Environmental Health and Safety Specialist

City of New York • New York City, NY

4d • Hybrid

About The Position

The Citywide Office of Occupational Safety and Health (COSH) delivers extensive technical support and advisory services to both mayoral and non-mayoral agencies, ensuring the maintenance of safe and healthy workplaces. This includes guidance on compliance with OSHA, along with New York State and City environmental health and safety regulations. Beyond technical advice, COSH also performs assessments, evaluations, and provides recommendations concerning environmental factors that could impact employee health and wellbeing in the workplace.

Requirements

• A master's degree from an accredited college or university with a specialization in an appropriate field of physical, biological or environmental science or in public health.
• A valid New York State driver's license is required and must be maintained throughout employment.

Nice To Haves

• A doctorate degree from an accredited college or university with specialization in an appropriate field of physical, biological, environmental or social science and one year of full-time experience in a responsible supervisory, administrative or research capacity in the appropriate field of specialization.
• A master's degree from an accredited college or university with specialization in an appropriate field of physical, biological, environmental or social science and three years of responsible full-time research experience in the appropriate field of specialization.
• Education and/or experience which is equivalent to '1' or '2' above.
• All candidates must have at least a master's degree in an appropriate field of specialization and at least two years of experience described in '2' above.
• Two years as a City Research Scientist Level I can be substituted for the experience required in '1' and '2' above.

Responsibilities

• Provide training on occupational health and safety topics to designated citywide personnel, primarily through virtual sessions, with occasional in-person meetings.
• Conduct assessments of indoor air quality, workplace ergonomics, and electromagnetic fields.
• Perform and analyze hearing tests for citywide personnel using equipment acquired by DCAS.
• Review asbestos surveys and provide reports and recommendations to city agencies, following best management practices in occupational health and safety.
• Attend and actively participate in citywide labor management meetings.
• Offer technical guidance to city agencies on occupational health and safety issues.
• Participate in or lead occupational health and safety walkthroughs at various city-occupied sites.
• Prepare comprehensive reports based on environmental health and safety assessments conducted by COSH.
• Advise city agencies on addressing violations issued by the New York State Department of Labor.
• Assist with the annual calibration of equipment used by the COSH team.
• Maintain and update COSH records and contact information for designated citywide safety and health personnel.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level