Safety Specialist

Cobb County Government Risk and Safety Department

Starting salary range $56,794-73,833.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities:

  • Develops and conducts safety training programs to include driver training, utility flaggers, accident investigation, back injury prevention, confined space entry, LOTO and more.
  • Conducts safety inspections of property, grounds, and equipment to identify, locate and correct potential hazards.
  • Assists department management in ensuring compliance with federal, state, and local regulations and ordinances pertaining to safety and loss prevention.
  • Implements safety and loss prevention programs.
  • Makes observations of work sites and road observations of vehicles for safety compliance and employees are in compliance with County policy.
  • Designates safety review boards and internal safety committees consisting of department employees; facilitates activities of boards/committees and monitors corrective actions.

Skills and Qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s degree in Public Health, Risk Management, Occupational Health & Safety, Public Administration, or related field; supplemented by three years progressively knowledgeable and skilled experience in OSHA training and loss control and prevention; or any equivalent combination of education, training and experience which provides the requisite knowledge, skills and abilities for this job.
  • Must possess and maintain a valid Driver’s License.

Apply directly here: https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/cobbcounty/jobs/5110824/safety-specialist