Safety Consultant II

Agency

Adult Correction

Division

COO - OPS - Institutions Operations

Job Classification Title

Safety Consultant (NS)

Position Number

65014433

Grade

NC17

About Us

The NC Department of Adult Correction is one of the largest state agencies with more than 14,000 employees. It is responsible for safeguarding and preserving lives and property through prevention, protection, and preparation as well as the care, custody, and supervision of all adults sentenced for violating North Carolina laws. This department includes state prisons with custody, healthcare, and facility operations staff as well as probation/parole officers who supervised sentenced people in the community. Other divisions include Administration, Health Services, Rehabilitation & Reentry, Special Operations and the Post-Release Supervision & Parole Commission. We have a mission that matters!

Description of Work

This position is located at Central Prison Healthcare Complex, Raleigh, NC. Central Prison is a close-custody prison housing male offenders. Central Prison Healthcare Complex serves as the hub for healthcare for the male inmate population. The facility is designed to house a maximum capacity of 1318 offenders.

The Safety Consultant II responsibilities include independent site inspections of correctional facilities, leased or owned offices and manufacturing plants on an annual basis to identify unsafe conditions and safety or health violations. Responsible to know and research all applicable occupational safety and health regulations of OSHA, NIOSH, NC Building Codes, National Electrical Code; ANSI; Workplace Safety Standards; Joint Commission on Accreditation for Health Care; Center for Disease Control; NC Public Health Reg; NC Admin Codes and General Statutes; Code of Federal Regulations. Provide advanced safety services and consultation to all subsets of the department. Working knowledge of fire detection and alarms, fire suppression systems, smoke control and smoke evacuation, remote controlled exit doors with redundant systems, TB isolation rooms, cut and sew operations, metal fabrication and finishing, steam boiler installations and hazardous chemical warehouses. Responsible for developing solutions and recommending corrective actions to appropriate management personnel for all identified hazards. Reviews recordable accidents information during each facility inspection to identify occupational injury and illness trends which may be developing and address those with appropriate managers to help facilitate countermeasures and interventions to reduce the incidence of cases. In the event of discovering critical conditions of regulatory violations or imminent dangers to staff, visitors or sentenced offenders, the safety consultant has the Safety Director's authority to issue a compelling order to end the exposure of people, structures or the environment to serious hazards. Using knowledge of the standards, guidelines and regulations, the safety consultant position has responsibilities to conduct investigations and special assignments from the safety director regarding organizational development, research, application development and training.

Knowledge Skills and Abilities/Management Preferences

Salary Range: $46,206.00 - $94,255.00

Candidates now meet the minimum qualifications of a position if they meet the minimum education and experience listed on the vacancy announcement. The Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities (KSAs)/ Management Preferences are not required. Applicants who possess the following skills are preferred:

Therefore, you must demonstrate or provide supporting information within the body of your application to demonstrate your possession of each KSA listed.    

• Demonstrated and/or documented experience showing when or how you gain the knowledge and the ability to research all applicable occupational safety and health regulations of OSHA, NIOSH, NC Building Codes, National Electrical Code; ANSI; Workplace Safety Standards; Joint Commission on Accreditation for Health Care; Center for Disease Control; NC Public Health Reg; NC Admin Codes and General Statutes; Code of Federal Regulations, was used or gained in a former or present position.
• Demonstrated and documented experience providing advanced safety services and consultation in the commission in a former or present position
• Demonstrated and documented experience where the knowledge of fire detection and alarms, fire suppression systems, smoke control and smoke evacuation, remote controlled exit doors with redundant systems, TB isolation rooms, cut and sew operations, metal fabrication and finishing, steam boiler installations and hazardous chemical warehouses was used in a former or present position.

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