Environmental Health & Safety Specialist I

NYU Langone Health • New York, NY

19h • Onsite

About The Position

The EH&S Specialist I manages and assists in managing assigned health and safety programs. The focus is on managing well-defined, routine projects and tasks that require a basic understanding of regulatory and technical issues and basic problem solving and conflict resolution skills. This role also provides support for health and safety programs managed by others within the department.

Requirements

• A Bachelor's degree in occupational health and safety, fire safety, engineering, or another applicable discipline.
• 2 years relevant experience.
• A basic knowledge and understanding of regulatory requirements and technical issues for assigned programs.
• Ability to assume responsibility for managing existing health and safety programs, projects, and tasks.
• Ability to manage a heavy workload.
• Good organizational, written, and verbal skills.
• Good fact finding skills.
• Basic problem solving and conflict resolution skills.
• Basic ability to use word processing, spreadsheet, presentation, and database computer programs.
• Basic ability to understand and interpret data.
• Ability to wear and work in Level C personal protective equipment.
• Ability to be on-call on a rotating basis to respond to off-hours emergency situations.
• Qualified candidates must be able to effectively communicate with all levels of the organization.

Nice To Haves

• Masters degree in an applicable discipline.
• Current HazWoper certification.
• Training experience.

Responsibilities

• Manages expenses by obtaining vendor proposals, providing justification for expenditures, obtaining authorization before purchasing, approving and processing invoices, and following up on invoice issues.
• Maintains weekly time database and adheres to departmental and NYU Langone policies and guidelines.
• Manages and assists in managing assigned programs by revising and updating policies and procedures, conducting simple risk and work site assessments, coordinating and conducting inspections, investigations, and audits, coordinating and conducting environmental and industrial hygiene monitoring, recommending control measures, preparing and presenting institutional and regulatory reports, interfacing with colleagues and vendors, resolving basic problems and conflicts, managing vendors, revising and updating training materials, coordinating and conducting training, and managing program records and reports.
• Manages remediation projects by coordinating and conducting investigations and inspections, coordinating and conducting environmental and industrial hygiene monitoring, interfacing with colleagues and vendors, resolving basic problems and conflicts, managing vendors, managing and maintaining project records, and processing Unifier tasks.
• Provides support for departmental programs by being available on-call for emergencies, responding promptly to emergencies, responding to and investigating fire alarms, maintaining Hazwoper certification, responding to and cleaning up hazardous material spills, responding to and investigating indoor air quality concerns, maintaining a basic understanding of industrial hygiene equipment and interpreting monitoring results, assisting with preparing and maintaining records, conducting assigned inspections, serving as liaison to assigned departments, providing training and respirator fit-testing, and assisting with drills.

Benefits

• Financial security benefits
• Generous time-off program
• Employee resources groups for peer support
• Holistic employee wellness program focusing on physical, mental, nutritional, sleep, social, financial, and preventive care.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees