Director, Environmental Health and Safety/Safety Compliance Offi

Director, Environmental Health and Safety/Safety Compliance Officer

Primary Purpose:

Provides leadership to the University by developing, implementing, managing and enforcing environmental health and safety programs and procedures. Oversees the management of the University’s contract for security services. Reports directly to the Senior VP for Executive Affairs.

Description of Duties and Tasks

Essential Job Functions:

Develops and provides safety training to ensure compliance with local, State and Federal regulations; interprets safety regulations and develops and implements University policies to ensure continuing compliance.

Surveys, evaluates, and recommends corrections of occupational hazards, and recommends purchases, modifications of equipment, and establishes procedures to eliminate hazards and reduce accidental exposure to hazardous chemicals.

Provides recommendations for safety procedures, responsible for permits for hazardous waste disposal, fees with agencies and interfaces with appropriate regulatory agencies.

Serves as a member of the University Radiological Safety Committee and Institutional Biosafety Committee.

Implements and maintains the University’s Injury and Illness Prevention Plan.

Oversees contractual compliance of the University’s security services, establishes security polices and procedures and assures they are followed by security services, monitors security services billings for accuracy, and serves as liaison between the University and contracted security firms.
REQUIREMENTS
Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

Individuals must possess the knowledge, skills, and abilities or be able to explain and demonstrate that the individual can perform the essential functions of the job, with or without reasonable accommodation, using some other combination of skills and abilities.

Good computer skills necessary to set up document formats in Word, Excel and any other software programs required by the position. Knowledge and understanding of State and Federal safety regulations and OSHA laws.

Good verbal and written communication skills. Must be able to effectively interact with students, faculty, staff, and outside contacts.

Knowledge of Hazardous materials, chemical compounds, and biohazards. Knowledge of terminology regarding industrial hygiene and toxicology.

Ability to design engineering hazard controls, fire protection, ergonomics, system and process safety, safety and health programs management, accident investigation and analysis, and construction safety.

Qualification Standards

Education: Any combination of education and/or experience equivalent to a Bachelor’s degree or any combination of training or experience that provides the required knowledge, skills and abilities. Certificate in Applied Environmental Health and Safety.

Experience: Prior safety program management experience.

Physical Demands:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by any employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to talk or hear. The employee is regularly required to walk, and occasionally required to stand, reach with hands and arms, climb, and stoop. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this includes close, distance, and color vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment:

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Duties of the Environmental Health Safety Specialist are normally performed in a office/facility/outdoor setting. While performing safety inspections in these settings the employee is occasionally exposed to high precarious places, fumes or airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals, extreme cold (non-weather), risk of electrical shock, and risk of radiation. The noise level in this setting is usually quiet.