Transportation Safety Administrator

Metro Transit's Safety, Security & Quality Assurance (SSQA) division is seeking two (2) Transportation Safety Administrators (TSA) to join the Safety team. Reporting to the Transit Safety Superintendents, TSAs help support Metro Transit safety functions across multi-modal transportation groups including Bus, Light Rail, Water Taxi, Streetcar, and Contracted Services. TSAs are required to support all modes and functional areas of safety, as determined by business needs.

Ideal candidates are detail-oriented professionals with experience in public transportation and a proven history of providing services that ensure passenger and employee safety, mitigation of loss and risk to transit resources, and ensuring compliance with all applicable local, state, and federal codes and regulations. Applicants with knowledge, experience, interest, or certifications in the following areas are encouraged to apply:

• Operations Safety – The Operations Safety workgroup supports operations through hazard and collision/customer injury investigation, data collection, risk analysis, and employee engagement and oversees the training on policies/procedures for Supervisor- In- Training (SIT) operators, re-reads, Accident Review Boards, rail recertifications, and Superintendent /Chief accident training.
• Employee Health and Safety – The Employee Health and Safety workgroup develops and administers compliant safety programs in response to employee workplace hazards, performs risk-based hazard management, and oversees injury and incident investigations and reporting. Ideal candidates may possess certifications in Occupational Safety and/or Industrial Hygiene. The Employee Health and Safety workgroup includes electrical safety.
  • Electrical Safety – Electrical safety objectives aim to prevent accidents, injuries, and fatalities related to electrical work by identifying and recommending measures to mitigate electrical hazards. This group supports High Voltage and Low Voltage workgroups.

Safety, Security & Quality Assurance Mission: We provide leadership and the highest level of support and customer focus to continuously improve Metro’s safety culture and security practices in order to best protect Metro employees, patrons and the communities we serve from harm.

This recruitment may generate an eligibility pool for future Career Service positions in this classification, valid for use up to 12 months at the discretion of the hiring authority.

Job Duties

Applying equity and social justice principles is a daily responsibility and foundational expectation for all King County employees. In this role, you will apply equity and social justice principles that exemplify shared values, behaviors, and practices to all aspects of this work. As a Transportation Safety Administrator, you will:

• Develop and administer occupational and transportation/operational safety programs, policies, and procedures.
• Conduct accident/incident investigations and analysis (including industrial and vehicular); function as lead in accident investigations; perform root cause analysis; conduct re-reads; chair accident review boards.
• Conduct safety meetings; identify hazards and assist in corrective action development.
• Perform or oversee safety training which may include but is not limited to new employee safety orientation, OSHA 10, bloodborne pathogens, lockout/tagout, right of way, and fall protection.
• Monitor work sites for health and safety hazards; identify and assist in the development of mitigation for hazards; make recommendations for changes to maintain a low accident rate.
• Perform job hazard analysis to determine appropriate personal protective equipment (hearing protection, respirators, etc.) necessary training, and/or procedural changes.
• Evaluate and make determinations when a worker has refused to work on the grounds that danger or potential harm exists.
• Participate as a member of various committees involving safety issues.
• Coordinate information related to accidents/incidents with NTSB, FTA, WSDOT, DOSH, City of Seattle, Sound Transit and/or public information staff.
• Monitor and ensure organizational activities are conducted in accordance with federal, state, and local regulations, rules, and guidelines and industry best practices for safety, including Washington DOSH standards.
• Utilize Metro's safety data management systems to monitor safety performance to ensure safety mitigations are effective.
• Write incident investigation reports for internal and external stakeholders.
• Participate in on-call rotation for Bus, Light Rail, and Streetcar incidents.
• Perform other duties as assigned.