Job Description

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10/25/2026 (11:59 PM ET)

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OSH Safety Cmplnc Officer I

Pay Grade 13

Salary

$4,767.60 Monthly

Employment Type

EXECUTIVE BRANCH | FULL TIME | ELIGIBLE FOR OVERTIME PAY | 18A | 37.5 HR/WK

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Hiring Agency

Education & Labor Cabinet

Location

500 Mero Street, 3rd Floor

Frankfort, KY 40601

Description

The Kentucky Education and Labor Cabinet advances education, workforce development, and economic opportunity across the Commonwealth. The Cabinet provides education and training programs, employment and reemployment services, unemployment insurance, and disability determination services to help Kentuckians gain skills, find work, and maintain economic stability. It partners with education providers, workforce boards, and employers to align training with labor market needs and oversees labor programs that promote fair and safe workplaces.

The Division of Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) Compliance seeks an OSH Safety Compliance Officer I in the Compliance Safety Branch. This position will perform beginning-level duties in the inspection of workplaces to detect safety hazards and to assure compliance with OSH laws and regulations.

This position will have access to confidential and sensitive information. The successful candidate will be required to ensure the safeguarding and security of all confidential and sensitive information and will be required to complete trainings, sign acknowledgments, follow all policies, and adhere to all statutes and requirements pertaining to the safeguarding and security of confidential and sensitive information while employed and after employment ends.

Duties of the position include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Ensures that case files are assembled and given to supervisors for review in a timely manner and processes reviewed case files (both citations and no citation recommended) in a timely manner. This includes preparing citations and corresponding letters for the program manager's signature, updating database, and mailing citations and corresponding letters.
• Answers telephone, screens calls, and routes to appropriate technical staff.
• Interprets department policy in order to effectively answer questions for employers, complainants, and general public.
• Provides assistance to staff regarding case file statuses and plays a critical role in ensuring case files are processed within the federally mandated timelines.
• Works with complaints submitted to the division by checking division's e-mail for complaints, entering information into division's database, and processing non-formal complaints.
• Reviews complaint information and identifies priorities (based on federal standards, initiatives, and agency directives), as well as ensures supervisors receive information so investigations may be conducted.
• Serves as the division primary contact for one or more of the following: Open records requests; notices of contest; payment processing or related audits; Sheriff’s deliveries; purchase requests; OSH discrimination.
• Serves as the backup for all permissible activities.
• Prepares case files for imaging and maintains log of all case files sent to the vendor for processing.
• Performs extensive quality checks when returned and resubmits to the vendor if there are errors with imaged case files so they may be reprocessed.

When you join our team, you will:

• Be rewarded with a fulfilling and challenging career
• Have promotional opportunities as you progress through your career
• Be provided with professional training paid for by the Cabinet
• Have several health insurance packages available to you
• Be provided a basic life insurance package at no cost to you
• Enjoy 11+ holidays a year
• Receive monthly sick and annual leave accruals
• A 37.50-hour work week (with occasional overtime required)
• Paid sick and vacation time off, as well as paid holidays
• Overtime or compensatory Time
• Affordable health insurance with optional health reimbursement account
• Life insurance
• Retirement
• Wellness incentives program
• Training and career development opportunities
• Optional deferred compensation program (401K)
• Lots of employee discounts on electronics, health and wellness, retail, travel, events, entertainment, services, and education.
• We look forward to the opportunity to meet you.
• The Education and Labor Cabinet (ELC) participates in E-Verify. It will provide the federal government with your Form I-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the U.S. The Cabinet will only use E- Verify once you have accepted a job offer and completed Form I-9. For more information on E-Verify, or if you believe that ELC has violated its E-Verify responsibilities, please contact the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) at 999-897-7781 or https://www.e-verify.gov/.

Minimum Requirements

EDUCATION: Graduate of a college or university with a bachelor's degree or an associate's degree in occupational safety and health.

EXPERIENCE, TRAINING, OR SKILLS: NONE

Substitute EDUCATION for EXPERIENCE: NONE

Substitute EXPERIENCE for EDUCATION: Current or prior military experience will substitute for the required education on a year for year basis or professional experience in occupational safety and health or a related field will substitute for the required education on a year-for-year-basis.

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS (AGE, LICENSURE, REGULATION, ETC.): Must possess a valid driver's license prior to employment in this job classification. Must maintain any required licensure(s), certification(s), or other credentials for the length of employment in this job classification. Employing agency is responsible for ensuring employee possesses and maintains required licensure(s), certification(s) or other credentials.

Working Conditions

Work is generally performed in an office setting when preparing reports or evaluating inspections. Travel is required to conduct inspections. When conducting workplace inspections or consultations, employees in this job title are exposed to the same working conditions as those employed at the workplace. May be exposed to potential hazards which may require the following of safety precautions.

Probationary Period

This job has an initial and promotional probationary period of 12 months, except as provided in KRS 18A.111.

If you have questions about this advertisement, please contact Lawrance Hunsaker at Lawrance.hunsaker@ky.gov.

An Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/D