POSITION IDENTIFICATION
TITLE Building Safety Specialist
CLASSIFICATION NUMBER 5417
GRADE 21
CLASSIFICATION Nonexempt
IMMEDIATE SUPERVISOR Lead Campus Safety Specialist
GENERAL FUNCTION
The Building Safety Specialist monitors building access, provides directions and information, performs safety and loss prevention duties, conducts regular walk-throughs in and around a building, responds to emergency and non-emergency situations in and around a building, renders assistance as appropriate, and makes reports. The Building Safety Specialist is instrumental in building safety through proactive safety efforts, such as identifying hazards, building key control, checking safety equipment, submitting work orders, receiving and monitoring package deliveries, maintaining access kiosk information, delivering safety and security lectures as required, and having positive interaction with students, faculty, staff, and guests.
MINIMUM ACCEPTABLE QUALIFICATIONS
Education: A high school diploma or the equivalent is required.
Experience: At least one year of work experience is required; experience in positions involving customer service, safety, security, loss control, fire prevention, emergency services, or related fields is preferred.
Skills: Effective verbal and written communication skills are required. the ability to conduct effective interviews, make accurate observations, and write detailed reports is required. Excellent interpersonal skills are required. The ability to work without constant supervision and within a framework of specific guidelines is required. Knowledge of methods and procedures related to safety activities, including prevention, response, and investigation, and traffic control is required. Computer literacy is required. The ability to react quickly and appropriately to emergency and non-emergency situations, make accurate observations and remember details of situations and individuals, and learn, understand, and apply policies to individual circumstances is required. The ability to learn to interpret fire alarm systems, develop an understanding of the surveillance camera system, develop knowledge of a campus building, and work effectively as a team member and individual is required. The ability to develop knowledge of, respect for, and skills to engage with those of other cultures or backgrounds is required.
Certification and Training: Current certification for First Aid, Adult, Child and Infant Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR), and Automated External Defibrillators (AED) is required throughout the appointment. Successful completion of Incident Command System (ICS) 100 and National Incident Management System (NIMS) 700 training is required or be completed within one year of appointment.
Effort: The position requires some extended periods of standing, the ability to move quickly throughout and around a building on foot, including climbing stairs. The ability to lift and carry equipment weighing up to twenty-five (25) pounds is required. This position occasionally works in confined spaces and at heights. Work is performed primarily indoors.
Other: The scope of the position may require nighttime, holiday, and/or weekend work. Overtime may be required to meet the staffing needs of the department. Employees in this job classification are designated as essential employees and must report to work as scheduled when University offices are closed. Positions associated with this job classification may be located in facilities requiring the position to be designated ‘sensitive’ as defined by University policy. Positions associated with this job classification may include job duties, responsibilities, or activities that are subject to export control regulations.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
1. Maintains a safe and secure building by regularly monitoring persons entering and leaving the building, monitoring building surveillance systems, managing key control, receiving and monitoring packages, conducting walk-throughs of the assigned building, observing for unauthorized personnel or activities, maintaining kiosk information, enforcing University rules, regulations and policies, and reporting violations to the appropriate authority, submitting work orders, checking doors and locks for proper operation, and securing and locking buildings and windows as directed.
2. Reduces the potential for injury, loss of life, property theft, and/or destruction of property by conducting building checks for potentially dangerous or unsafe areas and conditions, (e.g., inoperative lighting, unlocked doors, insecure stairway railing, etc.), routinely inspecting fire extinguishers and automated external defibrillators, and making on-the-spot corrections if possible or reporting the conditions to an appropriate authority for correction.
3. Reacts to weather, fire, hazardous materials, medical and security emergencies, and natural disasters utilizing the incident command system, assesses the situation, takes mitigation action to protect lives, property, and the environment by following procedures prescribed in the Office of University Safety Policy and Procedures Manual, and assists emergency response.
4. Renders assistance at medical emergencies by performing CPR or rendering first aid to the injured person(s), determining the need for additional medical attention, contacting the appropriate agency/office to facilitate emergency medical attention, remaining with the injured person(s) until relieved by an appropriate authority, and preparing and submitting a detailed report.
5. Promotes an awareness of safety issues by talking to students, faculty, staff, and others, distributing informational materials regarding safety during normal duties, and conducting presentations or training as scheduled by the Manager, Campus Safety.
6. Encourages a proactive approach to safety by meeting with the leaders of University organizations to discuss their specific vulnerabilities to person, property, and equipment loss, assisting with the development of programs to alleviate or reduce identified vulnerabilities, monitoring the progress of those programs, and adjusting or modifying those programs as needed to improve safety.
7. Promotes a positive image of the University by providing directions and information to students, faculty, staff, and visitors to a building regarding campus locations, facilities, and activities, and rendering such assistance as requested within capability to provide (e.g., requesting campus safety assistance for battery jumps for dead car batteries, use of telephone, etc.).
8. Responds within a building and its property to reported incidents of crime, interacts compassionately with victims to minimize impact, notifies campus safety and /or 9-1-1 as appropriate, provides information on available resources, thoroughly, accurately, and professionally documents incidents, and makes timely reports of campus complaints, incidents involving possible criminal activity, and other daily activities.
9. Thoroughly, accurately, and professionally documents all complaints, daily activities, and incidents and submits the information to the appropriate individual(s).
10. Contributes to a work environment that encourages knowledge of, respect for, and development of skills to engage with those of other cultures or backgrounds.
11. Remains competent and current through self-directed professional reading, attending professional development courses, and attending training and/or courses required by the Director, University Safety or designee for a wide array of topics, such as the Clery Act, Title IX, report writing, communications, fire alarm systems, sprinkler and standpipe systems, hazardous materials, incident command, etc.
12. Contributes to the overall success and morale of the Office of University Safety by adhering to the Office of University Safety Policy and Procedures Manual and performing all other duties and responsibilities as assigned in a professional manner.
SUPERVISION
The Building Safety Specialist is supervised by the Supervisor, Campus Safety.
OFFICE OF HUMAN RESOURCES
MARCH 2019
