Review Vacancy
AgencyTransportation, Department of
TitleAgency Safety & Health Representative 1
Occupational CategoryOther Professional Careers
Bargaining UnitPS&T - Professional, Scientific, and Technical (PEF)
Salary RangeFrom $48237 to $61575 Annually
Minimum Qualifications current Civil Service eligible list or be eligible for reassignment or transfer in accordance with Civil Service Law.
If a viable eligible list does not exist, a provisional appointment may be made in accordance with Civil Service Law. Candidates who accept a provisional appointment must take the next competitive examination and be reachable on the resultant eligible list in order to be considered for permanent appointment to the position. The minimum requirements for taking the examination are:
PROMOTIONAL EXAM:
Three months of permanent competitive, non-competitive (including 55-b/55-c), service in a position allocated to Grade 8 or higher AND
Either 1. one year of experience in the field of occupational safety and health, industrial safety, industrial hygiene, fire safety and prevention,*construction safety or building design relating to fire codes;
Or 2. 30 semester college credits in occupational safety and health, industrial safety. industrial hygiene, fire safety and prevention, construction safety, or building design relating to frre codes; Or 3. successful completion of NYS Firefighter 1 certification.
OPEN-COMPETITIVE EXAM:
Either 1. four years of experience in the field of occupational safety and health, industrial safety, industrial hygiene, construction safety, fire safety and prevention,* or building design relating to fire codes;
Or 2. 30 semester college credits in occupational safety and health, industrial safety, industrial hygiene, construction safety, fire safety and prevention, or building design relating to fire codes AND three years experience as described above. You must include with your application a list of qualifying courses, showing the name of each
course, number of credits, the date(s) of course completion and the college or university where the education was received.
*Experience limited to firefighting (paid or volunteer) is NOT qualifying.
Agency Safety and Health Representative 1 candidates who are appointed to positions in the Department of Transportation will be required to successfully complete six code courses as required by the New York State Department of State. Probationers who do not complete this coursework will be terminated for failure to successfully complete probation.
Duties Description Working under the direction of the Regional Safety and Health Representative 2,
duties include but are not limited to those listed below:
• Inspect Regional buildings and structures and ensure that the Region is in
compliance with NYS Uniform Fire Prevention and Building code.
• Conduct safety inspections of all regional facilities, prepare reports of
findings and recommend corrective action.
• In coordination with Resident Engineers and Group Directors have an active role
in routinely scheduled tailgate and safety meetings, and the Region's Fall and Spring
Safety meetings.
• Provide CPR/First Aid, facilitate mandated training related to employee safety
and health to ensure timely compliance.
• Administration of OSHA hearing and respiratory protection programs.
• Investigate highway, vehicle and equipment crashes.
• Collect, compile and analyze crash data; prepare verbal and written reports.
• Have a thorough working knowledge of work zone traffic control, Regional
Safety policies, rules and procedures.
• Coordinate safety recognition awards.
• Incumbent must obtain within one year and maintain a New York State
Code Enforcement Officer's certificate.
• Have working knowledge of Microsoft software applications: Word: Power Point:
Excel and Safety programs used for tracking, maintaining crash/injury data, training and other data.
Responsibilities may include serving a role within the Incident Command System to support
the Department's response to regional and statewide emergency situations.
This position will include travel throughout the Region and within the State. Specific
requirements, if any, will be discussed at the time of interview. At the time of appointment, and
continuously thereafter, candidates must be able to demonstrate their ability to meet the travel
requirements of the position either by possession of a valid license to operate a motor vehicle in
New York State or access to reliable transportation. Use of Personal Vehicle may be required
for work related purposes.
e provided in accordance with NYS OSC
Additional Comments
Pursuant to Executive Order 161, no State entity, as defined by the Executive Order, is permitted to ask, or mandate, in any form, that an applicant for employment provide his or her current compensation, or any prior compensation history, until such time as the applicant is extended a conditional offer of employment with compensation. If such information has been requested from you before such time, please contact the Governor’s Office of Employee Relations at (518) 474-6988 or via email at info@goer.ny.gov.
Some positions may require additional credentials or a background check to verify your identity.