L&I DOSH Industrial Hygiene Compliance Investigator (CISHI3)

State of Washington; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking organization dedicated to workplace safety and health in Washington. As an Industrial Hygiene Compliance Investigator, you'll play a crucial role in ensuring that employers comply with safety regulations, preventing workplace injuries and fatalities. Your expertise will be vital in conducting complex investigations, writing detailed reports, and collaborating with legal teams. This position offers a unique opportunity to impact the safety of workers across the state while enjoying a supportive and inclusive work environment. If you're passionate about safety and compliance, we encourage you to apply!

Benefits

Health Insurance

Retirement Package

Flexible Schedule

Professional Development

Paid Time Off

Qualifications

• Experience in conducting complex investigations and inspections.
• Strong understanding of safety and health regulations.

Responsibilities

• Conduct thorough investigations of workplace safety hazards.
• Write comprehensive reports detailing compliance and violations.

Skills

Industrial Hygiene

Safety Regulations

Report Writing

Communication Skills

Investigation Techniques

Education

Bachelor of Science in Industrial Hygiene

Certified Industrial Hygienist (CIH)

Job description

Our Mission:Keep Washington Safe and Working!
Our Values: Customer Focus, One L&I, Respect, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Learning and Growth, Reliability

**In addition to the base salary above**

Industrial Hygienists and Safety & Health Investigators will be compensated basic salary plus10%for each hour they are required to use personal protective equipment (excluding hard hats, boots, hearing and eye protection) to enter a hazardous worksite to consult, inspect or investigate where serious hazards are present.

PLUSIF BILINGUAL

If hired as bilingual (not required), after passing an assessment of your ability to write and speak fluently, employees with bilingual responsibilities receive a5%increase in pay.

ALSO

All Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) required for this position will be provided by L&I DOSH as specified inWAC 296-800-16020.

Are you an experienced industrial hygienist ?

Do you have a passion for workplace safety & health?

You would be perfect for ourIndustrial Hygiene Compliance Investigator (CISHI3)!

L&I's Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH)administers the Washington Industrial Safety and Health Act (WISHA) lawChapter49.17 RCWby developing and enforcing rules that protect workers from hazardous job conditions. Our inspectors visit workplaces each year and cite businesses that violate health and safety rules.

TheCompliance Industrial Safety and Health Investigator (CISHI)positions are used to maintain Federal approval of the state plan occupational safety and health program that is necessarily authorized under statute, Chapter49.17 RCW(WISHA), and have enforcement authority over all employers in the state of Washington. This includes private and public sector, state, county, and city authorities. The approved State program at the Department of Labor and Industries must be maintained as-effective-as the federal OSHA compliance program. The work is aimed at ensuring all employers comply with workplace safety and health laws and rules to prevent worker and public fatalities, injuries and illnesses, to include compliance enforcement through legal processes and procedures.

CISHI-3s are senior level industrial hygiene safety investigators that have attended a defined new hire course that includes over 360 classroom hours (provided upon hire). They conduct highly complex investigations and inspections of industrial hygiene hazards in all industries independently or in teams. This includes fatalities or accident investigations, resulting in hospitalizations, amputations, or loss of an eye.

All of this work is crucial to the safety and health of the workers of the State of Washington, and directly impacts and supports the Department’s mission, “Keep Washington Safe and Working”.

Driving is a required part of this jobin order to perform the duties of this position as an L&I investigator to get from one location to another. There will be frequent daily travel with occasional overnight travel throughout the State. You will use a state-issued vehicle, motor pool vehicle, or must be able to provide personally owned vehicle (POV) when a pool or state-issued vehicle is not available. Therefore, you must have a valid unrestricted driver license without any convictions for driving under the influence or a driving offense that endangered or harmed others within the past 7 years. Individuals driving POVs for state business must show proof of personal liability insurance.

To perform this job, you must be physically capable to walk through a variety of workplaces such as large manufacturing plants with metal stairways, catwalks, ladders, and walk through rough terrain. Must also be able to be exposed to weather (wearing appropriate weather gear) for long durations.

For this position, telework is permitted on occasion dependent upon business needs and supervisor approval. The assigned duty station for this position can be any L&I Office in Region 5: Union Gap, E, Wenatchee, Moses Lake, or Kennewick.

Learn more about DOSH here:50 Years of DOSH

Some of what you’ll do:

• Independently conduct thorough investigations to determine root cause and other contributing factors while taking field notes, photos, videos, or other appropriate documentation methods.
• Conduct highly complex industrial hygiene investigations of workplaces using independent judgment within established guidelines to determine the type and extent of suspected environmental and occupational safety hazards (e.g. manufacturing plants, construction projects, etc.).
• Enter physical worksites unannounced to conduct compliance investigations.
• Investigate complaints and referrals to determine if the alleged hazards exist and employees are exposed to them.
• Determine employer compliance or non-compliance with WISHA Safety and Health Standards and write reports documenting employee exposure along with proposed citations and monetary penalties as appropriate.
• Organizes, writes, and edits comprehensive technical inspection and investigation reports which are the basis for industrial hygiene compliance actions.
• Ensure abatement of hazards identified during inspection.
• Work with the Attorney General’s office and local prosecutors on highly complex and difficult cases.
• Testify on behalf of the Department as primary witness for all inspections conducted, and testify as witness to any other inspections participated in.
• Perform evidence handling of highly complex cases.
• And much more!

What we are looking for:

• A solid desire to ensure worker safety with a thorough understanding of safety and health rules and regulations and ability to identify safety related hazards in a variety of workplaces.
• Strong written, verbal and interpersonal communications skills with ability to write comprehensive and concise reports detailing identified hazards.
• Willing and able to work with hostile clients or customers (both internal and external).
• Knowledge of Safety and Health Rules and Regulations, the Washington Industrial Safety and Health Act (WISHA) and the federal government's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). The ability to explain to customers what their businesses must do to comply with these regulations.
• Enforcing of governmental laws, rules and regulations, and initiates enforcement actions in such a way that the public perceives as fair, objective, and reasonable.
• Perform duties safely by modeling the behavior we expect to see.

REQUIRED:

• A valid and unrestricted driver license:While driving a state vehicle or personally owned vehicle (POV) for state business an employee must have a valid unrestricted driver license and may not have convictions for driving under the influence or driving offense that endangered or harmed others within the past 7 years. Individuals driving POVs for state business must receive permission in advance to use their POV, and possess and show proof of personal liability insurance.

And ONE of the following:

• Five years’experience as a DOSH Compliance Industrial Safety and Health Investigator (CISHI/CHSO), or equivalent experience as a Federal OSHA or other state plan journey-level safety and health specialist with industrial hygiene experience.
• OR
  Certified Industrial Hygienist (CIH).
  OR
• Five yearsof full-time professional industrial hygiene experience as an employer’s safety director or manager, industrial hygienist, safety and health specialist, etc.
  OR
• Seven yearsof full-time journey level industrial hygiene or equivalent experience in one or more of the following industries: Government, military, public health, or related safety and health field.
  OR
• A Bachelor of Science degree from a regionally accredited university in industrial hygiene or similar field AND five years of professional industrial hygiene or equivalent experience.

DESIRED:

• Bilingual preferred; persons of all languages are encouraged to apply. Bilingual jobs include a5%salary increase for dual language responsibilities.

Research suggests that women and people of color are less likely to apply unless they are confident they meet 100% of the listed qualifications. We strongly encourage all interested individuals to apply, and allow us to evaluate your combination of knowledge, skills, and abilities demonstrated using an intentional equity lens.

Things You Need To Know

State employees who meet the qualifications will become eligible for a generous retirement package at the end of the employee’s career. Click on the “Benefits” tab to learn more.

At L&I, your voice matters. In addition, L&I is a diverse state agency dedicated to the safety and health and security of Washington's 3.3 million workers. Take a look at thisbrief videoand learn more about why L&I is an employer of choice.

Application process

We will contact the top candidates directly to interview for this position. Because we base the selection on information provided by you, it is in your best interest to identify the knowledge, skills, and abilities that address the mandatory and desirable qualifications described in the announcement.

Please include the following documents with your application:

1. Acover letterdescribing specific qualifications.
2. A currentresumedetailing applicable experience and education.
3. A list of at least three professional references with current telephone numbers.

Background Check Notice:

Prior to a placement in this position, a background check, including criminal history record will be conducted. Information from your background check will not necessarily preclude employment but will be considered in determining your eligibility to perform the requirements of the position.

Other information

• For positions requiring travel, you must have a valid unrestricted driver's license and have insurance if driving a privately owned vehicle on state business.
• This position is represented by the Washington Federation of State Employees (WFSE).
• Candidates who are offered a job with L&I must possess work authorization that does not require sponsorship by the employer for a visa now or in the future.
• The Department of Labor & Industries complies with the employment eligibility verification requirements of the federal employment eligibility verification form, I-9. The selected candidate must be able to provide proof of identity and eligibility to work in the United States consistent with the requirements of that form on the first day of employment.
• Please note: L&I may use this announcement to fill multiple permanent and/or non-permanent positions.

Did You Know?

Washington isAmerica's Top Stateto live, play, and work, according to U.S. News (2021). Join the L&I team and enjoy all the Evergreen State has to offer.

In addition to offering a positive balance between life and work, L&I provides one of the most competitive benefits packages in the nation. We also believe your voice matters. We value our employees and their work-life balance by encouraging flexible schedules. L&I is a diverse state agency dedicated to the safety and health and security of Washington's 3 million workers.

Veterans Preference

Applicants wishing to claim Veterans Preference should attach to their application a copy of their DD-214 (Member 4 copy), NGB 22, or signed verification of service letter from the United States Department of Veterans Affairs. Please blackout any personally identifiable data such as Social Security numbers. For further information, contact L&I’[e-mail].

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Employer

L&I employees come from all walks of life. We strive to hire great people from a wide variety of backgrounds. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.

We believe in the importance of recognizing the value each of us contribute to the success of the agency mission. Having a diverse workforce is this agency’s greatest resource of strength and knowledge. It is through the combination of talents and abilities that we can pursue finding effective measures to provide the best customer service. We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive workplace for everyone and we strongly mean everyone.

The State of Washington is an equal opportunity employer. Persons with a disability who need accommodation in the application process or testing process, or those needing this announcement in an alternative format, may call 360-902-5700. TTY users should first call 711 to access the Washington Relay Service.

You are welcome to include the name and pronoun you would like to be referred to in your materials and we will honor this as you interact with our award-winning diverse and inclusive organization.

For more Information

If you have any questions regarding this job posting, program, or the agency, please contact the recruiter, Lori Hensin (she/her/hers) [e-mail].