potential impact on university personnel, workplaces, and environmental, safety or compliance programs and related activities.
Be responsible for oversight of, or performing testing,
sampling or surveys of equipment, materials or environments and
will collect and maintain required documentation and records of
activities; compile and assess information (e.g., data, results,
findings, methodologies) and prepare various reports or briefings;
evaluate and develop data management procedures, resources, and
tools in accordance with the appropriate knowledge and/or
certifications.
Develop, organize, direct, and participate in meetings,
conferences, seminars, training/compliance programs, and
committees; provide consultation to unit staff or university as
necessary on compliance programs, policies, standards or
regulations, as well as communicate and disseminate information on
programs, policies, standards or regulations; develop, prepare,
and/or approve training materials or communications related to
compliance efforts and programs, including online.
Design and coordinate workplace occupational health and safety
programs and implement active efforts to identify, isolate, or
eliminate hazardous operations, materials, or processes; coordinate
and/or participate in responses to spills of hazardous materials;
and coordinate hazardous materials waste management.
Implement, maintain, and update emergency management response
plans and procedures related to environmental health, occupational
health, and safety, participate in mandated drills and
investigations and fulfill emergency management roles in the event
of a crisis.
Assist in the investigation, response and/or reporting of
complaints, injuries, and incidents; directly collaborate with and
provide information to outside local, state, and federal regulatory
agencies including, but not limited to; OSHA, MOSH, NFPA, ADA,
ANSI, ASME, as well as risk management and insurance providers as
authorized by university-level compliance authority. This includes
travel to sites and conducting root cause analyses and audits,
identifying risks and ensuring regulatory compliance.
Work collaboratively with facilities management and across
departments to ensure compliance including generator testing,
emergency preparedness training, ergonomics, safety testing/drills
and working with local authorities, general safety measures, PPE
training, industrial/chemical hygiene, waste management, wetlands,
inspect, test, and evaluate workplace environment, programs, and
equipment to ensure that they meet/follow government
regulations.
Alert relevant university department on unsafe work or
practices, recommend stoppage as needed, and review documentation
of corrective actions before operations resume.
Conduct budget oversight, project management, contractor
management, safety committee leadership, and annual compliance
reporting.
Perform other related duties as assigned.
Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
- Knowledge of environmental health, occupational health, and
safety regulations, equipment, and strategies to promote effective
local, state, or national security operations for protection of
people, data, property, and institutions.
- Experience with project management and tracking tools.
- Knowledge of uses of chemicals and their interactions, danger
signs, production techniques, and disposal methods.
- Experience coordinating and/or facilitating trainings for the
campus community.
- Strong verbal and written communication.
- Ability to collaborate with influence, and instruct across
departments and with internal and external stakeholders.
- Ability to enter, track, analyze databases and develop rational
and realistic conclusions based on relevant information to resolve
issues brought to his/her attention.
- Ability to develop and implement new environmental health and
safety programs.
- Ability to supervise personnel and/or projects.
Minimum Training and Experience:
- Bachelor’s degree in environmental science, environmental
health and safety, industrial hygiene, biological sciences,
chemistry, or a closely related field.
- Five (5) years of professional work experience in environmental
health, occupational health, safety or related field.
- Experience in Loss Control strategies and protocols.
- Experience with overseeing compliance of OSHA
regulations.
- General OSHA 10/ General OSHA 30 or other Safety related
certification required.
- HAZWOPER Certification preferred.
- Additional relevant professional certifications such as CSP,
ASP, or CHMM preferred.
Conditions of Employment:
- Offer of employment is contingent upon successful completion of
due diligence background check and verification of credentials.
Proof of US citizenship or eligibility for U.S. employment will be
required prior to employment (Immigration Control Act of
1986).
Additional Job Information:
Benefits include medical, dental, prescription, long-term
disability, accidental death and dismemberment insurance and life
insurance; paid time for paid sick leave, annual leave, and
personal leave; 12 paid holidays per year, tuition remission;
employer-funded pension and supplemental retirement accounts.
Bowie State University shall not discriminate against any
individual on the basis of race, color, religion, age, ancestry or
national origin, sex, sexual orientation, disability, marital
status or veteran status. All policies, programs, and activities of
Bowie State University are and shall be in conformity with all
pertinent Federal and state laws of nondiscrimination including,
but not limited to: Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as
amended, Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, the Equal
Pay Act of 1963, the Age Discrimination Act, Sections 503 and 504
of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Americans with Disabilities
Act of 1990, Federal Executive Order No. 11375, and Article 49B of
the Annotated Code of Maryland. This commitment applies in all
areas and embraces faculty, staff, and students.
Equal opportunity of access to academic and related programs shall
be extended to all persons. Bowie State University shall have as
its firm objective equal opportunity in recruitment and hiring,
rate of pay, all other promotions, training, retention and
dismissals, for all employees and applicants for employment. The
University will stress equal access for employees and applicants
for employment to all programs and services provided by the
University both on and off campus. The University will also provide
equal opportunity and an atmosphere of nondiscrimination with
respect to women and members of minority groups in all its
operations. In addition, the University shall promote equal
opportunity and equal treatment through a positive and continuing
Affirmative Action Program.
The University makes, and will continue to make, reasonable
accommodations to promote the employment of qualified individuals
with disabilities and disabled veterans, unless such accommodations
would impose an undue hardship on the University's business.
In addition, employees and applicants will not be subjected to
harassment, intimidation, threats, coercion, or discrimination
because they have engaged in, or may have engaged in, activities
such as filing a complaint, assisting or participating in an
investigation, compliance review or hearing, or opposing any act or
practice made unlawful, or exercising any other right protected by
Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended or the
Vietnam Era Veterans Readjustment Assistance Act of 1974, as
amended.
