EHS Specialist - Environment Health and Safety
About The Position
The EHS Specialist serves internal and external customers by providing assistance in all areas of the Environment, Health & Safety office. The role supports safe and compliant operations by managing hazardous, radioactive, and biological waste; inspecting research laboratories; maintaining records and inventories; coordinating training and regulatory inspections; and assisting with hazardous-material shipments and emergency response. The specialist helps investigate and mitigate incidents involving hazardous agents and deviations from approved safety practices, implements corrective actions, and serves as an alternate emergency coordinator under the University’s Contingency Plan. The position includes after-hours on-call responsibilities and required initial and annual training. The employee is expected to conduct work professionally, safely, ethically, and in accordance with applicable laws and University policies, maintain confidentiality, coordinate with other University areas, and keep job-specific knowledge current.
Requirements
- Four years of hazardous materials experience; education may substitute for experience on a year-for-year basis.
- Experience using Microsoft Word, Excel, and Access.
- Ability to complete required training, including introductory and annual Resource Conservation and Recovery Act training, and annual Radiation Safety, Biosafety, Bloodborne Pathogen, Hazardous Communication, Personal Protective Equipment, and HAZWOPER training.
- Ability to handle waste containers weighing as much as 300 pounds.
- Communication skills.
- Collaboration skills.
- Microsoft Excel, Word, and Access skills.
- Biosafety program knowledge.
- Biological risk assessment knowledge.
- Waste management knowledge.
Nice To Haves
- Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field such as Health Physics, Chemistry, Biology, or Engineering.
- Experience with radiation safety, emergency response, or Safety Committees.
- Experience with academic research laboratories.
Responsibilities
- Collect and process chemical, radioactive, and biological waste from research laboratories, including handling containers weighing up to 300 pounds.
- Conduct weekly inspections and track decay-in-storage radioactive waste; maintain radioactive waste records and coordinate disposal with outside contractors.
- Survey laboratories for compliance with federal, state, and institutional regulations, including coordinating with lab staff, assessing risks and practices, taking and analyzing radioactive-contamination wipes, surveying radiation levels, and maintaining documentation.
- Assist with coordination and calibration of survey meters and other instruments, ensuring proper calibration or storage out of service.
- Support development and coordination of EHS training programs and policies.
- Coordinate regulatory-agency inspections and help minimize and correct deficiencies.
- Assist with updating radiation and chemical inventory tracking software.
- Assist with proper shipments of Hazardous Materials and Dangerous Goods.
- Maintain filing systems regarding occupant safety.
- Help investigate and mitigate accidents, spills, losses, thefts, unauthorized receipts, uses, transfers, disposals, misadministration, and other deviations involving hazardous agents; implement corrective actions as necessary.
- Be on-call after hours and operate as an alternate emergency coordinator under the University’s Contingency Plan.
- Participate in required introductory, annual, and other specified safety training.
- Conduct activities professionally, ethically, safely, and in accordance with University policies and applicable laws and regulations.
- Coordinate work with other University areas to support the University mission.
- Develop, maintain, and expand job-specific knowledge and skills; participate in relevant committees, task forces, or similar activities.
- Maintain confidentiality of medical center, employee, and patient information and handle sensitive data in accordance with policies and legal requirements.
- Maintain high standards of integrity, respect, professional conduct, and ethics.
Benefits
- Health, dental, and vision insurance beginning on day one.
- Health expense accounts with employer contributions for employees participating in a qualifying health plan.
- Employer-paid life insurance.
- Long-term disability insurance.
- Additional voluntary insurance plans.
- Paid vacation and sick time accruing upon hire.
- Ten paid holidays.
- One paid discretionary day after six months of employment.
- Paid time off for bereavement, jury duty, military service, and parental leave after 12 months of employment.
- Retirement program with employer contribution.
- Additional voluntary 457 or 403b retirement programs.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Education Level
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