L&I DOSH High Voltage Safety Compliance Investigator (CISHI3)

Our Mission: Keep Washington Safe and Working!

Our Values: Customer Focus, One L&I, Respect, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Learning and Growth, Reliability

**In addition to the base salary above**

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Are you an experienced high voltage trades person and would you like a change of pace?

Do you have a passion for safety & health in the electrical industry?

If so, you would be perfect for our Electrical High Voltage Safety Compliance Investigator (CISHI3)!

The Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) at the Department of Labor and Industries (L&I) administers the Washington Industrial Safety and Health Act (WISHA) law Chapter 49.17 RCW by developing and enforcing rules that protect workers from hazardous job conditions. Our inspectors visit workplaces and cite businesses that violate health and safety rules.

The Compliance Industrial Safety and Health Investigator (CISHI) positions are used to maintain Federal approval of the state plan occupational safety and health program that is authorized under statute, Chapter 49.17 RCW (WISHA), and have enforcement authority over all employers in the state of Washington. This includes private and public sector, state, county, and city authorities. The approved State program at the Department of Labor and Industries must be maintained as-effective-as the federal OSHA compliance program. The work is aimed at ensuring all employers comply with workplace safety and health laws and rules to prevent worker and public fatalities, injuries and illnesses, to include compliance enforcement through legal processes and procedures.

This position exists to enforce the WAC296-45 High Voltage Safety Standards, similar to OSHA1910.269, to serve as a High Voltage Safety Specialist and will be reporting to the High Voltage/ Telecommunications Safety Field Supervisor.

In this position, you will conduct High Voltage safety inspections in applicable industries, ensuring compliance with requirements outlined in the relevant WACs. A High Voltage inspector must know where state jurisdiction ends and where federal jurisdiction begins when conducting complex and high profile High Voltage enforcement inspections of employer’s workplaces to determine if employers are complying with the related safety and health standards.

Driving is a required part of this job in order to perform the duties of this position as an L&I investigator to get from one location to another. There will be frequent daily travel with occasional overnight travel throughout the State. You will use a state-issued vehicle, motor pool vehicle, or must be able to provide personally owned vehicle (POV) when a pool or state-issued vehicle is not available. Therefore, you must have a valid unrestricted driver license without any convictions for driving under the influence or a driving offense that endangered or harmed others within the past 7 years. Individuals driving POVs for state business must show proof of personal liability insurance and will be reimbursed at the current mileage reimbursement rate.

Telework is permitted, depending on the business needs and supervisor approval. Since this position covers a broad area, it can be based out of any one of the following locations: any L&I Western WA location in Regions 1, 2, 3, or 4  with availability. The incumbent will be responsible for arriving to their work location each day within this demographic area. 

Learn more about DOSH here: 50YearsofDOSH