Industrial Hygienist - Health And Safety Specialist

Industrial Hygienist - Health and Safety Specialist

Hiring Department: Envir Health & Safety

Location: Chicago, IL USA

Requisition ID: 1025834

Posting Close Date: July 19, 2024

Salary: $30.74

About the University of Illinois Chicago

UIC is among the nation's preeminent urban public research universities, a Carnegie RU/VH research institution, and the largest university in Chicago. UIC serves over 34,000 students, comprising one of the most diverse student bodies in the nation and is designated as a Minority Serving Institution (MSI), an Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander Serving Institution (AANAPSI) and a Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI). Through its 16 colleges, UIC produces nationally and internationally recognized multidisciplinary academic programs in concert with civic, corporate and community partners worldwide, including a full complement of health sciences colleges.

By emphasizing cutting-edge and transformational research along with a commitment to the success of all students, UIC embodies the dynamic, vibrant and engaged urban university. Recent "Best Colleges" rankings published by U.S. News & World Report, found UIC climbed up in its rankings among top public schools in the nation and among all national universities. UIC has over 300,000 alumni and is one of the largest employers in the city of Chicago.

This is a full-time and benefits eligible position. UIC offers competitive salaries commensurate with experience.

In addition, all full time benefits eligible positions include a comprehensive benefits package which include Health, Dental, Vision, Life, Disability & AD&D insurance, a defined benefit pension plan as well as paid leave which includes Vacation, Holiday and Sick. In addition, we offer tuition waivers for employees and dependents. Click for a complete list of Employee Benefits.

Description:

Engage in a wide variety of industrial hygiene tasks such as exposure monitoring, indoor air quality assessments, ergonomic assessments, noise monitoring and exposure monitoring. Manage the chemical fume hood testing program.

Conducts training in health and safety topics such as confined spaces, lockout tagout, and fall protection. Conduct safety inspections in industrial environments and other areas on the campus and recommend corrective action where environmental health and safety hazards exist.

Duties & Responsibilities:

• Perform other Chemical Fume Hood Testing Program- Manage the chemical fume hood testing program for research laboratories to ensure fume hoods provide users proper protection. Track issues identified to completion. Manage student fume hood testing technicians.

• Safety Training- Conducts training in health and safety topics such as confined spaces, lockout tagout, and fall protection. Ensure training records are entered in the departmental training database. Routinely check the compliance status of assigned training.

• Exposure Monitoring- Perform air and noise monitoring and other environmental assessments to quantify employee exposure levels. Conduct industrial hygiene sampling and monitoring of hazardous materials in the hospital and on the University campus to ensure compliance with OSHA's standards for permissible exposure limits of hazardous materials in the workplace and consensus standards for workplace safety established by ACGIH, ASHRAE, and NIOSH. Use equipment such as a MultiRAE, air velocity meter, air sampling badges, pumps, light/sound meter, and cyclone sampling train.

• Indoor Air Quality and Ergonomic Assessments- Perform indoor air quality assessments to ensure indoor air quality meets established standards, such as those from ASHRAE. Perform ergonomic assessments and make formal recommendations to increase employee comfort and make the workstation more ergonomically sound.

• Occupational Safety Inspections and Investigations- Perform monthly safety inspections in both of UIC's Utility plants and generate formal inspection reports. Conduct accident and incident investigations.
  
  Create formal investigation reports with recommended corrective actions. Track identified issues to completion. Conduct annual lock-out/tag-out audits to ensure employees know how to de-energize a hazardous energy source properly.

• Mold Evaluations- Conduct mold assessments using visual inspection techniques, moisture meters, and infrared camera technology. Make recommendations when remediation is warranted.

• Safety phone and Other Duties as Assigned- Carry the "on-call" safety phone and respond to safety questions received on the phone. The responsibility rotates amongst members of the department.

• Perform other related duties and participate in special projects as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications Required:

• Bachelor's degree with a major in Occupational Safety, Industrial Hygiene, Environmental Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Environmental Health, Public health, Biology, Chemistry, Geology, or Industrial Engineering.

• Two (2) years (24 months) of work experience in Industrial Hygiene, preferably in an Industrial setting.

• Eligibility for licensure/certification as required by State and Federal agencies relative to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) standards, Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) requirements, Comprehensive Environmental Response, compensation and Liability Act (CERLA) requirements, and Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) regulations.

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Fully complete the education, licensure, certification and language sections. You may upload a resume, cover letter, certifications, licensures, transcripts and diplomas within the application.

Please note that once you have submitted your application you will not be able to make any changes. In order to revise your application you must withdraw and reapply.

You will not be able to reapply after the posting close date. Please ensure the application is fully completed and all supporting documents have been uploaded before the posting close date. Illinois Residency is required 180 days of employment.

The University of Illinois System is an equal opportunity employer, including but not limited to disability and/or veteran status, and complies with all applicable state and federal employment mandates. Please visit Required Employment Notices and Posters to view our non-discrimination statement and find additional information about required background checks, sexual harassment/misconduct disclosures, and employment eligibility review through E-Verify.

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