Loss Prevention Engineer (Associate Safety Engineer)

Job Description and Duties Are you ready to join a dynamic team of safety professionals dedicated to helping California employers make their workplaces safe? State Compensation Insurance Fund provides workers’ compensation insurance to California employers, from small to large businesses across all industries. We are seeking an experienced and motivated safety professional to join our team in providing occupational safety inspection and consultation services to our policyholders. In this role, you will provide safety services to policyholders with more complex and difficult risk conditions to reduce the potential for employee injuries. More complex and difficult risks include: • Businesses using more sophisticated and difficult-to-evaluate processes, technologies and/or engineering controls. • Businesses with multiple locations. • Businesses with significant losses related to difficult-to-identify hazards and industrial operations with high-level sophistication. • High-profile preferred brokers. • Specialized services of lesser complexity such as industrial hygiene and ergonomics services (i.e., noise dosimetry and industrial ergonomic evaluations). • Accounts that usually present unforeseen or unique difficulties. Why Join Our Team? • Meaningful work that helps protect California workers. • Remote work flexibility with field-based engagement. • Opportunity to work with a wide range of industries and complex business operations. • Professional growth and development within a recognized workers' compensation organization. • Collaborative team environment focused on safety excellence and customer service. This remote position offers significant field autonomy and requires frequent travel to assigned accounts, with mileage reimbursement provided. The servicing territory for this position is primarily with policyholders headquartered in the San Francisco Peninsula area. This includes parts of San Mateo and Santa Clara Counties, as well as Alameda, Contra Costa, San Francisco Counties. This position will be housed at the Pleasanton State Fund office location. Please apply only to this vacancy if it is within your preferred geographical location. The selected candidate must reside in one of the following counties: Alameda, Contra Costa, San Francisco, San Mateo, and Santa Clara Counties. You will find additional information about the job in the Duty Statement. Special Requirements • The position(s) require(s) a Background Investigation be cleared prior to being hired. Effective July 1, 2025, the State of California implemented the Personal Leave Program 2025 (PLP 2025) which reduces an employee’s monthly salary in exchange for leave credits. Employees appointed to this classification will have their monthly salary reduced and will accrue hours of PLP 2025 on the first day of each pay period in accordance with the applicable bargaining contract. The salary range(s) included on this job posting do not reflect the reduction in pay. Desirable Qualifications In addition to evaluating each candidate's relative ability, as demonstrated by quality and breadth of experience, the following factors will provide the basis for competitively evaluating each candidate: • Construction safety experience. • Ability to assess business operations and identify effective injury and illness prevention measures. • Adept at interpreting workplace safety regulations regarding workers compensation and occupational safety and health. • Ability to interpret charts, graphs and mechanical relationships. • Proficient at presenting to the public, and training employees and employers. • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills. • Self-motivated and work with minimal direct supervision - team player. • Effective written and oral communication. This includes strong report writing skills with a variety of report writing software. • Ability to document services effectively, using non-technical terms and vocabulary that will be clearly understood by policyholders. • Bilingual skills (Spanish speaking). • Certified Safety Professional (CSP), Associate in Risk Management (ARM), or other related professional certifications.