Senior Occupational Health Specialist

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IC3 · SeniorIndividual contributorSenior

Standard where business need supports the level

What the role involves

Autonomy: Handles ambiguous work independently
Scope: Complex projects / systems / portfolios
Time horizon: Months
Expertise and judgement: Deep domain judgment; mentors others; improves standards
Expected impact: Leads complex delivery and raises team quality

Expected skills (19)

Grouped as human, professional and technical. Target proficiency uses the P1–P5 scale, and each row says what that level means for that particular skill.

Human (11)

Skill	Importance	Target	What that level looks like
Accountability Personal Effectiveness	Core	P3	Handles complex situations, adapts methods and coaches less-experienced colleagues.
Active listening Communication & Influence	Core	P3	Handles complex situations, adapts methods and coaches less-experienced colleagues.
Collaboration Collaboration & Leadership	Core	P3	Handles complex situations, adapts methods and coaches less-experienced colleagues.
Critical thinking Thinking & Judgment	Core	P3	Handles complex situations, adapts methods and coaches less-experienced colleagues.
Customer empathy Personal Effectiveness	Core	P3	Handles complex situations, adapts methods and coaches less-experienced colleagues.
Learning agility Thinking & Judgment	Core	P3	Handles complex situations, adapts methods and coaches less-experienced colleagues.
Ownership Personal Effectiveness	Core	P3	Handles complex situations, adapts methods and coaches less-experienced colleagues.
Problem solving Thinking & Judgment	Core	P3	Handles complex situations, adapts methods and coaches less-experienced colleagues.
Verbal communication Communication & Influence	Core	P3	Handles complex situations, adapts methods and coaches less-experienced colleagues.
Written communication Communication & Influence	Core	P3	Handles complex situations, adapts methods and coaches less-experienced colleagues.
Safety-first judgment Operational Human Skills	Supporting	P3	Adapts Safety-first judgment in difficult situations and coaches others.

Professional (8)

Skill	Importance	Target	What that level looks like
Business acumen Business & Strategy	Core	P3	Handles complex situations, adapts methods and coaches less-experienced colleagues.
Industrial hygiene Environment, Health & Safety	Core	P3	Owns complex Industrial hygiene cases/processes, improves controls and coaches colleagues.
Ergonomics Environment, Health & Safety	Supporting	P3	Owns complex Ergonomics cases/processes, improves controls and coaches colleagues.
ISO 14001 Environment, Health & Safety	Supporting	P3	Owns complex ISO 14001 cases/processes, improves controls and coaches colleagues.
ISO 45001 Environment, Health & Safety	Supporting	P3	Owns complex ISO 45001 cases/processes, improves controls and coaches colleagues.
Incident investigation Environment, Health & Safety	Supporting	P3	Owns complex Incident investigation cases/processes, improves controls and coaches colleagues.
Job Safety Analysis (JSA) Environment, Health & Safety	Supporting	P3	Owns complex Job Safety Analysis (JSA) cases/processes, improves controls and coaches colleagues.
Safety management systems Environment, Health & Safety	Supporting	P3	Owns complex Safety management systems cases/processes, improves controls and coaches colleagues.

Career ladder

Reached from

Occupational Health SpecialistIC2

Next steps

Lead Occupational Health SpecialistIC4IC promotion
Move from team-level senior contribution to cross-team/domain leadership; set approach, create reusable standards and multiply others without relying on authority.

Common consideration after sustained IC3/IC4 leadership; management is a separate career choice, not a required promotion.

What changes to advance

Move from team-level senior contribution to cross-team/domain leadership; set approach, create reusable standards and multiply others without relying on authority.

Source: PROCOMER FTZ benchmark; employer career sites · JF0463-IC3