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City Safety Officer

Salary

$68,674.95 - $114,767.44 Annually

Location

Norfolk, VA

Job Type

Permanent Full-time

Job Number

13699

Department

Human Resources

Opening Date

12/04/2025

Closing Date

12/16/2025 9:07 AM Eastern

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Description

Norfolk, Virginia is America's most authentic and urban waterfront city. Home to the world's largest naval station and the business, arts, and cultural center of Coastal Virginia, Norfolk has been rated a top place to live, work, play, and raise a family by numerous publications.

In support of over 225,000 residents, regional neighbors, and visitors from all over the world, the City of Norfolk employs over five thousand hard-working, agile, and accountable individuals who each play a vital role in making Norfolk the unique and authentic city of the future that its citizens deserve and demand.

The City of Norfolk's Department of Human Resources attracts, develops, and retains diverse and exceptional employees committed to supporting our vibrant and resilient coastal community. We are currently seeking an experienced safety professional to act as the City Safety Officer. The City Safety Officer will manage City-wide safety and health programs while ensuring compliance with federal, state, and city occupational health and safety regulations.

Essential Functions

Essential functions include but are not limited to:

+ Manages City-wide safety and health programs while ensuring compliance with federal, state, and city occupational health and safety regulations.

+ Oversees development and implementation of safety training, such as defensive driving, First Aid/CPR/AED, Work Zone, active threat, new employee orientation, as well as an annual rotation of safety trainings, delivered through a variety of methods

+ Conducts City-wide compliance reporting to include OSHA, FMCSA, DOLI, VOSH, DOT, and others as required

+ Maintains City-wide safety records, investigates accidents, conducts safety audits, and oversees Safety Committees.

+ Promotes safety awareness through the creation of Industry/Trending Bulletins, Work-Site Safety Audits, and Safety and Wellness Fairs.

+ Serves as an emergency coordinator and responsible for Emergency Action Plan.

+ Creates and updates policies such as Communicable Disease, Safety Manual, TEAM Norfolk website, Emergency Action Plan, Loss Control Initiatives, Legislative Updates and required reporting.

+ Works in partnership with Risk Management and Workers’ Compensation.

+ Provides oversight and assignments for two safety analysts.

+ Manages compliance with city-wide drug/alcohol testing protocols and required queries in the FMCSA Clearinghouse.

+ Manages the department’s DMV account utilized to pull and monitor drivers’ licenses of city employees.

+ Performs other duties as assigned.

Education/Experience

Work requires broad knowledge in a general professional or technical field. Must have hygiene and or industrial experience in Workers Compensation Management and chemical handling Level of knowledge equivalent to four years of high school or equivalency.

Minimum of five years' experience in a Health and Safety field; or a Bachelor's degree in a related field plus one year of Health and Safety experience.

In addition to a minimum of 5 years of Health and Safety experience or a Bachelor’s degree in a related field plus one year of Health and Safety experience preferred experience would include managing safety operations for a municipality or other public organization.

Additional Information & Requirements

+ Valid Driver's License.

+ Safety related certification such as Certified Safety Professional, Associate Safety Professional, Certified Industrial Hygienist, or others are preferred.

+ Must obtain American Red Cross CPR Instructor certification within one year of assignment.

+ Work Zone Traffic Control Training Instructor certification preferred.

+ Experience in the DMV extranet system preferred.

+ Regular full-time and permanent part-time employees may receive paid holidays, vacation and sick leave, employer paid pension plan, basic life insurance, voluntary participation in medical and dental, Section 457 deferred compensation, long-term disability, optional life insurance for self, spouse and children, medical and dependent care reimbursement plans, access to membership in credit union and employer provided parking.

+ Special project/grant employees are generally eligible for the same benefits of regular full-time employees; however, retirement, life insurance and participation in health plans vary depending upon funding and authorization.

+ Temporary/seasonal and part-time employees are generally only eligible for employer provided parking and access to membership in credit union.

+ Retirement

If you are hired October 5, 2010, or after to a position with City of Norfolk Retirement System benefits, you will be required to contribute five percent (5%) of your salary toward your retirement benefit. This will be a pre-tax payroll deduction.

If you are hired January 1, 2022, or after to a position with Virginia Retirement System (VRS) benefits, you will be required to contribute five percent (5%) of your salary toward your retirement benefit. This will be a pre-tax payroll deduction.

+ The Tuition Assistance Program is established to encourage employees toward continued self-development and education. Permanent full-time and permanent part-time classified, unclassified permanent, full-time special projects, and constitutional employees who have completed six months continuous service will be eligible to apply. The applicant’s school of enrollment must be an accredited institution.

NOTE:

The benefits described above are broad generalizations. The specific benefits that an employee may be eligible for are governed by City regulations, as applicable to job type.

Non-City

Positions listed with a job type designation of "Non-City" are not subject to the benefits descriptions above. Refer to the content of the job posting for information regarding these positions.

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The following Supplemental Questions are specific to the position for which you have applied to assist the hiring manager in screening applications for specific experience being sought. Please be specific in answering these questions as they will be used to evaluate which applications will be given further consideration in the process. Do not answer "see resume" or "see application" as these are not valid answers. Please note that if you are invited to be interviewed by the department, your responses to the following questions may be subject to verification.

+ I understand and will answer the following supplemental questions completely and thoroughly.

02

Are you a current or previous City of Norfolk employee?

+ Yes - I am a current City of Norfolk Employee

+ Yes - I am a previous City of Norfolk Employee

+ No - I am not a previous or current City of Norfolk employee

03

If you were referred for this position by a current City of Norfolk employee, please provide the employee's name, department, and job title. If not, please indicate by typing "N/A."

04

Please provide an explanation of any periods of unemployment that are 30 days or longer. Indicate N/A if you have not experienced any periods of unemployment.

05

Please select the highest level of education you have completed.

+ Less than High School Diploma or equivalent

+ High School Diploma or equivalent

+ Some College

+ Vocational/Technical Degree

+ Associate's Degree

+ Bachelor's Degree

+ Master's Degree or higher

06

Do you possess a Bachelor's degree in a health, safety, or related field?

+ Yes

+ No

07

How many years of experience do you have in a Healthy and Safety field?

+ Less than one (1) year of experience

+ 1 to 3 years of experience

+ 3 to 5 years of experience

+ 5 to 7 years of experience

+ More than seven (7) years of experience

+ I do not have this experience

08

Do you have experience managing safety operations for a municipality or other public organization?

+ Yes

+ No

09

Do you have experience developing and implementing workplace safety programs?

+ Yes

+ No

10

If yes, please describe your experience. If no, type N/A.

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Have you conducted safety audits or inspections?

+ Yes

+ No

12

What certifications or trainings do you hold that are relevant to occupational safety? If none, type N/A.

13

Please indicate your veteran status. (A copy of your long form DD-214 may be required)

+ I am not a Veteran

+ I am a Veteran

+ I am a Disabled Veteran

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