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Job Description
Pay Range: $71,661 - $93,159 annual compensation ($34.45 - $44.79)
Job Posting Closing on: Friday, January 3, 2025
Workdays & Hours: Monday-Friday, with the possibility of on-call during emergencies.
Benefits for this position include: 11 Paid Holidays, Medical, Dental, Vision, Paid Time Off, Pension Plan, Professional Development Opportunities, and much more.
The City of Fort Worth is one of the fastest growing large cities in the U.S. Our employees serve the needs of nearly 1,000,000 residents, promoting our values of exceptional customer experience, mutual respect, embracing our diversity, continuous improvement, ethical behavior, and accountability.
A Safety Coordinator job is available with the City of Fort Worth Water Utility Occupational Health and Safety Division. This position will assist in the development and implementation of a comprehensive safety and health program focused on improving the safety performance across the Utility. This position will ensure compliance with all federal, state and local laws, regulations and standards. This position will play a role in the development and monitoring of strategic safety programs utility wide, as well as, safety and health compliance at all of the Utility’s plants, jobsites and stations located throughout Fort Worth.
The Safety Coordinator reports to the Utility Safety Manager and supervises three Safety Officer professionals. In addition to the assigned staff, this position will provide indirect supervision of, and direct technical guidance and direction to, safety staff across the Utility. The Safety Coordinator will also be responsible for promoting a Utility-wide safety-centric culture with an emphasis on accountability, efficiency, productivity and positive outcomes; and will provide innovative leadership to employees, supervisors and managers on all matters of safety and health.
Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree from four-year college or university in safety management, occupational health and safety or closely related field
- Five (5) years of safety experience.
- Possession of a Graduate Safety Practitioner (GSP) Credential.
- Possession of or ability to obtain a Certified Safety Professional (CSP) Credential within (1) year of employment.
- Valid Texas Driver’s License
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience in conducting safety and health audits and/or inspections.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office programs. (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint)
- Extensive presentation and/or safety training experience.
- Previous incident investigation experience.
- Ability to organize and analyze data.
The Safety Coordinator job responsibilities include:
- Supervises assigned departmental staff, which includes prioritizing and assigning work; conducting performance evaluations; ensuring staff is trained; ensuring employees follow policies and procedures; maintaining a healthy and safe working environment; and, making hiring, termination, and disciplinary decisions or recommendations.
- Coordinates development of departmental safety policies and procedures in compliance with local, state, and federal rules and regulations including, but not limited to, Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), Department of Transportation (DOT) and Texas Commission of Environmental Quality (TCEQ).
- Reviews, plans and implements department training programs for employees in worksite safety practices.
- Conducts safety surveys and inspections, prepares written reports of findings and recommendations for corrective or preventive measures where indicated and follows up to ensure department measures have been implemented.
- Continuously monitors and evaluates the quality, responsiveness, efficiency and effectiveness of department programs, service delivery methods and procedures; works with employees on the continuous improvement of department programs.
- Participates in the development and administration of the program’s/division's annual budget; participates in the forecast of funds needed for staffing, equipment, materials and supplies; monitor and approve expenditures; implement adjustments.
- Monitors contract compliance from outside vendors or administrators in assigned program area.
- Performs other related duties as required.
Working Conditions and Physical Demand as stated on official City job description
- Depending on assignment, positions in this class typically require touching, talking, hearing, seeing, grasping, standing, walking and repetitive motions.
- Occasionally work around hazardous chemicals and unsafe work conditions including inclement weather.
- May utilize fall protection equipment for climbing.
- Light Work - Exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally, up to 10 pounds of force frequently, and/or a negligible amount of force constantly having to move objects. If the use of arm and/or leg controls requires exertion of forces greater than that for the Sedentary Work category and the worker sits most of the time, the job is rated Light Work.
Conditions of Employment
The City of Fort Worth is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. It is the policy and practice of the City to recruit, hire, train and promote a diverse workforce without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity), national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, membership in an employee organization, parental status, military service, or another non-merit factor.
The City of Fort Worth is committed to full compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to participate in the job application or interview process and to perform essential job functions.
Candidates who do not meet the Education requirement, may be considered if they have more relevant work experience than the position requires. Those selected for employment will be required to pass Pre-Employment checks depending on the position requirements. Those could include, but are not limited to: criminal background check, drug screen, education verification, etc. criminal convictions will be considered on a case-by-case basis. Employees are paid by direct deposit only. -
ABOUT THE COMPANY
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City of Fort Worth
Show moreThe Community
The City of Cowboys & Culture is known for its Texas hospitality. The stunning and sprawling City of
Fort Worth is one of the fastest-growing cities in the U.S. And it’s no wonder — With great neighborhoods, scenic terrain and a rich history of arts and culture, paired with world-class opportunities for business and education, it’s not only fun to visit Fort Worth, it’s even more rewarding to call it home.Fort Worth truly offers all the benefits and amenities of a bustling metropolitan city, while keeping the small- town charm that keeps it unpretentious and charismatic in all the right ways. Designated as one of America’s “Most Livable Communities” by the Partners for Livable Communities, the city truly offers a melting pot of culture, commerce, community and yes, cowboys.
There are over a dozen remarkable districts full of treasured history among modern luxuries and unique places to have fun, making it the No. 1 tourist destination in Texas and welcoming more than 9.4 million visitors annually.
Being one of the fastest-growing among large cities in the country, Fort Worth has received multiple accolades, including number one downtown (Livability), and the second-best City in the nation for job seekers (Forbes). Our employees serve the needs of over 900,000 residents representing culturally diverse communities.
Exciting Growth & Future Development
One of the most fascinating aspects of the City of Fort Worth is its almost unprecedented growth over the past several years. Both in terms of population and industry, and as the 12th largest city in the United States, Fort Worth is truly booming — which presents both challenges and opportunities to truly develop this city in the right way. Every 30 minutes a new person moves to Fort Worth, so we’re looking for candidates who can embrace an evergrowing and changing environment and improve on it with solutions that work for the entire community of Fort Worth.
Mission
We are working together to build a strong community that others can look to as a pillar of unity and excellence. Through grassroots efforts within the community, and large scale construction and transportation plans that continue to add the infra- structure a growing city like Fort Worth needs, we’ll provide the public services our community requires to continually cultivate the unique city we call home.
Vision
Fort Worth’s vision is to be the most livable and best managed city in the country. We’ll do this by taking care of our citizens, implementing the highest quality standards in our schools, continually improving the neighborhoods we thrive in and the facets of the city that make our town so unique.
Benefits That Are Well Worth It
The City of Fort Worth continues to be dedicated to its employees’ well-being by providing competitive health benefits, a well-rounded wellness program and a Zero Accident Philosophy® workplace. All regular full-time employees and those employees who work 30–39 hours per week are eligible for all City of Fort Worth Benefits. Part-time employees who work 20–29 hours per week are eligible for dental, basic life insurance, supplemental life insurance, flexible spending accounts, 457 Deferred Compensation plan and other voluntary benefits.
Medical Program
The City offers two plan options through Meritain Health, an Aetna company.
The Health Center Plan – Offers employees and their family’s
primary health care services that are 100% completely free and unlimited. Employees can visit any one of the three City of Fort Worth Employee Health Centers and receive guaranteed same or next day appointments for sick visits. Also, services are available at any one of the five satellite locations that serves employees across the city.
The Consumer Choice Plan – Is offered to employees at no cost or low monthly premiums to cover eligible dependents and provides the financial benefits of a Health Savings Account (HSA).
• Preventative services are covered at 100% on both plans.
• Prescription Drug coverage including mail order pharmacy are also included.Vacation
Eligible for 3 weeks of vacation: After successful completion of probationary period (usually
6 months), employees may take time off for rest, relaxation, vacation, illness, religious observances, and personal business.Holidays
Available on the first day of employment, the city provides employees with paid holidays, including two personal holidays.
Wellness Program
The city’s Healthy Challenge Wellness Program rewards all full-time, benefit-eligible employees on the city’s health insurance. The Healthy Challenge Program utilizes a points system. Participants may earn points throughout the year (Jan. 1-Dec. 15) for completing specific program activities and participants can redeem points at the end of the year for a cash reward. By participating, individuals can earn $150, $200 or $250 by accumulating program points.
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