VOSH Health Consultant - Roanoke
Dept of Labor and Industry
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Roanoke, VA
$59,711 a year - Full-time
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$59,711 a year
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Full-time
 
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Title: VOSH Health Consultant - Roanoke
State Role Title: Compliance/Safety Officer III
Hiring Range: The maximum salary is $59,711 plus full state benefits
Pay Band: 4
Agency: Dept of Labor and Industry
Location: ROANOKE REGIONAL OFFICE
Agency Website: www.doli.virginia.gov
Recruitment Type: General Public - G
Job Duties
A career with meaningful impact
Are you looking for a career where you can make a positive contribution to the safety of working Virginians? If so, the Virginia Department of Labor and Industry (DOLI) is seeking a highly motivated career-oriented professional to fill one full-time vacancy as a Health Consultant in our Southwest Virginia Regional Office located in Roanoke, VA. Through your actions as a member of Virginia’s Occupational Safety and Health (VOSH) team, you will help save lives and prevent injuries in the workplace.
Duties and responsibilities:
As a Health Consultant, you will conduct both routine and complex on-site inspections of private and public sector employers to ensure compliance with Virginia’s occupational health laws and regulations. During a typical day, you will be responsible for:
• Preparing for inspections by reviewing the employer’s history and researching industry practices and safety measures.
• Performing independent walk-around site visits and observations to identify hazards in the workplace.
• Documenting actual and potential safety and health hazards.
• Conducting interviews with management and employee to determine exposure to hazards.
• Preparing case file documentation to include complete and accurate inspection reports.
• Working closely with employers to ensure implementation of corrective measures for identified hazards.
• Evaluate employer’s efforts to reduce and eliminate hazards.
Minimum Qualifications
• Experience interpreting, explaining, and/or applying federal or state occupational safety standards and regulations.
• Recommending controls and corrective actions of safety hazards.
• Demonstrated experience conducting investigations and/or participating in legal proceedings such as depositions and testifying in court.
• Effective verbal and written communication skills with a demonstrated ability to compose meaningful and accurate narrative reports and correspondence.
• Ability to establish and maintain excellent interpersonal relationships.
• Effective time management skills.
• Practical knowledge and demonstrated ability to use personal computers and the Microsoft office suite of applications.
• Ability to provide effective positive customer experience and resolution.
• Performing work site inspections to ensure compliance with occupational safety regulations.
• Ability to properly wear a respirator if required, and to properly use other types of PPE.
• Ability to perform job duties objectively and effectively in scenes where individuals may have sustained serious injuries or death.
Additional Considerations
• Certification in Industrial Hygiene, Biology, or closely related field or equivalent certification.
• Continuing certification in the areas of occupational safety.
• Bilingual fluency speaking, reading, and writing in Spanish.
Special Instructions
You will be provided a confirmation of receipt when your application and/or résumé is submitted successfully. Please refer to “Your Application” in your account to check the status of your application for this position.
Special Requirements:
• Possession of a valid Virginia driver’s license at the time of hiring or within 30 days of hiring. Position is subject to annual driver’s license record checks.
• Ability to travel overnight occasionally.
• Ability to respond to emergency calls after-hours on a rotational schedule or as needed.
• Ability to perform moderate physical activity that includes, but is not limited to climbing stairs and ladders, bending, walking up and down inclines, occasionally lifting and carrying loads up to 30 pounds, etc.
• The selected candidate must pass a criminal background investigation, and successfully serve a 12-month probationary period effective from the date of employment if beginning employment as an original hire or re-employment.
Special Instructions:
This position is a continuous recruitment until filled. The opening date for this position is September 28, 2023. Applications will be accepted until a suitable pool of candidates is received. After 5 business days, this position may be closed at any time.
The maximum hiring salary for the Health Consultant is $59,711 annually, plus the State’s benefits package.
To apply, you must submit a completed State of Virginia Application for Employment at www.jobs.virginia.gov. A resume can be attached within the state application. The application and/or resume must be completed in a comprehensive manner and reference all pertinent knowledge, skills, and abilities as well as any training and experience that relates to the position. You must also provide your education on your state application. Mailed, faxed, or e-mailed applications and/or resumes will not be accepted or considered. Interview candidates may be required to demonstrate the skills and abilities necessary for satisfactory performance of work.
Current and former employees of the Commonwealth of Virginia who have either been laid off or will be laid off from State service, who indicate preferential hiring rights in the form of a valid Interagency Placement Screening Form (yellow card) or a Preferential Hiring Form (blue card), must submit the card to our office by the application deadline. The card may either be scanned and attached to the application as a supplemental document or faxed to (804) 786-0139. Please include a fax cover sheet with your name and the position number for which you are applying.
The Department of Labor & Industry is committed to the goal of equal employment opportunity, with the intention that every employee and applicant for employment shall have an equal opportunity to be judged on the basis of their fitness and merit to participate in the terms, conditions, privileges, and benefits of employment. All candidates are afforded opportunities without regard to race, sex, color, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, veteran status, political affiliation, genetics, or disability.
DOLI Human Resources will provide, if requested, reasonable accommodation to applicants in need of accommodation in order to provide access to the application and/or interview process. If any assistance is needed when applying online, please contact DOLI at hr@doli.virginia.gov.
Contact Information
Name: Human Resources
Phone: No Phone Calls
Email: hr@doli.virginia.gov
In support of the Commonwealth’s commitment to inclusion, we are encouraging individuals with disabilities to apply through the Commonwealth Alternative Hiring Process. To be considered for this opportunity, applicants will need to provide their Certificate of Disability (COD) provided by a Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor within the Department for Aging & Rehabilitative Services (DARS), or the Department for the Blind & Vision Impaired (DBVI). Veterans are encouraged to answer Veteran status questions and submit their disability documentation, if applicable, to DARS/DBVI to get their Certificate of Disability. If you need to get a Certificate of Disability, use this link: Career Pathways for Individuals with Disabilities, or call DARS at 800-552-5019, or DBVI at 800-622-2155.
 
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