Assistant Director, Healthy Facilities/Pest Management

JOB PURPOSE:

Under minimal supervision, perform the most complex technical work in a wide range of environmental, health, and safety disciplines to ensure a safe work environment and to achieve compliance with the university's environmental, health, and safety standards and government regulatory requirements. This role prioritizes ecological controls (including pest control and mitigations) as well as auditing for environmental optimization and health and safety measures of buildings through the lens of urban rodentology and entomology.

CORE DUTIES:

• Work under consultative or self-initiated direction to develop, implement, and maintain programs, systems, and procedures necessary to ensure the overall safety and health of employees and the community, with a particular focus on pest management.
• Act as a lead or technical expert, providing functional direction and training in the overall application of health and safety programs, particularly vector controls for rodents.
• Conduct comprehensive, independent compliance assurance reviews of environmental, health, and safety policies and procedures; prepare accompanying management reports, documentation, and evaluations.
• Monitor and prevent potential hazards and unsafe conditions that could be present in the work area.
• Investigate accidents, incidents, injuries, and complaints concerning potential hazards or unsafe conditions in the workplace.
• Recommend and implement improvements in processes, design, procedures, and operating equipment to minimize the hazard potential, with a focus on rodent infiltration and mitigation.
• May lead a team (consultants, temporary labor, etc.) responsible for developing and implementing environmental and/or safety programs. This includes providing oversight to third-party vendors performing relevant services, such as pest control.
• Employees may also perform other duties as assigned.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:

Education & Experience:

Bachelor's degree in arts/science in related allied/scientific field and seven years progressively responsible experience in occupational safety and health, emergency response/management, environmental science, and/or allied/scientific field, or an equivalent combination of education and relevant experience.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Training in the sciences of rodentology and entomology are highly desired and sought after.
• Demonstrated ability to conduct effective health and safety surveys, quantitative and qualitative exposure/risk assessments, and most complex data analyses; ability to provide recommendations for exposure/risk control.
• Ability to effectively communicate orally and in writing with diverse audiences; ability to explain technical concepts clearly and concisely.
• Ability to maintain current knowledge of and interpret specific government agency requirements (statutes, regulations, licenses, and permits) and university policies.
• Working knowledge of the scientific and technical aspects of various regulatory requirements and potential impact on assigned work area(s).
• Demonstrated supervisory/coaching expertise.

Certifications and Licenses:

Must possess and maintain a valid California non-commercial Class C Driver's License, if applicable.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

• Frequently stand, sit, and perform desk-based computer tasks.
• Occasionally use a telephone, write by hand.
• Rarely kneel, crawl, climb ladders, reach/work above shoulder, twist/bend/stoop/squat, grasp lightly/fine manipulation, grasp forcefully, write by hand, sort and file paperwork or parts, operate foot and/or hand controls, carry, push, and pull objects that weigh 40 pounds or more.
• Ability to drive day or night, if applicable.

WORKING CONDITIONS:

• Must wear personal protective equipment as defined/required by job assignments.
• May rarely be exposed to high voltage electricity, radiation or electromagnetic fields, lasers, noise > 80dB TWA, allergens/biohazards/chemicals /asbestos, or heavy metals
• May rarely work in confined spaces or at heights >=10 feet.

WORK STANDARDS:

• When conducting university business, must comply with the California Vehicle Code and Stanford University driving requirements, if applicable.
• Interpersonal Skills: Demonstrates the ability to work well with Stanford colleagues and clients and with external organizations.
• Promote Culture of Safety: Demonstrates commitment to personal responsibility and value for safety; communicates safety concerns; uses and promotes safe behaviors based on training and lessons learned.
• Subject to and expected to comply with all applicable University policies and procedures, including but not limited to the personnel policies and other policies found in the University's Administrative Guide, http://adminguide.stanford.edu.

The expected pay range for this position is $140,000 to $155,000 per annum.

Stanford University provides pay ranges representing its good faith estimate of what the university reasonably expects to pay for a position. The pay offered to a selected candidate will be determined based on factors such as (but not limited to) the scope and responsibilities of the position, the qualifications of the selected candidate, departmental budget availability, internal equity, geographic location and external market pay for comparable jobs.