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Safety Specialist (Spanish)
Occupational Safety and Health Administration · Posted 17 days ago
Hybrid Toledo, OH $75K – $116K Apply by Jul 2, 2026 Safety and Occupational Health Management ISFPISTP
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This position is with the U. S. Department of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). This position is in the Chicago Region's Toledo Area Office located in Toledo, OH. The full performance level of this position is the GS-12 grade level. Position is in the bargaining unit. A writing sample may be included as a part of the interview process. Selectee will be expected to report to the office.
What You'll Do
- →Major Duties include, but are not limited to, the following: GS-11: Conducts occupational safety and health inspections within a variety of agricultural, construction, general industry, and maritime business establishments to ensure employer compliance with federal OSHA standards.
- →Conducts investigations involving one or more fatalities, injuries, serious accidents, or other unsafe conditions.
- →Prepares for inspections to become familiar with work processes, operations, and standards applicable to the workplace to be inspected.
- →Conducts opening conferences with management officials and employee representatives concerning the nature and purpose of the inspection, the procedures which will be followed, and employee discrimination rights.
- →Participates in Agency efforts to obtain warrants and to subpoena witnesses and documents, if necessary.
- →Analyses injury and illness data and reviews establishments' occupational safety and health programs.
- →GS-12: Conducts specific (targeted) outreach activities and provides information on OSHA legislation, regulations, and compliance activities to a variety of different audiences.
- →Plans, schedules, and conducts inspections either individually-determined, as assigned or based on complaints received from employees and/or union representatives, in establishments and worksites where there is a strong probability of encountering Hazardous work processes and materials, and unsafe environmental conditions.
- →Inspects worksites, machine and equipment operations, environmental conditions, work practices, protective devices and equipment, and safety procedures.
- →Reviews safety activities for evidence of compliance with prescribed safety requirements.
- →Proposes fiscal penalties.
- →Assists agency attorneys in the preparation of contested cases for hearing before administrative law judges; testifies under examinations conducted by attorneys representing the agency and the employer.
- →Conducts interviews, reviews documents, and researches various sources of information such as equipment manuals, consensus standards, interpretations of standards, court decisions.
- →Identifies violations and hazards, and recommends abatement methods common to the work processes and operations.
Requirements
- ✓Any applicant falsely claiming an academic degree from an accredited school will be subject to actions ranging from disqualification from federal employment to removal from federal service.
- ✓If your education was completed at a foreign college or university, you must show comparability to education received in accredited educational institutions in the United States and comparability to applicable minimum coursework requirements for this position.
- ✓Click Evaluation of Foreign Education for more information.
Personality Fit
Job ID: 671d74e6-e61f-47b8-a629-fa9465b4356d
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