Salary : $90,791.64 - $110,288.40 Annually
Location : Snohomish, WA
Job Type: Full-Time
Job Number: 2025-PWK8122R-JULY
Department: Public Works
Division: Public Works Road Maintenance
Opening Date: 07/31/2025
Closing Date: 8/10/2025 11:59 PM Pacific
Description Open to current Snohomish County Government Employees Only
Snohomish County Public Works is seeking a qualified and team-oriented individual to fill a key Safety and Training Administrator position in the Road Maintenance Division.
As the Safety and Training Administrator you will develop, facilitate, and oversee safety, training, mentoring, onboarding, and employee retention programs to increase competencies and performance of staff at all levels of the Road Maintenance Division. Additionally, the Safety and Training Administrator will:
- Create, document, and perform/facilitate safety education, equipment, and related regulatory training.
- Conduct and/or facilitate individual and group training sessions in both field and classroom settings.
- Oversee onboarding and continuing education of all Road Maintenance employees.
- Develop training and testing procedures for Division certification programs.
- Accurately track Commercial Driver's Licenses (CDL's), endorsements, certifications, CDL medical examiners certificates, and training records.
- Ensure compliance with regulations and safety standards as they change or are updated within the industry.
- Develop and maintain databases, ensuring data accuracy, notifying management of potential issues, and producing an annual training report.
This position also serves as the main point of contact for risk management, safety compliance, and resident claims. This requires working closely and cooperatively with division managers, staff, risk management, other county departments/divisions, vendors, human resources, and the prosecuting attorney's office.
We are looking for an effective communicator with strong organizational skills and advanced Excel proficiency to fill this vital role. The ideal candidate will also have familiarity creating educational material, conducting training in both field and classroom settings, and understand related federal, state and local rules and regulations.
Work Schedule
This position works a four (4) day per week, Monday - Thursday, 6:30a.m to 5:00p.m. schedule at our Cathcart Way Operations Center (CWOC) located in Snohomish. This position may have an opportunity for remote work one (1) day per week, after a significant training period and based on job proficiency and performance.
Selection Process
Please attach a resume summarizing your work experience and skills that are relevant to this position. Your resume design should be reflective of your style, organizational, and design skills to clearly articulate the information in an engaging and easy to understand format.
Additionally, please attach a cover letter summarizing your work experience and skills that are relevant to this position. Your cover letter must elaborate on why you are the ideal candidate for the Safety and Training Administrator position. Your cover letter should reflect your style of writing, creativity, and represent your ability to produce written documentation.
Interviews will be scheduled for the most qualified applicants.
Join Snohomish County Public Works and enjoy these perks:
- Make a contribution in shaping one of Washington's fastest growing counties.
- Join an award-winning organization well known for excellence and commitment to high-quality public service.
- Advancement opportunities.
- Employee development and training opportunities.
- Excellent medical, dental, and other benefits.
- Earn a Pension! Start vesting for a Washington Department of Retirement System (DRS) PERS pension.
- Security, stability, and a lifelong career!
About Road Maintenance
The Road Maintenance Division of Public Works is responsible for the maintenance of Snohomish County roads and bridges improving the safety of Snohomish County infrastructure. You will take pride in the work you do supporting unincorporated Snohomish County. County staff strive to not only provide a meaningful job, but a lifelong career to its employees. Roads Central | Snohomish County, WA - Official Website
About Snohomish County Public Works Department
Snohomish County Public Works is responsible for more than 1,650 miles of county roads, 201 bridges, and 202 traffic control signals, as well as processing nearly 600,000 tons of garbage per year. Its mission is to focus on safety and mobility while practicing fiscal responsibility and preserving the environment. Public Works has won numerous state and national honors for its work and is the largest department within Snohomish County government with approximately 500 employees plus seasonal staff. Its main office is located at 3000 Rockefeller Avenue, Everett, WA 98201.
Visit for more information about Snohomish County Public Works.
When joining Public Works, you will work in an environment where innovation, collaboration, and continuous improvement are highly encouraged and supported. We strive to not only provide a meaningful job, but a lifelong career at Snohomish County.
Benefits
Snohomish County is a great place to live, work, play, and raise a family and will be invested in your success and growth. We are proud to offer an outstanding benefit package to employees and their dependents. We offer competitive wages; job flexibility and stability; pension opportunities; and employer paid ORCA cards. Snohomish County will be invested in your success and growth and offers the following benefits to our employees. Your salary is only part of your Total Compensation Package:
- Retirement: County employees participate in the Washington State Public Employees Retirement System (PERS) administered by the Washington State Department of Retirement Systems (DRS).
- Medical benefits: The County offers a choice of three comprehensive medical insurance plans with low deductibles. The county's contribution to this benefit is significant.
- Flexible work schedules for some positions.
- Career development training.
- Sick leave: You will accrue 8 hours of sick leave per month.
- Vacation Leave: You will start out accruing 8 hours of vacation leave per month totaling 2.4 weeks of vacation in your first year. Your leave accruals increase based on your years of employment with the County.
- Holiday Pay: The County observes 11 paid legal holidays per year and provides employees with two floating holidays annually.
- Benefits: The County offers a wide range of benefits including, medical, and dental, vision, life insurance, LTD, deferred compensation and more.
- Deferred Compensation: If you choose to participate in the Deferred Compensation Plan (DCP), the County will match your contributions up to 1 percent of your base monthly salary.
- Pay Increases: Each year you will be eligible for a step increase until you reach the top step.
- Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA): Effective January 1, 2026, all five (5) step salary tables shall have a sixth (6th) step added to the top of each pay grade. Employees who have been at step 5 for a full year shall be placed at step 6 effective January 1, 2026.
About Snohomish County
Snohomish County, north of Seattle, is located in northwest Washington between Puget Sound and the Cascade Mountains. The county has rich scenery, numerous activities, and a thriving economy. Snohomish County is a great place to live, work, play, and raise a family.
Snohomish County - The Future We Choose - video
For information about this job opportunity and posting, please email: SPW-Recruitment.
Job Duties BASIC FUNCTION
Develop, facilitate, and oversee safety, training, mentoring, onboarding, and employee retention programs for the assigned department or division. Evaluate and conduct equipment, tools, job task, safety, and mandated training programs. Assess training needs; work with management and staff to design and develop standard operating procedures, provide training, track L&I incidents, accidents and injuries and implement programs to maintain, enhance or develop the required skills.
STATEMENT OF ESSENTIAL JOB DUTIES
- Leads and/or performs division-wide training programs on equipment, tools, job task, safety and oversees onboarding and continuing education of new employees.
- Develops and implements safety education and accident prevention programs specific to the department or division.
- Conducts and/or facilitates training classes; creates, assesses, and evaluates training programs, and promotes resources for employee professional development.
- Develops training work plan and budget; oversees safety, accident prevention and training programs to achieve goals within budgeted funds and available personnel and resources; oversees, coordinates, evaluates program plans, future needs, goals and objectives.
- Tracks employee licenses, endorsements, certifications, medical cards and trainings developing and maintaining databases to ensure accuracy; notifies management of potential problems and/or shortcomings; produces an annual training report.
- Develops training and testing procedures for all certification and specialty programs related to the assigned department or division; researches and monitors regulatory requirements that apply to employees and the work; incorporates federal, state and county policy and other laws, rules, and regulations into the development of training programs.
- Collaborates with management and other County Departments/Divisions to prepare training requests for proposals; evaluates vendor responses and prepares summary reports and administers contracts for vendors.
- Reviews root-cause analysis for reported near-misses, incidents, and accidents; updates training programs as required to improve workplace safety; tracks, analyzes, and provides accident reports, metrics, and statistical analysis; makes recommendations to management to improve employee and customer safety; acts as a liaison with Risk Management.
- Creates and develops training library and resources for department- or division-specific training using a variety of methods such as classes, webinars, videos, Wikis, visual aids, instruction manuals, standard operating procedures, tasks, exercises, and mentoring. Ensures course curriculum, content, design, and delivery methods are current, relevant, efficient, and maximize the use of new technology. Identifies sources of outside professional/technical training; develops training contracts and monitors contract compliance; and recommends training resources for department specific training requests.
- Designs and implements effective onboarding, training, and mentoring approaches to maximize transfer of knowledge and skills during the onboarding process and ensure a positive onboarding experience; builds a sense of professionalism and positive attitude amongst staff; familiarize new employees with safe work practices and Division expectations.
- Collaborates with management to develop and implement an employee retention program to ensure an educated, safe, skilled workforce for the future of the assigned department or division.
- Maintains confidentiality of records, reports and/or information deemed to be sensitive in nature. A confidentiality agreement is required.
- Performs site visits and training program reviews with similar external agencies and vendors to maintain current industry standard training related to County owned tools and equipment.
- Serves on safety committees and/or accident review boards as required.
STATEMENT OF OTHER JOB DUTIES
- Performs related duties as assigned.
Minimum Qualifications An Associate's degree in safety, training, organizational development, human resource management or related field; AND, four (4) years of experience in safety, training, or education in an environment relevant to the assigned department or division: OR, any equivalent combination of training and/or experience that provides the required knowledge and abilities. Must pass job related tests.
SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS
- A valid Washington State Driver's License is required.
- A First Aid/CPR/AED certification is required within the first six (6) months of employment.
- When assigned to the Solid Waste Division or Road Maintenance Divisions, a valid State of Washington Traffic Flagging Card or ability to obtain within 6 months of employment.
Additional Information KNOWLEDGE AND ABILITIES
Knowledge of:
- federal, state and local industrial safety and health regulations
- sources of training and training materials
- current office practices, procedures, equipment, communication and software applications
- safety and accident prevention principles, practices, and procedures
- training approaches and adult learning styles; common barriers to effective training
- program development, implementation, and evaluation practices
- interpersonal communications, group process and facilitation skills
- excellent oral and written communication skills
- personal computers
- program planning skills
- personnel records disclosure and confidentiality rules
- education program planning, needs assessment, design and evaluation
Ability to:
- safely and proficiently operate equipment associated with the assigned department or division including but not limited to forklift, loader, excavator, backhoe, yard goat, commercial vehicles, pre-load compactors
- plan, coordinate and conduct safety education and training programs
- conduct safety inspections, identify safety hazards and unsafe working conditions, and recommend and implement appropriate corrective measures
- investigate accidents and injuries to determine causes, and recommend and implement corrective measures
- read, interpret, understand, and explain a variety of regulatory materials including Snohomish County code and OSHA/WISHA/DOSH regulations
- analyze and evaluate statistical data
- write and summarize detailed and complex information in simple terms for communication to various audiences
- establish and maintain effective work relationships with elected officials, management staff, employees and the general public
- organize tasks and work in a team environment
- plan and organize work with minimal supervision
- maintain accurate records
- implement and coordinate loss prevention and safety programs for equipment
- plan, develop and conduct training programs and manuals for each piece of equipment
- identify equipment training needs, develop objectives and procedures, and evaluate results
- define problems, collect, evaluate, and analyze data and develop alternate solutions to complex problems
- prepare and maintain a variety of written and digital training records and technical reports clearly and logically
- interpret and apply oral and written instructions
SUPERVISION
The employee receives general direction from an administrative superior. The work is performed with considerable independence and performance is reviewed through regular meetings, status reports and measurable results.
WORKING CONDITIONS
The work is often performed in an office environment with frequent field trips to work sites located throughout Snohomish County. The work may require regular use of personal protective equipment and the ability to perform occasional strenuous activity. In the field, the employee is frequently exposed to a variety of hazards such as working around heavy equipment and is exposed to dust, fumes, grease, strong odors, inclement weather, etc. The employee may be required to work evenings, weekends, and holidays as necessary.
Snohomish County is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) employer.
Accommodations for individuals with disabilities are provided upon request.
Snohomish County offers a comprehensive benefits package to employees that receive a regular appointment who work at least 20 hours a week.
Visit to learn more about the following benefits.
County Benefits - Medical Insurance
- Vision Insurance
- Dental Insurance
- Retirement
- Basic Group Term Life Insurance/ Accidental Death and Dismemberment (AD&D) Insurance
- Long Term Disability (LTD)
- Commuting Benefits
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Partners for Health Employee Wellness Program
- Leave & Holidays
Voluntary Benefits - Deferred Compensation 457(b)
- Supplemental Group Term Life Insurance
- Additional Accidental Death and Dismemberment Insurance (AD&D)
- Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)
- Supplemental Individual Insurance Policies
Healthcare Premiums - Regular full-time employees: If you work 35 or more hours per week, you will pay these for medical insurance. The County pays the for vision, dental, and basic life insurance.
- Regular part-time employees: If you work between 20 and 34 hours per week, you will pay for medical, dental, vision, and basic life insurance. The County's contribution toward the premium for an employee in a regular part-time appointment will be pro-rated in an amount equal to the F.T.E. percentage the employee is assigned.
Note: Temporary employees, seasonal employees and paid interns may be eligible for medical insurance benefits. Review the County's to learn more.
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This position is open to current Snohomish County Government employees only.
Are you a current employee of Snohomish County Government? If not, you will be removed from the hiring process. 02
Following are a series of supplemental questions designed to assess your job-related experience and qualifications. Please note that as part of the screening process your responses will be reviewed in conjunction with your general online application. The employment history and education detailed in your general application must validate/support your responses to the supplemental questions. If your responses cannot be validated, you will not proceed to the next steps of the review/selection process.
Do you agree to answer each question truthfully and that your responses can be supported by your general application/work history and by your references? 03
What is your highest level of completed education in safety, training, organizational development, human resource management or related field?
- No degree
- Associates' degree
- Bachelor's degree
- Master's degree or higher
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How many years of experience do you have in safety, training, or education in an environment relevant to the Public Works Department OR, any equivalent combination of training and/or experience that provides the required knowledge and abilities?
- No experience to less than two (2) years of experience
- Two (2) years to less than four (4) years of experience
- Four (4) years to less than six (6) years of experience
- Six (6) or more years of experience
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Do you have a valid Washington State Driver's License or the ability to obtain one within thirty (30) days of employment?
- Yes, I have a valid Washington State Driver's License
- No, but I have the ability to obtain one within thirty (30) days of employment
- No, I do not have the ability to obtain one
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The following items are requirements of this position, however, Snohomish County will provide for training for each of them:
• Valid First Aid/CPR/AED certification (is required within the first six (6) month of employment)
• Valid Washington Traffic Flagging Card (or ability to obtain within six (6) months of employment.)
- I understand and agree that I will be required to receive training for the listed items within the timelines indicated.
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Please attach a
resume summarizing your work experience and skills that are relevant to this position. Your resume design should be reflective of your style, organizational, and design skills to clearly articulate the information in an engaging and easy to understand format.
Additionally, attach a
cover letter summarizing your work experience and skills that are relevant to this position. Your cover letter must elaborate on why you are the ideal candidate for the Safety and Training Administrator position. Your cover letter should reflect your style of writing, creativity, and represent your ability to produce written documentation.
Do you understand if you do not attach a
resume and cover letter you will be removed from the hiring process?
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Are you authorized to work lawfully in the United States for Snohomish County?
Note: If hired, a Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification, must be completed at the start of employment. Required Question
