Environmental Health & Safety Technician - EHS-Occupational Safety

Minimum Qualifications:

High School graduate or GED, no experience is required.

Job Summary:

Provides basic technical assistance in the administration of policies, standards, and regulations relating to environmental health and safety under general supervision.

Job Duties: 

• Performs quantitative and qualitative respirator fit testing following approved departmental procedures.
• Performs calibration of industrial hygiene and radiation detection equipment.
• Perform other Radiation & Occupational Safety functions as required, including but not limited to safety shower/ eyewash testing, chemical fume hood certifications, monthly AED inspections, safety audits, employee exposure monitoring, and job hazard analyses.
• Coordinates work duties within program areas and with contractors.
• Provides technical support on safety assignments within established time frames.
• Assists in the development and delivery of safety training programs.
• Assists in the development and implementation of new/ improved work processes.
• Adheres to internal controls and reporting structure.
• Performs related duties as required.

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities

• Knowledge in environmental health & safety regulations.
• Ability to inspect, test, monitor, or measure safe environmental levels.
• Equipment used to inspect, test, monitor, or measure safe environmental levels.
• Ability to drive UTMB vehicles.

Working Environment:

Standard hospital, clinical, laboratory, and/or office environments. Potential exposure to hazardous conditions and/or materials. May involve strenuous activity such as walking, lifting, moving material, use of personal protective equipment such as respiratory protection and chemical-resistant clothing. May be required to pass "Basic Radiation Safety in the Laboratory" course within the first six months of employment and achieve and maintain 24- or 40-hour hazardous waste operations certification according to 29 CFR 1910 requirements within the first six months of hire.

Salary Range:

Actual salary commensurate with experience.

Other

Specific job requirements or physical location of some positions allocated to this classification, may render this position security sensitive, and thereby subject to the provisions of Section 51.215, Texas Education Code.

Eligible for unescorted access to category 1 and category 2 quantities of radioactive material based upon Trustworthiness and Reliability determination (25 TAC §289.252/10 CFR Part 37).