Health and Safety Specialist

This position has been deemed critical by the School of Engineering Dean’s Office and is exempt from the hiring freeze.

Note - Visa sponsorship is not available for this position. All candidates must be eligible to work and live in the U.S.

Work Arrangement: This position is onsite, working at the Stanford main campus.

Budgeted Salary: The budgeted base salary range for this position is $123,218 to $141,579 per annum.
                                   
The School of Engineering
Stanford Engineering has been at the forefront of innovation for over a century, creating pivotal technologies that have transformed the worlds of information technology, communications, health care, energy, business and beyond. Our faculty and students are creative risk-takers who pursue excellence across a breadth of disciplines. Our alumni include some of the world's most successful leaders in technology and business. Our staff are critical to enabling Stanford Engineering to accomplish its mission: seeking solutions to some of the world's most urgent challenges and educating leaders who will make the world a better place through the power of engineering principles, techniques and systems.

We seek a Health and Safety Specialist with experience working in a large, interdisciplinary facility with complex instrumentation and labs. This position is within the SoE and interfaces with a variety of subject matter experts within the University’s Environmental Health and Safety Department. The candidate will be a key contributor to the School’s Culture of Safety and work as part of a collaborative team of Building Managers, Lab Managers, faculty, and students. 

The Health and Safety Specialist is assigned a geographical area within the SoE and is the primary point of contact for health and safety issues within this area. The person in this role will develop relationships with area personnel and will support them in their efforts to be safe and healthy.  The Health and Safety Specialist is considered a generalist and will perform moderately complex technical work in a wide range of environmental, health, and safety disciplines to ensure a safe work environment for both students and staff.  The person in this role will implement EHS programs working side-by-side with researchers, will implement new ideas to provide safety support within our buildings, and most importantly will develop relationships with researchers for open communication. Our environment of cutting edge research ensures that you will learn and innovate with each new project. 

This position will primarily support the Chemical Engineering, Bioengineering, and Civil and Environmental Engineering departments.  

In this role you:

• Frequently stand, sit, and perform desk based computer tasks.
• Occasionally use a telephone, write by hand.
• Rarely kneel, crawl, climb ladders, reach/work above shoulder, twist/bend/stoop/squat, grasp lightly/fine manipulation, grasp forcefully, write by hand, sort and file paperwork or parts, operate foot and/or hand controls, carry, push, and pull objects that weigh 40 pounds or more.
• Must wear personal protective equipment as defined/required by job assignments.
• May rarely be exposed to high voltage electricity, radiation or electromagnetic fields, lasers, noise > 80dB TWA, allergens/biohazards/chemicals /asbestos, or heavy metals
• May rarely work in confined spaces or at heights ≥10 feet.

Preferred Requirements:

• A professional certification (CIH, CSP and/or CHMM) or advanced EH&S-related degree is desirable
• Experience within the research, biotechnology, energy, or environmental profession is desired
   

Core Duties:

• Develop, implement, and maintain programs, systems, andprocedures necessary to ensure the overall safety and health ofemployees and the community.

• May develop and conduct employee and student training, education,and awareness of environmental, safety and health activities, and/orprograms.

• Identify, assess, and monitor workplace hazards (including butnot limited to, chemical, physical, biological, and radiological) thatcould be present in the work area; remediate hazards, and/or recommendimprovements to minimize hazard potential.

• Investigate accidents, incidents, injuries, and complaintsconcerning potential hazards or unsafe conditions in the workplace.

• Recommend improvements in processes, design, procedures, andoperating equipment to minimize hazard potential.

• Provide technical advice and university interpretation of variousgovernment regulations and university policies; maintain workingknowledge of specific government regulations.

• May act as a lead or technical expert, and provide direction toless experienced personnel working on health/safety programs.

Minimum Education:

Bachelor’s degree in arts/science in related allied/scientificfield

Minimum Experience:

Three years progressively responsible experience in occupationalsafety and health, emergency response/management, environmental science,and/or allied/scientific field, or an equivalent combination ofeducation and relevant experience.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Demonstrated ability to conduct effective health and safetysurveys, quantitative and qualitative exposure/risk assessments, anddata analyses; ability to provide recommendations for exposure/riskcontrol.

• Ability to effectively communicate orally and in writing withdiverse audiences; ability to explain technical concepts clearly andconcisely.

• Ability to maintain current knowledge of and interpret specificgovernment agency requirements (statutes, regulations, licenses, andpermits) and university policies.

• Working knowledge of the scientific and technical aspects ofvarious regulatory requirements and potential impact on assigned workarea(s).