Wastewater Plant Safety Lead

King County Water and Land Resources Division -WA; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 119,000 - 151,000; Full time

Job summary

King County Water and Land Resources Division -WA is seeking a Wastewater Plant Safety Officer. The role focuses on advancing safety across wastewater projects, implementing hazardous materials controls, and guiding emergency response programs.

The position requires deep regulatory knowledge, strong leadership, and the ability to train staff and coordinate complex safety initiatives across multiple facilities in Seattle, WA. This is an exempt, full-time executive career service role.

Qualifications

• Experience in wastewater safety; or any combination of experience and education which provides the skills, knowledge, and abilities to perform the key roles and responsibilities of the position.
• Advanced knowledge of federal, state, and local industrial safety and health regulations and applicable national consensus standards, including the Washington Administrative Code, NFPA, ANSI and DHS.
• Knowledge of safety program development, implementation, management, evaluation practices, and skill in project management.
• Knowledge of Emergency Response, emergency management, disaster preparedness operations, and techniques.
• Knowledge of accident and incident investigation practices, procedures, protocols, and hazard analysis.
• Knowledge of training principles and adult learning styles.
• Knowledge of Permit-Required Confined Space Entry programs, hazard assessment, permit procedures, training, equipment, and emergency response & rescue.
• Knowledge of Chemical Safety programs, hazard assessment, storage and use procedures.
• Knowledge of Fall Protection programs, hazard assessment, procedures, training, equipment, and emergency response & rescue.
• Knowledge of Process Safety Management of Highly Hazardous Chemical System programs, procedure elements, management of change, process hazard analysis, pre-start-up safety review and hot work operations.
• Knowledge of Personal Protection Equipment programs, hazard assessments, procedures, training, and equipment.
• Knowledge of Hazardous Energy Control Programs, hazard assessment, procedures, training, equipment.
• Knowledge of Accident Prevention Programs and site-specific Contractor HASPs.
• Knowledge of occupational health risks and interventions.
• Skill in reviewing, assessing, developing and implementing policies and procedures.
• Skill in verbal and written communication and public speaking.
• Ability to work weekends, evenings, holidays, and on-call 24-hour emergency response.
• Ability to effectively engage in and sustain relationships with people from diverse cultures and socio-economic backgrounds.
• Ability to work independently and as a team member.
• Demonstrated proficiency with Microsoft Office suite.

Responsibilities

• Oversee the daily onsite implementation and compliance of all safety-related operations and procedures; direct and enforce safe work plans and practices onsite with employees, contractors, and visitors.
• Participate in ensuring safety protocol and personal protection equipment (PPE) compliance with all plant staff while working at any Wastewater Treatment facility.
• Conduct onsite and structure-specific compliance inspections and hazard assessments.
• Identify and eliminate hazards in the work environment which are unsanitary, hazardous, or dangerous to onsite staff.
• Coordinate the training and certification of equipment such as overhead cranes, aerial lifts, forklifts, trucks, backhoes, and other onsite heavy equipment.
• Authorize or suspend work due to unsafe conditions or failure to comply with required safety requirements.
• Manage all onsite safety and emergency response elements of the Wastewater Operations & Maintenance (O&M) Life Safety Management (LSM) Program.
• Review safety-related work orders; coordinate with O&M staff to ensure safe work associated with scheduled preventive maintenance assignments and plant system outages.
• Provide site-specific training and health & safety information to employees.

Skills

Safety leadership

Regulatory knowledge

Project management

Communication

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

King County Water and Land Resources Division -WA is seeking a Wastewater Plant Safety Officer. The role focuses on advancing safety across wastewater projects, implementing hazardous materials controls, and guiding emergency response programs.

The position requires deep regulatory knowledge, strong leadership, and the ability to train staff and coordinate complex safety initiatives across multiple facilities in Seattle, WA. This is an exempt, full-time executive career service role.