Job Description
Title:
Safety Manager
Job Class Code:
6616
Summary:
Function & Scope:
To provide professional knowledge and expertise in the
administration and support of environmental health and safety programs.
Responsible for the overall coordination and implementation of
environmental health and safety programs to assure compliance with
regulatory agency guidelines and institutional policies.
Essential Functions:
Typical Essential Functions include but are not limited to the following:
- Ensures compliance with all applicable federal, state and local
legislation and codes governing environmental health and safety. - Develops policies and procedures to ensure compliance with regulations and guidelines.
- Interfaces with regulatory agencies, committee members and institutional
staff to formulate corrective actions. - Designs training for all levels of employees, principal investigators and researchers.
- Ensures personnel training and corrective action follow-up is completed.
- Assesses risk potential of hazardous laboratory and research experimental protocols.
- Develops and implements accident investigation, data analysis, and
recurrence prevention programs and procedures. - Conducts on-site reviews and audits of operations and facilities.
- Reviews registration and documents for regulatory and University safety compliance.
- Monitors all
current information on regulations and requirements related to hazardous
materials and agents. - Directs industrial hygiene, occupational, and general
safety programs to ensure a safe environment and comply with safety
standards. - Investigates and evaluates new safety equipment for appropriateness.
- Responds and provides assistance to all emergency
situations.
Marginal Functions:
- Performs other duties as assigned.
- Attends conferences, meeting, and workshops to keep up-to-date
on new safety methods and procedures to applicable codes and regulations
or to maintain required level of certification.
Supervision:
Received:
General supervision from immediate supervisor
Given:
General supervision of assigned staff when assigned
Education:
Required:
Bachelor's degree/
Preferred:
Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Applied or Basic Science,
Environmental Science, Industrial Hygiene, or a related field.
Experience:
Required:
Four years of directly related experience in environmental health
and safety compliance
Preferred:
Experience in research activities
Other Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
Eligible to be certified in one of the following:
Certified Safety Professional (CSP) by Board of Certified Safety Professional
Certified Industrial Hygienist (CIH) by American Board of Industrial Hygiene
Certified Biological Safety Professional (CBSP) by American Biological
Safety Association
Special Job Requirements (such as hours, accuracy, special equipment and/or working conditions):
Use of equipment designed to inspect, test, monitor, and measure
safe environmental levels. Use of standard office equipment. Work conditions are typically Laboratory, research, clinical facilities, construction projects,
and field conditions in or adjacent to radiation, biological and/or
hazardous material work areas. May require working after hours, occasional weekend to respond to
emergency or non-emergency situations.
Other:
If this is a supervisory position, the incumbent is expected to complete required supervisory training; orient, train and develop subordinates; provide appropriate coaching, guidance and supervision to subordinates; and complete annual performance evaluations.
Specific job requirements or physical location of some positions allocated to this classification may render the position security sensitive; thereby subject to the provisions of Section 51.215 Texas Education Code.
Responsible for duties as assigned relating to internal controls including safe-guarding of department assets, reliability of department financial information, and compliance with applicable laws, regulations, policies and procedures.
Any qualifications to be considered as equivalents, in lieu of stated minimums, require the prior written approval of the Assistant Vice President, Human Resources Management.
Last Updated: August 20, 2007
