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Job Category: Academic Staff
Employment Type: Regular
Job Profile: Environmental Health and Safety Manager
Job Summary:
As a key member of the Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) leadership team, the People & Building Safety Manager is responsible for developing, administering, and implementing comprehensive safety programs that reduce risk, prevent workplace injuries, and minimize losses associated with employee safety and hazardous building materials management. This role leads strategic campus-wide safety and health initiatives, establishes performance metrics, tracks results, and collaborates with cross-functional partners to ensure alignment with organizational goals and regulatory requirements.
The People & Building Safety Manager provides leadership and supervision for a team of safety professionals, guiding daily operations, performance management, and professional development while fostering a culture of EHS compliance and best practices. The position oversees employee safety training programs to ensure compliance with OSHA standards, manages safety committees and incident review processes, coordinates campus safety initiatives, and partners closely with Facilities, Housing, Athletics, academic units, unions, and other stakeholders to identify hazards, develop practical solutions, and enhance workplace safety across a wide range of operational, academic, and research environments.
Leveraging broad subject matter expertise in occupational safety, the manager serves as a trusted advisor to faculty, staff, and students, delivering training, driving continuous improvement, and promoting proactive risk management throughout the organization.
Join us in creating a safer, healthier campus where every individual can learn, work, and thrive.
Ongoing/Renewable
Full-Time: 100% FTE
Occasional nights may be required for this position. Work is performed onsite.
Key Job Responsibilities:
Job Category: Academic Staff
Employment Type: Regular
Job Profile: Environmental Health and Safety Manager
Job Summary:
As a key member of the Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) leadership team, the People & Building Safety Manager is responsible for developing, administering, and implementing comprehensive safety programs that reduce risk, prevent workplace injuries, and minimize losses associated with employee safety and hazardous building materials management. This role leads strategic campus-wide safety and health initiatives, establishes performance metrics, tracks results, and collaborates with cross-functional partners to ensure alignment with organizational goals and regulatory requirements.
The People & Building Safety Manager provides leadership and supervision for a team of safety professionals, guiding daily operations, performance management, and professional development while fostering a culture of EHS compliance and best practices. The position oversees employee safety training programs to ensure compliance with OSHA standards, manages safety committees and incident review processes, coordinates campus safety initiatives, and partners closely with Facilities, Housing, Athletics, academic units, unions, and other stakeholders to identify hazards, develop practical solutions, and enhance workplace safety across a wide range of operational, academic, and research environments.
Leveraging broad subject matter expertise in occupational safety, the manager serves as a trusted advisor to faculty, staff, and students, delivering training, driving continuous improvement, and promoting proactive risk management throughout the organization.
Join us in creating a safer, healthier campus where every individual can learn, work, and thrive.
Ongoing/Renewable
Full-Time: 100% FTE
Occasional nights may be required for this position. Work is performed onsite.
Key Job Responsibilities:
- Reviews and creates health and safety policies
- Respond to requests for the in-field assessment of work practices and environments. Develop and deliver technically viable occupational safe work methods per the hierarchy of hazard control
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