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Environmental, Health, and Safety

The Environmental, Health, and Safety Manager plans, develops, and manages University policies for adhering to local, state, and federal environmental, health, and safety regulations. Manager responsibilities include providing environmental, health, and safety advice regarding facility, work area, and work procedure design and development; directing environmental policy and procedure manual preparation, maintenance, and updates; ensuring regulatory compliance; keeping abreast of legislation and regulations impacting the organization; ensuring projects are completed on time and within budget; acting as advisor to environmental, health, and safety engineering teams regarding projects, tasks, and operations.

• Provide leadership in the development and management of the University's Environmental, Health, and Safety (EHS) protection programs, inclusive of hazardous building material, hazardous waste, hazardous materials shipping programs, and other environmental protection programs
• Hire, train, supervise, and mentor assigned staff
• Service campuses, units, and colleges to meet program needs; provide updates and maintain communication with stakeholders at various levels to achieve desired results
• Manage EHS budgets and databases; track injury trends and share relevant information with leadership and affected units
• Oversee the University accident investigation program in coordination with Risk Management, Human Resources, and third-party workers compensation administrators
• Interpret federal and state regulations concerning EHS programs and compliance
• Audit and recommend changes/updates to programs and procedures, as appropriate; direct non-compliance/other EHS-related investigations; conduct root cause analysis; track, compile, and report findings; develop/recommend corrective action
• Review proposed legislation and regulations; recommend improvements; promote University resource and physical asset stewardship
• Represent the University during interactions with regulatory bodies including the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), Department of Labor (DOL), and Bureau of Workers Compensation (BWC)
• Develop overall safety training and hazard evaluation strategies for the University community

Level:

– Senior Manager

Base Description:

– Manages direct reports where primary duty is the management of a working unit.

Level Summary:

– Demonstrates advanced skills in critical functions related to unit's success. Demonstrates advanced knowledge of emerging technologies and processes. Monitors completed work of others to ensure effectiveness and adherence to requirements. Sets clear expectations and holds team accountable. Establishes a shared team/unit vision. Demonstrates ability to evaluate and enhance team/unit practices that promote a strong commitment to inclusionary practices. Coaches others using appropriate strategies. Demonstrates diplomacy. Demonstrates ability to serve as liaison between senior-level management and staff. Resolves complex, controversial, or unprecedented issues and problems.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

– Oversees large team or teams of individual contributors and/or supervisors/managers
– Leads a department or functional area

Fiscal Responsibilities:

– Monitors and tracks large budgets
– Plans, forecasts, and/or develops budgets
– May approve budgets for specific area
– Typically has final signature authority for specific area

Problem Solving:

– Encounters highly varied and complex problems that impacts the team and possibly the unit
– Develops creative and/or novel approaches to resolve problems that are difficult in nature
– Independently resolves complex and/or unprecedented issues and problems

Independence of Action:

– Work results are not clearly defined
– Generally sets own goals and determines how to accomplish results with few or no guidelines to follow
– Monitors completed work of others to ensure soundness of approach, effectiveness of meeting requirements, the feasibility of recommendations and adherences to requirements
– Delegates more advanced tasks to others

Communication and Collaboration:

– Communicates with both internal and external audiences
– Collaborates closely with team members and various areas across the University
– Fosters collaboration between units and engages others' coordinated efforts to reach desired outcomes with broad scope

• Comp Grade – 14
• Minimum – $97,100.00
• MidPoint – $121,400.00
• Maximum – $145,700.00