Careers

Description:

Reporting to the Occupational Safety and Health Manager, this temporary position assists in implementation of environmental and occupational health and safety programs. This position will work with senior staff members and managers to support the development, implementation and sustainment of industrial hygiene and physical safety programs. This includes conducting risk and exposure assessments, including air, noise, and surface sampling, helping to ensure regulatory compliance, conducting respirator training and fit testing, supporting incident investigations, and sustaining core occupational safety and industrial hygiene services for the UW enterprise.

Skills/Eligibility:

The successful candidate will become familiar with the mission, vision, strategic objectives, policies and procedures affecting the EH&S department. EH&S interacts regularly with and the University’s organizational units (academic, operational, administrative, clinical and research), managers and staff and supports regulatory inspections and reporting under the direction of senior staff, as well as external regulatory entities. This position must have foundational skills and training in complex risk and exposure assessments in scenarios where there may not be clear regulatory direction. This position is expected to understand and interpret a variety of regulations and requirements and apply them to diverse University workplaces. The ideal candidate must be organized and able to quickly learn the organizational structures, communication dynamics, and service expectations of the Department. The position requires the ability to follow established procedures, manage routine tasks accurately, and support senior occupation health and safety staff across multiple OSH programs.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Occupational hygiene, exposure sciences, environmental health, engineering, chemistry, natural sciences, or related field.

• 1-3 years of occupational health and safety or related work experience, including field work

  Familiarity with basic occupational safety and health principles and applications.

  • This may include but is not limited to the following programs; industrial hygiene, confined space, electrical, fall protection, hazardous energy control safety programs, respiratory protection, personal protective equipment, chemical and physical agent exposure assessment, hearing loss prevention, and ergonomics.

Additional Requirements:

• Experience applying scientific or technical information in a work, academic, or customer‑facing setting.

• Familiarity with applicable federal, state and local laws, regulations, consensus standards, and current technology concerning health and safety issues, and ability to interpret and apply them

• Experience and/or knowledge of use of industrial hygiene and safety equipment

• Ability to research and summarize reputable information on health and safety issues

• Ability to effectively communicate clearly, both orally and written, with diverse audiences at all levels of the institution including faculty, staff and students

• Strong organization skill and ability to follow established procedures and workflows

• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to build effective working relationships with team members and university partners.

Desired Qualifications:

• Advanced degree in occupational hygiene, exposure sciences, public health, occupational safety, environmental health, engineering, chemistry, natural sciences, or related field

• Experience in higher education, research environments, or other complex organizations.

• Experience in working with regulatory agencies in Washington State

• Experience handling data, documentation, and recordkeeping in an administrative or scientific setting.

• Experience using standard office software (Microsoft Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, and Teams)