Careers

Description:

What You’ll Do

As the Construction Safety Technical Specialist, you’ll serve as a technical resource for construction safety and health issues. You’ll work with both residential and commercial construction and provide expertise to DOSH staff, employers, employees, industry groups, and other stakeholders.

Your work will include:

• Researching construction safety and health rules and recommending changes, clarifications, and proactive compliance strategies.
• Providing technical support to DOSH compliance and consultation staff on complex safety issues and investigations, including serious injuries, fatalities, and catastrophes.
• Applying and interpreting DOSH (Division of Occupational Safety and Health), OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration), ASME (American Society of Mechanical Engineers), ANSI (American National Standards Institute), and other applicable construction standards.
• Making independent decisions about rules interpretation and application.
• Advising employers and employees on practical approaches to hazard correction and prevention, personal protective equipment, accident prevention programs, and other safety concerns.
• Reviewing citations and Notices of Violation for consistency with applicable laws, policies, and interpretations.
• Researching emerging hazards and helping develop new policies, procedures, and safety requirements.
• Reviewing variance requests and making recommendations.
• Representing L&I and DOSH at conferences, industry events, committees, the Board of Industrial Insurance Appeals, and the Washington State Legislature.
• Developing and delivering training, workshops, seminars, and presentations for employers, employees, apprentices, internal staff, and others.
• Explaining construction safety requirements and complex technical information in a way that makes sense to the people who need to use it.
• Building productive working relationships with industry, agency partners, and internal teams.
• And other impactful work that supports our mission.

Skills/Eligibility:

Bring Your Construction Experience

We’re looking for someone who understands that construction safety is more than knowing what a regulation says. You understand how the work actually gets done.

Experience working directly in the construction industry, construction operations, field supervision, project work, safety, or a related hands-on environment is highly valuable. We want someone who can connect technical requirements to what is actually happening on a job site.

You may have experience with areas such as:

• Fall protection
• Scaffolds
• Roofing
• Trenching and excavation
• Demolition
• Masonry
• Flagging and traffic control
• Residential construction
• Commercial construction
• Construction equipment and operations
• Jobsite safety
• Safety programs and hazard identification
• Fire-Resistant Materials Applicator Certification

 

What We’re Looking For

We’re looking for someone who brings construction knowledge, sound judgment, strong communication skills, and a solution-oriented approach.

You’ll be successful in this role if you:

• Have hands-on or operational experience in the construction industry and understand how the work actually gets done.
• Are confident communicating with a wide range of people and can build rapport quickly.
• Can explain complex safety requirements clearly, whether you’re talking one-on-one or presenting to a large group.
• Are comfortable making decisions, standing behind your recommendations, and explaining your reasoning.
• Look for practical solutions instead of simply identifying problems.
• Take initiative, work independently, and know when to bring others into the conversation.
• Are curious and willing to keep learning as construction practices, hazards, and safety requirements evolve.
• Can work effectively as part of a team while also being comfortable working independently.

 

Qualifications

 

REQUIRED:

• One to two years of demonstrated experience in the following areas:
  • Conducting research
  • Analyzing policies, laws, rules, or regulations
  • Developing and implementing policies and procedures
• A valid and unrestricted driver’s license
• The ability to take action to learn and grow - Demonstrates initiative and accountability in pursuing opportunities for personal and professional development. Actively seeks feedback, acquires new knowledge or skills, and applies learning to improve performance and contribute to organizational success.
• The ability to take action to meet the needs of others - Demonstrates responsiveness and initiative in identifying, understanding, and addressing the needs of colleagues, stakeholders, and customers. Acts with empathy and accountability to provide timely support, resolve concerns, and deliver value that strengthens relationships and organizational outcomes.

And one of the following:

• A Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university in occupational safety and health, industrial hygiene, or related field AND four years of paid occupational/industrial safety related professional experience 

 OR

• A Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university in occupational safety and health, industrial hygiene, or related field AND two years as an Occupational Safety and

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