Senior Safety Engineers for Cal/OSHA

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Cal/OSHA helps improve health and safety conditions in workplaces and makes a positive difference in the lives of California workers. Two exciting new opportunities have become available in the Sacramento area.

Senior Safety Engineer

$11,094.00 – $13,882.00 per Month

https://calcareers.ca.gov/CalHrPublic/Jobs/JobPosting.aspx?JobControlId=449104

Working at the Cal/OSHA Standards Board means much more than showing up for a job. You will work on programs that are vital to the health and safety of our community, work force, and the state. We recognize the strength in teamwork. We know that by encouraging collaboration and diversity, educating employers in best practices, and protecting the health and safety of employees through enforcement of the California Labor Code and regulations will benefit our economy as a whole. Be part of a team that prides itself in making a difference for Californians.

The Board protects and improves the health and safety of working people in California by developing safety standards and regulation, providing consultation and recommendations on the more complex and highly sensitive proposed safety and health regulations, and evaluating and providing recommendations on petitions to revise regulations as well as requests for permanent variances from safety orders

The Senior Safety Engineer (SSE) is a working safety engineer responsible for the development of the State’s safety standards and may participate as technical advisor to the Board during public hearings. The SSE will develop programs to promote safety concepts and consult with labor, management and public groups on the more complex and sensitive safety engineering problems.

This position is located at The Sacramento Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board office: 2520 Venture Oaks Way, Suite 350, Sacramento, CA 95833.

Hybrid telework options are available and will be considered. This location offers easy freeway access, a variety of restaurants and shops nearby, and free parking! This is a Full-Time permanent position with the Board, located in a temperature controlled office environment with artificial lighting in a commercial office building. Incumbent will work at a desk, and is required to work extensively on computers as necessary for the drafting of letters, reports and other documents, and for research, email communication, file review, training and other purposes. Incumbent is expected to handle his/her own word processing. This is a full-time, Monday through Friday, position, however, Incumbent is expected to work all hours as necessary to accomplish his/her assignments, and although will generally average a 40-hour week, longer work hours may occasionally be required. Must be available to work outside normal business hours, including overnight travel, as needed.


To be considered for this Senior Safety Engineer job opportunity, applicants must be either reachable on an employment list, have transfer eligibility or have reinstatement eligibility. To take the exam and gain employment list eligibility, please click here to access the exam bulletin: 
https://calcareers.ca.gov/CalHrPublic/Exams/ExamBulletin.aspx?ExamControlId=2588

Taking the SSE examination and establishing List Eligibility is a separate process from applying for this vacancy. Please be sure to follow all instructions for each process.

You will find additional information about the job in the Duty Statement.

Additional positions are regularly being added, please click here for all DIR job postings.

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Bilingual candidates are encouraged to apply.

Questions? Contact a Cal/OSHA recruiter at CalOSHAJobs@dir.ca.gov