Biosafety Consultant — Onsite Boston, Drive Compliance & Impact

Triumvirate Environmental; Somerville (MA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) match

Tuition reimbursement

Safety training program

Mentorship & Career Succession

Job summary

Triumvirate Environmental, one of the largest environmental services firms in North America, seeks a Biosafety Consultant to join our consulting team in the greater Boston area. You will scope engagements, run discovery, deliver client-ready reports, and present findings to laboratory leadership and EHS directors to ensure safe, compliant operations.

You will build biosafety programs, conduct training, and develop risk assessments and SOPs, supporting research, clinical, and manufacturing

Qualifications

• One to five years of progressive professional experience in biosafety or a closely related field, including research compliance, research or diagnostic laboratory operations, or EHS with biological scope.
• Bachelor’s degree in Biology, Microbiology, Biochemistry, or related fields such as Occupational Health and Safety, Chemistry, or Engineering.
• Professional knowledge of federal, state, and local regulations pertaining to CDC and NIH biosafety guidelines as they apply to infectious agents, recombinant DNA, and bloodborne pathogens.
• Demonstrated ability to apply core biosafety concepts, including criteria for establishing appropriate biosafety containment levels across diverse research and laboratory applications.
• Demonstrated knowledge of recombinant DNA technology, viral vectors, and biological hazards.

Responsibilities

• Inspect laboratories, vivaria, and containment spaces against NIH Guidelines, BMBL, and institutional biosafety requirements, and document findings with corrective actions.
• Evaluate containment practice and equipment through direct observation and conversation with bench personnel, including biosafety cabinet use and certification status, PPE selection for the agent and procedure, sharps handling, decontamination, and biological waste segregation.
• Identify exposure risks from infectious agents, recombinant and synthetic nucleic acids, viral vectors, and aerosol-generating procedures, and recommend controls spanning containment level, engineering controls, directional airflow, work practice, and PPE.
• Investigate exposure incidents, spills, sharps injuries, and containment near misses, identify root causes, and recommend corrective and preventive actions, including any required agency or IBC notification.
• Work with principal investigators, laboratory managers, and client EHS staff on biosafety concerns, and recommend corrective actions the bench will actually adopt.
• Independently deliver biosafety training, including new researcher orientation, bloodborne pathogens, BSL-2 practices and containment, biological spill response, and shipping of biological materials, along with general EHS topics such as hazard communication where clients require them.

Skills

Biosafety concepts

Client communication

IBC coordination

Regulatory knowledge

Lab operations

Education

Bachelor’s in Biology or related field

Job description

Triumvirate Environmental, one of the largest environmental services firms in North America, seeks a Biosafety Consultant to join our consulting team in the greater Boston area. You will scope engagements, run discovery, deliver client-ready reports, and present findings to laboratory leadership and EHS directors to ensure safe, compliant operations.

You will build biosafety programs, conduct training, and develop risk assessments and SOPs, supporting research, clinical, and manufacturing