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Safety Specialist - Laboratory Safety Programs
Ideal candidate will have Laboratory Safety Programs experience, laboratory design and construction; strong biological or chemical backgrounds in academic centers preferably with the following:
NIH rDNA Guidelines;
SUMMARY
The primary purpose of the Safety Specialist position is to provide technical expertise to resolve safety issues involving personnel, visitors, patients and other institutional staff and contractors. Performs and completes special projects as assigned or as needed to address institutional safety issues. Maintains awareness as assigned or as needed to address institutional safety issues. Maintains awareness with applicable laws, regulations and national guidelines relevant to section functions and responsibilities. Completes environmental and safety policy review and development risk assessment, incident investigations, report writing and presentations to management in order to communicate risk and solutions. Assists in drafting comments on proposed state and federal regulations as needed. Duties may include functions in any or all of the following areas: Fire and Life Safety, Occupational Health and Safety, Radiation Safety, Emergency Preparedness and Joint Commission, Environmental Protection, Construction Safety and Biological, Chemical and Laboratory Safety.
- Responds to internal institutional incidents such as hazardous chemical/biological spills.
- Provides training to safety technicians and customers on laboratory safety program management operations, regulations and requirements to maintain compliance.
- Manage institutional electronic repository for safety data sheets, MSDSOnline.
- Conducts and revises Laboratory Safety program training.
- Provides training to safety technicians and customers on laboratory safety program management operations, regulations and requirements to maintain compliance.
- Develops and maintains Laboratory Safety communication programs for institutional and division.- Conducts metrics and data analysis for performance measurement, budget forecasts, and program recommendations. Documents data and generates reports for departmental evaluation.
- Other duties as assigned.
- A requirement of this position is to be competent and expected to enter data into mobile devices while working away from your workstation, where wi-fi is available. In areas where wi-fi is not available, data is expected to be entered or uploaded at the earliest opportunity
Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Applied or Basic Sciences, Industrial Hygiene, Public Health, Environmental Science or related field. Class A, B or C valid Texas driver's license depending on the type and weight of vehicle to be operated and number of passengers to be carried and eligible to drive State and institutional vehicles.
It is the policy of The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center to provide equal employment opportunity without regard to race, color, religion, age, national origin, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, disability, protected veteran status, genetic information, or any other basis protected by institutional policy or by federal, state or local laws unless such distinction is required by law. http://www.mdanderson.org/about-us/legal-and-policy/legal-statements/eeo-affirmative-action.html
