Manager of Environmental Health and Safety

Western University; Pomona (CA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Retirement benefits

Paid time off

Job summary

Western University is seeking a Manager of Environmental Health and Safety to lead the daily operations of its EHS programs on the Pomona campus. The role focuses on implementing safety programs, conducting inspections, coordinating compliance activities, delivering training, and supporting emergency preparedness across the university.

You will work with faculty, staff, and campus partners to ensure regulatory compliance and foster a proactive safety culture.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Environmental Health, Safety, Industrial Hygiene, or related field; Certification in Applied Environmental Health and Safety.
• Three (3) to five (5) years of progressively responsible experience in Environmental Health and Safety.
• Experience conducting safety inspections, incident investigations, and regulatory compliance activities.

Responsibilities

• Supervise the Chemical Hygiene Officer and Environmental Health & Safety Specialist.
• Establish priorities, assigns work, conducts performance evaluations, and ensures staff effectively support departmental goals and regulatory compliance.
• Promote collaboration, accountability, and continuous improvement within the Environmental Health & Safety team.
• Implements and manages university Environmental Health & Safety programs, policies, and procedures to ensure regulatory compliance.
• Oversees laboratory safety, chemical hygiene, hazardous waste management, biosafety, and environmental compliance programs.
• Coordinates and delivers training programs for faculty, staff, students, and contractors.
• Ensures completion of compliance training and maintains training records.
• Coordinates hazardous waste management, chemical inventory systems, regulatory reporting, and inspections.
• Leads investigations involving workplace injuries and hazardous material incidents.

Skills

OSHA knowledge

Lab safety

Inspections

Organizational skills

Report writing

Interpersonal skills

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in Environmental Health

Certification in Applied Environmental Health and Safety

Job description

Manager of Environmental Health and Safety

As you take your first step onto a Western University of Health Sciences campus, each path, each person, each structure comes with a transformative story. WesternU is more than the practice of medicine. We are defined by character and culture.
At WesternU, you will discover humanism at the heart of every interaction: a warm welcome, a sincere smile, a positive word, a kind deed, a thoughtful gesture. You will see students work together on case studies; a parade of pets in campus parks; student clubs offering opportunities for career growth and community involvement; and faculty, staff and students designing their future and the future of WesternU. We display a collaborative mindset in how we operate, educate, and serve others.
Although, geographically, we are two campuses - as humanists, we are one: to enhance and extend the quality of life in our communities and achieve excellence in everything we do. We attract diverse, professional faculty, staff and students that thrive in an environment of humanistic health care education. Join our team of faculty and staff and make a difference.

Position Title

Position Title Manager of Environmental Health and Safety

Position Control Number

Position Control Number A04200

Type of Position

Type of Position Administration

Position Status

Position Status Full-time

Department

Department 13191-Environmental Health and Safety

Campus

Campus Western University Campus-Pomona, CA

Position Location

Position Location California

Job Summary

Under direction of Associate Vice President, ISS Division, the Manager of Environmental Health and Safety ( EHS ) is responsible for managing the daily operations of the University’s Environmental Health and Safety programs to promote a safe, healthy, and compliant campus environment. This position implements environmental health and safety programs, conducts inspections and risk assessments, coordinates regulatory compliance activities, delivers safety training, and supports emergency preparedness initiatives across the University.
The Manager works collaboratively with faculty, staff, students, regulatory agencies, and campus departments to ensure compliance with applicable federal, state, and local environmental health and safety regulations while fostering a proactive culture of workplace safety.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

Individuals must possess the knowledge, skills, and abilities or be able to perform the essential functions of the assigned classification, with or without reasonable accommodation(s), using some other combination of skills and abilities. Necessary knowledge, skills, and abilities are as follows:

• Working knowledge of OSHA , Cal/ OSHA , EPA , DOT , and hazardous waste regulations.
• Knowledge of laboratory safety practices and chemical hygiene programs.
• Ability to conduct workplace inspections and hazard assessments.
• Strong organizational and project coordination skills.
• Ability to prepare reports, maintain regulatory records, and communicate effectively with regulatory agencies.
• Excellent interpersonal and customer service skills.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

Ability to

• Ability to manage multiple priorities while maintaining regulatory compliance.
• Demonstrate a commitment to working in an organization that values and promotes humanism.

Required Qualifications

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in Environmental Health, Safety, Industrial Hygiene, or a related field; Certification in Applied Environmental Health and Safety.

Experience or Training

• Three (3) to five (5) years of progressively responsible experience in Environmental Health and Safety.
• Experience conducting safety inspections, incident investigations, and regulatory compliance activities.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Environmental Health, Public Health, or Safety Management, with relevant professional certifications (e.g., Certified Safety Professional).
• Experience working in higher education, healthcare, research laboratories, or similar regulated environments preferred.
• Previous supervisory or lead experience preferred but not required.
• Certified Safety Professional ( CSP ).
• Certified Hazardous Materials Manager ( CHMM ).
• HAZWOPER 40-Hour.
• Registered Environmental Health Specialist ( REHS ) (preferred).

Key Responsibilities

Leadership and Personnel Management:

• Provides direct supervision, coaching, performance management, and professional development for the Chemical Hygiene Officer and Environmental Health & Safety Specialist.
• Establishes priorities, assigns work, conducts performance evaluations, and ensures staff effectively support departmental goals and regulatory compliance.
• Promotes collaboration, accountability, and continuous improvement within the Environmental Health & Safety team.

Environmental Health & Safety Program Administration:

• Implements and manages university Environmental Health & Safety programs, policies, and procedures to ensure compliance with OSHA , Cal/ OSHA , EPA , DOT , and other applicable federal, state, and local regulations.
• Oversees the operational execution of laboratory safety, chemical hygiene, hazardous waste management, biosafety, and environmental compliance programs.

Training and Safety Education:

• Coordinates and delivers environmental health and safety training programs for faculty, staff, students, and contractors.
• Ensures completion of required compliance training, maintains training records, and promotes a culture of safety across the University.

Inspections, Hazard Assessments, and Risk Management:

• Conducts laboratory, workplace, and facility inspections; performs hazard assessments; identifies compliance deficiencies; recommends corrective actions; and monitors completion of corrective measures.
• Coordinates with Facilities, Public Safety, and department leadership to mitigate identified risks.

Incident Investigation and Emergency Preparedness:

• Leads investigations involving workplace injuries, hazardous material incidents, laboratory accidents, and near misses.
• Assists with emergency preparedness planning, hazardous material response, emergency exercises, and business continuity efforts while coordinating with Public Safety and external emergency response agencies as needed.

Regulatory Compliance, Reporting, and Committee Participation:

• Coordinates hazardous waste management, chemical inventory systems, regulatory reporting, permit compliance, and agency inspections.
• Serves as the Environmental Health & Safety representative on university safety committees, including the Institutional Biosafety Committee and Radiation Safety Committee, and collaborates with internal stakeholders to maintain regulatory compliance.

Posting Details Continued

Work Schedule

• Standard business hours, with occasional emergency or upgrade-related support during evening or weekend.

We believe in making an impact in the lives of our employees, personally, and professionally. Every employee has different individual and/or family needs. We offer benefits that are both comprehensive and flexible to address your unique needs. We believe work-life harmony is positive and achievable.
We offer competitive salaries, generous paid time off, insurance plans, reimbursements, and retirement benefits. Additionally.

• Our faculty, staff, and administrators are 100% focused on student success.
• Our University culture creates the context for a nurturing and supportive environment.
• Faculty, staff, and students can expect to make deep, personal relationships within the University community.
• As a Faculty, Staff, or Student at WesternU, you can focus on work that you love, be your authentic self, and lead to the future with innovation in health sciences.
• WesternU's core value of humanism encourages all to bring their whole self in all that they do.
• We are committed to fostering a culture of respect, equity, collaboration, and fun at all levels for all people!

Expected Pay Scale

Minimum

Minimum $110,000.00 Annually

Maximum

Maximum $120,000.00 Annually

Physical Demands

Do the essential functions of this job require lifting?

Yes

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to use hands to handle or operate laboratory equipment and a PC, and to talk or hear. The employee is regularly required to sit, stand, walk, reach with hands and arms, and occasionally stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus. The employee may be required to wear personal protective equipment, including safety glasses, gloves, and lab coats, and work in environments where hazardous chemicals are present.

Describe Work Environment

Duties are routinely performed in both typical office and laboratory settings. While performing duties in the laboratory, the employee may be exposed to fumes or airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals, biological hazards, and extreme cold (non-weather). The employee may also face a risk of electric shock. The employee is regularly exposed to wet or humid conditions (non-weather), moving mechanical parts, and occasionally to high, precarious places. The employee may be occasionally exposed to outdoor weather conditions, extreme heat (non-weather), and risk of radiation. The noise level in the laboratory setting may be moderate to loud due to ventilation systems and other laboratory equipment. In the office setting, the noise level is typically low to moderate.

Posting Information

Posting Number

Posting Number A01051

Posting Date

Posting Date 08/20/2026

Close Date

Close Date 08/20/2027

Open Until Filled Yes

Conditions of Employment - Background Check

To secure employment, successful fulfillment of a background check, including a criminal records check, may be required. Western University of Health Sciences will extend a conditional offer of employment, subject to rescission if the background check unveils disqualifying information or if it is found that the candidate deliberately withheld or misrepresented information. Non-completion of the background check to satisfaction may impact the ongoing employment of a current Western University of Health Sciences employee who received a conditional offer for the position.

Pay Transparency Act

Pay Transparency Act- Western University of Health Sciences is required to provide a reasonable estimate of the compensation range for this role. This range considers various factors in making compensation decisions, including but not limited to experience, skills, knowledge, abilities, education, licensure and certifications, and other business and organizational needs. It is not typical for an individual to be offered a salary at or near the top of the range for a position. Salary offers are determined based on final candidate qualifications and experience. The Expected Pay Scale is defined as the budgeted salary or hourly range that the University reasonably expects to pay for this position. Placement within the Expected Pay Scale is determined by internal equity and relevant qualifications.

Equal Opportunity