Safety Manager

Safety Manager

City of Rockville has a job opportunity for a Safety Manager. The Safety program manager performs intermediate to difficult professional and administrative work in the administration of the City's occupational safety and health management programs and initiatives. This position resides within the Safety and Risk Management Division of the Human Resources Department. Employees in this class manage the City's occupational safety and health management program, workers' compensation claim activities and return to work programs, assigns, reviews, and monitors all claims to settlement and closure, and performs daily jobsite safety audits, among other responsibilities. Employees in this class work proactively with contacts within and outside the department and City to explain specialized aspects of the program area of assignment. There may be occasional contact with high-level officials. Most of the work requires light physical demands and occurs both within an office setting and often on various City properties and jobsites, producing considerable mental effort and stress by handling multiple projects / assignments concurrently and meeting deadlines. The work is carried out within established policies, procedures, and precedents and subject to general supervisory review by the Safety and Risk Manager. Employees in this class contribute to and directly impact the delivery of services within the human resources programs to which assigned.