Department of Labor and Industries (L&I) employs 2,700 people in a variety of challenging jobs in 20 cities across Washington State. Our central office is located in Tumwater, close to the state capitol in Olympia. We draw employees from many different professions in the insurance and health fields, and in the trades, to provide a diverse array of services to the people and businesses of Washington State. Our responsibilities include managing the state workers' compensation system, workplace safety and health and 23 other programs, including many dedicated to assuring public safety. L&I is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
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. The chance to make a difference.
. Fulfilling work protecting the people and workers of Washington.
. Excellent health and retirement benefits.
. Generous paid vacation and holidays.
. Career opportunities across Washington State.
. Professional training and development opportunities.
. Flexible scheduling options.
. We promote wellness at L&I.
. Active continuing education reimbursement program.
. Great people to work with.
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| Position: | Technical Services Manager | |
| Division: | Occupational Safety & Health (DOSH) | |
| Location: | Tumwater, WA | |
| Notice: | WMS 08-08 | |
| Closes: | Open Until Filled. Application review will be ongoing and it may be to your advantage
to submit materials expeditiously. |
You’ll have the opportunity to influence workplace safety and health, directly impacting approximately 200,000 employers and 2.7 million workers in Washington State.
Technical Services Manager is responsible for strategic direction of occupational safety and health technical programs, internal training, and industrial hygiene laboratory which supports DOSH’s enforcement and consultation programs. Your significant role is to work collaboratively with all DOSH programs and services to strengthen and enhance the Division’s overall level of safety and hygiene expertise, including but not limited to supporting the development of standards, performing technical reviews, providing guidance and hazard abatement solutions, and ensuring the professional and technical development of staff.
Reporting to the division’s Assistant Director, you’ll manage and oversee a biennial program budget of $5.6 million plus 30 staff including mid-level managers, chemists and laboratory technicians, industrial hygienists, safety and health specialists, an occupational nurse consultant, a conference coordinator and administrative staff. As a senior manager and member of the DOSH management team, this position helps set DOSH’s overall strategic direction.
Key responsibilities:
- Provides strategic and technical guidance to all DOSH safety and health programs ensuring accurate and consistent interpretation of division policy, and provisions of the WA Industrial Safety and Health Act (WISHA).
- Provide guidance on implementation problems arising from interpretation of codes, policies and procedures that direct and define WA State safety and health program.
- Ensure that a robust statewide internal training program strategy is developed and implemented, using educational partnerships with federal OSHA and industry to ensure DOSH safety and health professionals are knowledgeable and competent.
- Ensure that employers provide safe and healthful working conditions for WA workers through development of consistent, fair and responsible operational policy that reinforces management responsibility and employee participation in reducing safety and health hazards and creating safe workplaces.
- Constantly strive to develop and implement programs and services that will reduce the occupational injury and illness rate in WA State.
- Participates with DOSH senior management team in development and implementation of strategic plan to support agency’s priorities and Division mandates.
- Mentor, lead and guide staff to be productive, professional and effective in accomplishing their duties. Set clear, reasonable performance expectations and monitors outcomes. Promote a collaborative work environment; work with staff to solve challenges with service delivery.
- Support effective communications throughout the organization. Maintain highest standards of personal, professional and ethical conduct and supports state’s goals for a diverse workforce.
Desirable qualifications:
- Highly experienced Occupational Safety & Health professional with extensive technical knowledge of Federal OSHA or State Plans like Washington’s WISHA program.
- Degree in Public Administration, Business, Political Science, Occupational Safety, Industrial Hygiene, Chemistry or related field.
- Professional certification as a Certified Industrial Hygienist (CIH) and/or Certified Safety Professional (CSP) will be considered favorably.
- Program management experience.
- Supervisory experience which involved multi-disciplinary technical staff is desirable.
- Comprehensive knowledge of occupational safety and health regulations. Ability to interpret and communicate technical codes.
- Ability to think and plan strategically, develop and implement performance measurement systems and achieve measurable results that are critical to the agency’s mission.
- Skills to manage perceptions in a highly political environment; build partnerships; and, address the sometimes competing priorities and diverse interests of internal and external parties.
- Experience with regulatory, legislative and budget processes.
- Effective public speaking and written communication skills.
Compensation:
(WMS Band 3) $71,664 – 99,120 annually, depending on qualifications. Wonderfully affordable Thurston County, WA offers a quality of life that is hard to beat and was voted as Speiring’s Best Place to Retire in the U.S. Outstanding benefits including health, dental, life and long-term disability insurance; vacation, sick, military and civil leave; dependent care assistance program; employee advisory service; deferred compensation plans; 11 paid holidays; Commute Trip Reduction Incentives; flexible work hours; training; and state retirement plans; on-site full service restaurant and catering. We enjoy an active tuition reimbursement program for continuing education.
Application Process
Please send a letter of interest, detailed resume and Applicant Profile (optional). The letter of interest must clearly indicate how you meet the qualifications needed for this position.
Prior to any new appointment into L&I, a background check, including criminal record history, will be conducted. We are unable to accept .ZIP attachments. Electronic applications in Word format are preferred however, hard copies may be sent to Office of Human Resources:
Olca235@lni.wa.gov Subject: WMS 08-08 |
OR | Dept. of Labor & Industries P.O. Box 44821 Olympia, WA 98504-4821 Fax: 360-902-4749 |
If you have chosen to apply for this position, we sincerely appreciate your voluntary cooperation in completing and submitting the supplemental Applicant Profile Form. This information will assist in ensuring equal employment opportunity and is strictly confidential, available only to authorized HR personnel.
Persons with a disability, who need assistance in the application or assessment process, or those needing this announcement in an alternative format, may call (360) 902-9152. Applicants that are deaf or hard of hearing may call through the Washington Relay Service at 7-1-1.
The State of Washington is an Equal Opportunity Employer
