Occupational Safety & Industrial Hygiene Specialist (Environmental Health & Safety Professional III)
About The Position
If you're passionate about creating safer workplaces and enjoy solving complex challenges that make a lasting impact, we'd love to meet you. San Diego State University is seeking an Occupational Safety & Industrial Hygiene Specialist to help advance a culture of health, safety, and well-being across campus. In this role, you'll partner with faculty, staff, and campus departments to identify workplace hazards, develop practical solutions, and support programs that protect the SDSU community. As the University's subject matter expert in occupational safety and industrial hygiene, you'll support a broad range of initiatives, including indoor air quality, respiratory protection, ergonomics, exposure assessments, medical surveillance, and safety training. This position offers the opportunity to combine technical expertise with collaboration, education, and continuous improvement while helping shape a safe and healthy campus environment.
Requirements
- Thorough knowledge of industrial hygiene principles, exposure assessment methodologies, and occupational health hazard evaluation.
- Experience conducting complex industrial hygiene investigations, exposure assessments, indoor air quality evaluations, ergonomic assessments, mold and asbestos evaluations, job hazard analyses, and recommending appropriate engineering, administrative, and personal protective controls.
- Experience administering respiratory protection and medical surveillance program activities.
- Demonstrated ability to independently evaluate occupational health hazards and develop practical recommendations to reduce risk and support regulatory compliance.
- Experience developing and delivering occupational safety and industrial hygiene training for diverse campus audiences using classroom and online learning platforms.
- Experience using industrial hygiene sampling equipment, direct-reading instruments, and environmental health and safety software applications.
- Equivalent to a bachelor’s degree in a related field and four years of relevant experience. Additional experience which demonstrates acquired and successfully applied knowledge and abilities shown above may be substituted for the required education on a year-for-year basis. An advanced degree in a related field may be substituted for the required experience on a year-for-year basis.
Nice To Haves
- Professional certification such as Certified Industrial Hygienist (CIH), Associate Safety Professional (ASP), Certified Safety Professional (CSP), or other applicable environmental health and safety certification.
- Experience working in a higher education, research, healthcare, or similarly regulated institutional environment.
- Experience performing industrial hygiene exposure monitoring using direct-reading instruments and air sampling methodologies.
- Experience supporting laboratory, facilities, maintenance, or construction safety operations.
- Experience managing indoor air quality investigations involving water intrusion, mold, asbestos, or other indoor environmental quality concerns.
- Experience using environmental health and safety information management systems and Learning Management Systems.
Responsibilities
- Coordinate occupational safety and industrial hygiene programs, including indoor air quality, respiratory protection, ergonomics, and medical surveillance.
- Conduct workplace hazard assessments, inspections, and exposure evaluations while partnering with departments to recommend practical safety solutions.
- Develop and deliver safety training and technical guidance that supports regulatory compliance and a culture of prevention.
- Support hazardous waste activities and collaborate with consultants, contractors, and campus partners on environmental health and safety initiatives.
Benefits
- 15 paid holidays, vacation, and sick leave.
- CalPERS pension plan with retiree healthcare, and reciprocal agreements with other California public retirement systems, including the UC.
- Medical, dental, and vision options at low or no cost.
- CSU tuition fee waiver for employees and eligible dependents.
- FlexCash, life and disability insurance, legal and pet plans.
- Access to the library, campus events, employee groups, and volunteer and social activities.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
