Work for Indiana

About the Job:

As the Safety Inspector, you will be responsible for the Indiana Department of Labor’s IOSHA division, you will be an essential component of the agency, as IOSHA is responsible for ensuring the safety and health of Indiana workers.

A Day in the Life:

The essential functions of this role are as follows:

• Conduct assigned inspections: formal and non-formal complaints, referrals, emphasis-related contact, threats of imminent danger, and fatalities and catastrophes.
• Inspect sites to recognize and evaluate safety and health conditions per IOSHA regulations.
• Hold opening conferences with company owners and/or management to advise on the inspection process and gather relevant materials.
• Collect, analyze, and compare data to established safety and health regulations, and document findings through notes, sketches, photographs, etc.
• Create and document technical reports for administrative and regulatory action.
• Interview employees to gather job-specific information and caution them on safety hazards.
• Conduct closing conferences with company owners and/or management to provide a summary of inspection findings and discuss abatement.
• Testify at informal hearings and before the Board of Safety Review.

The job profile is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required of the employee. Other duties, responsibilities, and activities may change or be assigned at any time with or without notice.

What You'll Need for Success:

You must meet the following requirements to be considered for employment:

• A Bachelor’s Degree plus related work experience; related academic training plus comparable work experience alone may substitute for a bachelor’s degree.
• Five (5) years of work experience in a construction or an industrial environment; at least (1) one year of the required experience must include experience involving the identification of safety and health hazards in construction or an industrial environment; or participation in the formulation of construction or industrial safety rules; or accredited college training in Construction Management or Technology, Occupational Safety, Safety Management, Engineering, Public Safety or Health, or a related field.
• Undergo an annual physical/medical evaluation to ensure physically able to carry out the essential functions of the position.
• Be willing to travel with reasonable accommodation.
• The ability to carry sometimes heavy and awkward equipment, move, ascend, be stationary while carrying sampling and measuring devices and wear protective clothing, including respirators.
• The ability to work in unpleasant and hazardous conditions, including noise and toxic chemicals, during inspections/investigations.
• Broad knowledge of training techniques relating to occupational health and safety subject matters.
• The ability to interpret and apply IOSHA regulations, consensus standards, and various practices and precedents falling within the jurisdiction of IOSHA.
• The ability to conduct inspections and further investigations and to prepare administrative reports for use as a basis for recommendations for further action.
• The ability to maintain working cooperative relationships and ability to manage difficult situations with the utmost professionalism; ability to maintain confidentiality.
• The ability to communicate in a precise and professional manner.
• The ability to utilize and learn computer software such as MS Office programs and agency-specific programs.

Supervisory Responsibilities/Direct Reports: