Safety and Equipment Training Specialist

The NYC Department of Transportation seeks a Research Assistant to work in the Training and Development Unit under Human Resources and Facility Management. Reporting to the Director of Training, the selected candidate will serve as a Safety & Equipment Training Specialist, delivering various mandated safety compliance and equipment training programs. The candidate will deliver agency-wide annual safety training program for field employees with topics including, but not limited to, Right-to-Know, Personal Protective Equipment, Hearing Conservation, Workplace Violence, Working around Mobile Equipment and Bloodborne Pathogens. The candidate will design and deliver certificate of fitness test prep courses, safety compliance presentations and training exercises utilizing adult learning principles. The candidate will deliver powered industrial truck training, provide support to forklift division trainers, and observe various equipment and safety trainings. The candidate will identify training needs, measure and evaluate the impact of in-house and vendor training based on existing, revised, and new Training and Development policies and procedures. Other responsibilities include but are not limited to preparing training materials, maintaining records of training sessions, and providing training reports, statistics/metrics and project updates to the Director. The candidate will conduct field observations and training needs assessments when not engaged in training. Candidate must be flexible in work schedule and have the ability to work nights and early mornings.

1. A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college and six months of satisfactory full-time experience in research which involves gathering, organizing and analyzing data, and report writing; or
2. An associate degree from an accredited college, or completion of 60 semester credits at an accredited college, and two years and six months of satisfactory full-time experience in research which involves gathering, organizing and analyzing data, and report writing; or
3. A four-year high school diploma or its educational equivalent and four years and six months of satisfactory full-time experience in research which involves gathering, organizing and analyzing data, and report writing; or
4. Education and experience equivalent to "1", "2", or "3" above. Undergraduate college credit can be substituted for experience on the basis of 30 semester credits from an accredited college for one year of full-time experience. Completion of nine credits, at the college or graduate school level, in statistics, quantitative methods, mathematics, or research can be substituted for six months of the required experience. However, all candidates must possess a four-year high school diploma or its educational equivalent and at least six months of required experience or the nine specialized credits.

The City of New York is an inclusive equal opportunity employer committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse workforce and providing a work environment that is free from discrimination and harassment based upon any legally protected status or protected characteristic, including but not limited to an individual's sex, race, color, ethnicity, national origin, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, veteran status, gender identity, or pregnancy.