Water Services Environmental Health and Safety Specialist

The City of Phoenix is hiring a full-time Environmental Health and Safety Specialist for its Water Services Department. This role involves identifying and mitigating workplace hazards, ensuring compliance with safety programs, conducting inspections, and training employees. The ideal candidate should have experience in developing EHS programs in industrial or utility settings. The position offers a comprehensive benefits package and a salary range of $28.86 to $44.77 per hour.
Job ID

57494

Location

Professional & Supervisory

Full/Part Time

Full-Time

Regular/Temporary

Regular

ABOUT THIS POSITION

The City of Phoenix Water Services Department is one of the largest water/wastewater utilities in the nation, serving 1.7 million residents within a 540 square mile service area. In addition to protecting public health and safety by treating raw and waste waters and delivering clean water to our customers and the environment, our organization is committed to safety, innovation, environmental protection, and regulatory compliance.

The Water Services Department is seeking an Environmental Health & Safety Specialist (EHSS). The EHSS will identify, evaluate, and mitigate workplace hazards within the Water Services Department (WSD). The EHSS will join a roughly 26-member professional safety staff; coordinate environmental, health and safety efforts with peers and other WSD Divisions. The EHSS works in groups and independently on assigned programs, training, and projects.

The EHSS will be responsible for:
• Ensuring compliance with environmental, health, and safety programs and the WSD Safety Management System (SMS).
• Conducting inspections.
• Record keeping and retention.
• Documentation.
• Training other employees.
• Ensuring training requirements are tracked.
• Utilizing the Water Asset Management work orders.
• Promoting OSHA 2016 Recommended Practices for SMS and OSHA.
• Conducting department-wide safety audits.
• Finalization of comprehensive site-specific training.

IDEAL CANDIDATE
• Possess excellent communication and computer skills, and have experience developing and implementing EHS programs in industrial or utility settings as demonstrated on their cover letter and resume.

SALARY

Pay Range: $28.86 to $44.77 per hour.

Hiring Range: $28.86 to $36.84 per hour.

Pay Range Explanation:
• Pay range is the entire compensation range for the position classification.
• Hiring range is an estimate of where you can receive an offer. The actual salary offer will carefully consider a wide range of factors, including your skills, qualifications, experience, education, licenses, training, and internal equity.

BENEFITS

A comprehensive benefits package is offered which includes:
Traditional pension with employer and employee contributions,
• for more details: Pension Information
• 401(a) and 457 plans with employer contributions
• Choice of generous medical HMO, PPO, or HSA/HDHP plans
• Medical enrollment includes a monthly $150 City contribution to a Post-Employment Health Plan
• Wellness incentive of up to $720 annually
• Dental, vision, and life insurance options
• Employer paid long-term disability
• Free Bus/light rail pass
• Tuition reimbursement program up to $6,500 per year
• Paid time off includes 13.5 paid holidays, 12 vacation days, and 15 sick days and personal leave days
• Paid Parental Leave for eligible employees up to 480 hours (12 weeks) of paid leave for the birth, adoption, or foster care placement of a child during a 12-month period
• Federal Student Loan Forgiveness offered through Savi

For more details, visit: Unit 002 Benefits

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
• Two years of skilled experience implementing, reviewing, and revising environmental health or safety programs in a public utility or industrial setting.
• Other combinations of experience and education that meet the minimum requirements may be substituted.
• Acquisition of a Grade 1 Arizona Department of Environmental Quality certification in the appropriate discipline by the end of the 12-month probationary period.
• The completion of training related to OSHA or other environmental, health and safety programs may be required during the probationary period.
• The City job description can be found here.
• All finalists for positions are subject to a criminal background check applicable to the department or position.
• Some positions require the use of personal or City vehicles on City business. Individuals must be physically capable of operating the vehicles safely, possess a valid driver's license and have an acceptable driving record. Use of a personal vehicle for City business will be prohibited if the employee is not authorized to drive a City vehicle or if the employee does not have personal insurance coverage. For information regarding pre-screening and driving positions,
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PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

The minimum qualifications listed above, plus:
• Proficient in computer processing and Microsoft Programs.
• Experience with/in the following:
• Coordinating emergency response and fire drills.
• Providing training in classroom and field settings.
• Conducting safety inspections and providing safety training.

RECRUITMENT DATES

Recruitment closes April 17, 2025. All materials must be received by 11:59 p.m. on this date.

This is a position-based recruitment and will not result in any ongoing eligibility list. This recruitment and any selection processes resulting from this recruitment may be used to fill other related vacancies within the organization now or in the near future.

HOW TO APPLY

Apply online by completing the required information and attaching, as one document, your cover letter and resume. Please include your experience as it relates to the qualifications stated above. Only the highest qualified may be posted to the eligible to hire list. The results of the resume screening process will be sent to your primary email address.

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REFERENCE

Environ Health & Safety Spec, JC:50330, ID# 57494, 04/03/2025, USM, JG, Benefits:007, Q

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