Environmental Health and Safety Specialist

Job title: Environmental Health and Safety Specialist

About the Role Join UC's Environmental Health & Safety team as an Environmental Health & Safety Specialist responsible for supporting the unit's safety programs and advising faculty, staff, and students on safety-related matters. This role focuses on regulatory compliance, inspections, and safety program delivery across departments.

What You'll Do

• Maintain current knowledge of relevant regulations and advise appropriate personnel of any governmental and/or university policy violations.
• Ensure that all relevant areas and functions have knowledge of relevant rules and regulations.
• Review projects to facilitate regulatory compliance.
• Perform necessary analysis/evaluations and make recommendations to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements and best practices in relevant areas.
• Conduct basic and routine inspections.
• Facilitate safety awareness programs.
• Receive and investigate complaints and/or concerns.
• Facilitate waste management operation (radioactive, chemical, and/or biohazardous) when appropriate.
• Facilitate proper workflow across unit.
• Assist in the generation and monitoring of inventories (radioactive, chemical, and/ or biohazardous).
• Coordinate laboratory setup and related activities with college Facilities teams or other necessary personnel.
• Support the department in the creation of policies, procedures, and resources.
• Communicate with administrators, faculty, staff, and students regarding safety bulletins, policies, and inquiries.
• Assist in the resolution of audit findings and issues where appropriate.
• Assist with development and review of laboratory procedures.
• May provide direct and/or indirect supervision to exempt and non-exempt staff (i.e., hiring/firing, performance evaluations, disciplinary action, approve time off, etc.).
• Perform related duties based on departmental need.

What We're Looking For

• Bachelor’s degree in industrial hygiene, physical science, chemistry or biology. Four (4) years of relevant work experience and/or other specialized training can be used in lieu of education requirement.
• Must obtain "trustworthy and reliable status" as outlined by Ohio Department of Health within three (3) months of employment.
• Work experience in environmental health and safety, basic or clinical research, health physics or compliance.
• Must have experience working in or with wet labs.

Compensation & Benefits

• Salary: $52,000 - $58,000 per year.
• Comprehensive tuition remission for employee and eligible dependents, covering nearly all undergraduate and graduate programs offered by the university.
• Robust retirement plans: OPERS, STRS or Alternative Retirement Plan (ARP); UC contributes 14–18% of salary based on position.
• Work-life balance with generous time-off: vacation and sick time, 11 paid holidays, Winter Season Days, and 6 weeks of paid parental leave for new parents.
• Comprehensive health coverage (medical, dental, vision, prescription) and flexible spending accounts/wellness programs.