Chemical Hygiene & Laboratory Safety Lead

Nationwide Children's Hospital; Columbus (OH); On-site; USD 95,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Nationwide Children’s Hospital seeks a safety leader to oversee institutional chemical hygiene, laboratory safety, and hazardous materials management. You will promote safe research operations, ensure regulatory compliance, and act as the subject matter expert across Research Protections and partners.

You will lead program development, inspections, and corrective actions while guiding education resources and emergency preparedness.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Occupational Health and Safety, Industrial Hygiene, Chemistry, Environmental Health and Safety, Chemical Engineering, Environmental Science, or related field, or equivalent experience.
• Master’s Degree preferred.
• Three years of relevant program or project support experience, required.
• Experience ensuring compliance with OSHA, EPA, DOT, NFPA, DEA and state authorities.

Responsibilities

• Lead development, implementation, administration, and continuous improvement of institutional chemical hygiene and laboratory safety programs.
• Evaluate research environments to identify hazards, assess risk, and implement effective safety controls.
• Ensure compliance with environmental, occupational safety, hazardous materials, and laboratory regulations and standards.
• Direct laboratory safety inspections, program assessments, incident reviews, and corrective actions.
• Develop and oversee education, guidance, and technical resources supporting safe lab practices and emergency preparedness.
• Provide technical leadership to research safety personnel and collaborate with leaders and external authorities.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

OSHA Lab Standard

RCRA compliance

NFPA standards

Hazardous materials shipping

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Occupational Health and Safety or related field

Master’s Degree, preferred

Job description

Nationwide Children’s Hospital seeks a safety leader to oversee institutional chemical hygiene, laboratory safety, and hazardous materials management. You will promote safe research operations, ensure regulatory compliance, and act as the subject matter expert across Research Protections and partners.

You will lead program development, inspections, and corrective actions while guiding education resources and emergency preparedness.