with a proven ability to manage for accountability and achieve measurable results.
• Expert knowledge of federal and state occupational safety and health programs, policies, and regulations.
• Expert knowledge of public sector management and leadership principles.
• Advanced knowledge of and experience with regulatory, legislative, and budget processes.
• Demonstrated ability to think and plan strategically, develop and implement performance measurement systems, and achieve results critical to the agency’s mission.
• Skills to manage in a politically complex environment, build partnerships, and address multiple competing priorities and diverse stakeholder interests.
• Effective public speaking and written communication skills.
• Significant knowledge of federal and state employment laws and labor contracts, recruitment and fair hiring practices, performance appraisal, coaching and mentoring, corrective and disciplinary action, and promoting a diverse workforce.
• Ability to “think outside the box” and develop creative new approaches to safety and health education.
• The ability to take action to learn and grow.
• The ability to take action to meet the needs of others.

A Bachelor’s degree with major study in Safety, Industrial Hygiene, Chemistry, Physics or related field, and progressively responsible leadership experience managing for results in a complex program or organization providing regulatory enforcement function OR equivalent years of work experience in mid-level or higher management.