Safety Technician

About the position

The Safety Technician at Duke Health plays a crucial role in supporting the Occupational and Environmental Safety Office (OESO) by ensuring compliance with safety regulations and conducting inspections related to fire and life safety. This position involves routine recognition, evaluation, and control of safety and health hazards in the workplace, as well as providing technical support for fire safety programs, including inspections, training, and monitoring.

Responsibilities

• Perform duties in support of safety and health programs in accordance with appropriate federal, state, local and accreditation regulations.
• Order and maintain inventory items.
• Compile monthly, quarterly, semi-annual and annual automatic fire protection sprinkler workflow for contractor testing.
• Participate in compiling, verifying and correlating data related to automatic fire protection inspection and test reports.
• Distribute inspection and test results to administrators.
• Perform fire alarm tests on sprinkler control, supervisory, and trouble devices/circuits to assess proper labeling/identification.
• Monitor fire alarm inputs from devices and interpret signal to determine correct response/alert level.
• Provide on-site liaison service to sprinkler contractors.
• Participate in safety training.
• Assist in performing safety surveys/facility inspections and audits.
• Respond to fire alarm activations, and other emergency situations.
• Act as liaison with City of Durham Fire Prevention Bureau during local fire protection system testing and inspections.
• Participate in the inspection, maintenance and testing of fire detection/suppression systems.
• Perform fire watch duties as part of an interim life safety measure.
• Assist with conducting fire drills.
• Document all work using the data collection method provided.

Requirements

• Basic knowledge of safety and health principles.
• Basic math skills.
• Functional oral and written communication skills.
• Ability to utilize computer technology to prepare reports, access data and maintain records.
• Basic understanding of fire alarm and water based fire protection systems.
• Basic knowledge of NC Fire Code.
• Basic knowledge of NFPA 13, 20, 25 & 72.
• Associate degree in Occupational Safety, Environmental Health & Safety, Engineering, Laboratory Science or a related field.
• No experience beyond high school completion is required for Level 1.
• AA/AS and two years safety related experience required for Level 2.

Nice-to-haves

• Creative problem solving skills to recognize and analyze needs and propose solutions to effectively address them.
• Ability to plan and coordinate multiple diverse tasks simultaneously.

Benefits

• Health insurance coverage
• Dental insurance coverage
• Life insurance coverage
• 401k retirement savings plan
• Paid holidays
• Paid time off (PTO)