EH&S Specialist I — Occupational Safety & Compliance

UMass Med School; Worcester (MA); On-site; USD 58,000 - 62,000; Full time

Job summary

UMass Chan Medical School in Worcester, MA seeks an EH&S Specialist I to support occupational safety and environment of care initiatives within the EH&S team. You will help ensure compliance with OSHA regulations and hospital standards across labs, patient care areas, and construction zones.

The role involves inspections, risk assessments, incident investigations, and data collection across multiple hospital locations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Level Degree, or equivalent, in safety, environmental science, industrial hygiene, fire safety, environmental health and safety, or related field.
• Zero to two years of working experience in safety, environmental science, industrial hygiene, fire safety, environmental health and safety, or related field.
• Ability to become certified as OSHA 40-hour Hazwoper Emergency Responder and wear a full-face respirator.
• Ability to become certified by DOT for manifest signing.
• Must have a valid driver's license and a vehicle or the ability to travel to off-site locations and respond to matters of urgency.
• Internship in safety environmental science, industrial hygiene, fire safety, environmental health and safety, or related field

Responsibilities

• Assist with inspections, evaluations, surveillance surveys & audits of labs, patient care areas & construction areas
• Assist with risk assessments, incident, and injury investigations
• Assist with collecting airborne, surface and personal exposure samples using monitoring equipment or badges
• Assist with performing accident, incident and injury investigations
• May assist with industrial hygiene exposure monitoring
• May assist with maintaining chemical inventories and safety data sheets as part of the medical center's hazard communication program
• May collect and handle hazardous and non-hazardous chemical and pharmaceutical wastes from designated collection areas, assist with proper segregation and labeling of chemical waste, transport hazardous waste to main storage rooms, and assist with preparing hazardous waste for disposal
• Assist with conducting drills and exercises
• Support the creation and preparation of checklists for compliance inspections
• Conduct inventory of safety supplies and par levels
• Assist with response to urgent/emergent calls, questions or requests of lower acuity incidents
• Assist with triaging issues & concerns, report back to supervisor, provide suggested response/follow-up to supervisor, and apply appropriate follow-up
• Assist with data collection, research, and investigation of regulatory concern
• File and maintain records and documentation (i.e. training records, waste manifests, SDS, safety, equipment, certifications, inspection reports)
• Enter data or information into EH&S software applications, databases or filings
• Conduct respiratory fit testing
• Assist with conducting EH&S training
• Assist with drafting or revising programmatic standard operating procedures
• May participate on the EH&S Emergency Response Team (will require wearing full face respirator)
• Participate in the EH&S nights, weekends, holiday and off-hours on-call program
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Skills

Occupational safety

OSHA standards

Education

Bachelor's Degree in relevant field

Job description

UMass Chan Medical School in Worcester, MA seeks an EH&S Specialist I to support occupational safety and environment of care initiatives within the EH&S team. You will help ensure compliance with OSHA regulations and hospital standards across labs, patient care areas, and construction zones.

The role involves inspections, risk assessments, incident investigations, and data collection across multiple hospital locations.