UTILITY SERVICES MANAGER (SAFETY) (CLASS CODE 3094)

New Orleans, LA, United States

Professional, supervisory, administrative and technical work over a major centralized functional unit at the Sewerage and Water Board.    Work includes planning, assigning and reviewing the work of professional, technical and clerical employees.  Work also includes assisting higher level supervisors in establishing and monitoring management controls for assigned operational area and ensuring compliance with all applicable federal, state and local regulations pertaining to Board operations where applicable; and related work as required.

This vacancy is in the Safety Program at the Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans. (Original Entrance)

A Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university with a major in occupational safety, industrial management or technology, industrial engineering, safety management or related field.*

Five (5) years of full-time experience in the field of  occupational safety, industrial engineering, safety inspection, or work related accident investigations or risk management which must have included the administration of a comprehensive safety program. At least three (3) years of this experience must have been in a safety officer position, and at least at least two (2) years of this experience must have included the supervision of safety professionals.

Candidates appointed to this position are required to obtain certification as a Certified Safety Manager, or an equivalent* safety manager certification during their probationary period.  Failure to do so will result in termination.  Sewerage and Water Board will assume the cost of the certification. Civil Service reserves the right to determine which certifications are considered to be equivalent.

* Prior to appointment, the hiring agency is required to verify education  claimed by the applicant to qualify for this classification. If selected for hire, applicants must provide original documents of their qualifying credentials to the hiring agency prior to their start date in this job classification.

This position requires a one year probationary period.A rating of training and experience, weighted 100%.   All related previous experience will be considered for qualification purposes; however, credit on the rating of training and experience will only be given for experience gained within the last ten (10) years.

This is an original entrance examination. THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER AND DOES NOT DISCRIMINATE ON THE BASIS OF RACE, COLOR, RELIGION, NATIONAL ORIGIN, GENDER, AGE, PHYSICAL OR MENTAL DISABILITY, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, CREED, CULTURE, OR ANCESTRY.  REQUESTS FOR ALTERNATE FORMAT OR ACCOMMODATIONS SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO SHELLY STOLP AT (504) 658-3516 OR TTY/VOICE AT (504) 586-4475 or (504) 658-4020.

Applications will not be accepted if received after the closing date or after the stated maximum number of applications has been received, as specified on this announcement.  All minimum qualification requirements for examinations must be met by the final filing date unless otherwise specified on this announcement.  Applications must be submitted on the official application form AND MUST BE RECEIVED IN THE DEPARTMENT OF CITY CIVIL SERVICE, 1340 POYDRAS STREET, SUITE 900, NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA, BEFORE THE CLOSE OF BUSINESS ON THE FINAL FILING DATE.

DELAY IN THE MAIL:  The Department of City Civil Service cannot be responsible for failure of the applicant to receive an admission slip to an examination or for failure of the Department to receive material mailed by the applicant.  Applicants should notify the Department of City Civil Service in writing of any address changes.

DOMICILE requirements are waived for purpose of application. However, all new employees hired on or after January 1, 2013 must be domiciled in Orleans Parish within 180 days of hire.  Airport and public safety employees are excluded from this provision.

The minimum age limit is 18 years for any class of work requiring hard physical labor, operation of or proximity to hazardous machinery, exposure to hazardous chemicals, or participation in any other processes or procedures which are prohibited or limited by the Louisiana State Child Labor Law.

WORKING TEST PERIOD: Effective August 1, 2023, the working test (probationary) period for all positions in the classified service is one year.

The City of New Orleans has a comprehensive program of substance abuse testing.  Candidates for employment for certain positions where the health, welfare and/or safety of the public, co-workers and the individual employee is at risk will have to undergo pre-employment substance abuse screening.  Candidates for all other original entrance positions will have to undergo an unannounced substance abuse screening during their working test period.  For further information, see Civil Service Rule V, Section 9.

A MEDICAL EXAMINATION is required for all original entrance probationary appointments to ACTIVE classifications, and may be required for re-employment, promotions and/or transfers.

A MEDICAL SCREENING, which may result in a medical examination, is required for all original entrance probationary appointments to non-active classifications.

GOOD MORAL CHARACTER is required of all applicants.  Any applicant may be disqualified if his/her character or past employment record is found to be unsatisfactory as determined by the Department of City Civil Service.  Forgery, misrepresentation of facts, or cheating on examinations is punishable by disqualification, fine and other penalties.

IMPORTANT:  Applicants who are licensed to drive should have a current license on their person for purposes of identification during all phases of an examination.  In lieu of such license, the Department of City Civil Service may require that applicants have some form of picture identification.

VETERANS PREFERENCE:  On original entrance examinations, veterans (as defined in Article X, Section 10(2) of the Constitution of the State of Louisiana), disabled veterans, certain spouses and parents of veterans shall receive additional credit if claimed as provided on the Veterans Preference claim form which can be obtained in this office.  To obtain credit, this form must be submitted with the required proof (at the minimum, a DD214) before the final filing date.

ACCREDITED COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES: An accredited college or university is an institution that is accredited as a college or university by an organization that is recognized by the USDE (United States Department of Education).

PROFESSIONAL ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE:  The Civil Service Department defines this experience as experience gained after receiving a Bachelor's Degree.

Applicants will not receive credit for unpaid work unless specified on the job announcement.

Partial credit only will be given for related part time employment.

Civil Service reserves the right to determine which degrees, education, or other credentials are related or closely related.

Experience credit will be granted for related provisional appointments (internal applicants).

Revised 1/91, 4/03, 7/05, 2/07, 8/10, 2/12, 8/15, 6/16.

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