Env., Health, and Safety Engineer jobs in Tucson, AZ

The Director of Environmental Health & Safety (EH&S) provides direction and guidance for EH&S Coordinators and Specialist(s) to ensure the health and safety for students, faculty, staff, and visitors. Performs coordination and oversight of complex and multi-campus facilities including implementing safeguards to protect buildings against fires. Collaborates to achieve collegewide regulatory compliance. Manages in-house and contracted resources providing planning, scheduling, coordinating, and budgeting. Contributes to facilities organizational leadership regarding aspects of unit structure, methods and finance. Represents college facilities in purchasing selection as well as interactions with outside organizations.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Directs and oversees the EH&S department having District-wide responsibilities including Industrial Hygiene, Environmental Services and Fire and Life Safety operations.
• Oversees the operating budget for EH&S to ensure funds are spent appropriately. Assists with managing the approved Capital Improvement budgets related to EH&S efforts.
• Responsible for managing EH&S unit. Responds to facilities emergencies and deploys appropriate resources and resolves facilities EH&S operational problems.
• Coordinates EH&S activities between college sites; sets priorities and assigns resources.
• Prioritizes and assigns work for EH&S staff, conducts performance evaluations, ensures staff are trained, makes hiring, termination, and disciplinary recommendations.
• Management oversight of numerous service contracts and blanket purchase order agreements with vendors and contractors.
• Develops complex reports and meets regulatory reporting requirements. Acts as the primary liaison for some or all of the associated regulatory agencies as assigned or directed by supervisor.
• Work with and use the Facility Asset Management Information System (FAMIS) and various Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software to plan and organize work, to ensure accountability of EH&S staff work hours, and to document the expenditure of college resources during work activities.
• Exam construction documents to review proposed improvements and accept work performed. Develop, review, and maintain college standards working with Facilities Planning, Facilities Operations and Facilities Infrastructure for input.
• Participate in and review administrative and long-range planning meetings and other related functions to support the EH&S Department and the College.
• Works with and supports EH&S staff to ensure quality service including resolution of service order backlogs and scheduling issues. Resolve customer complaints.
• Administers and implements operational and programmatic goals, board policies, administrative procedures, standard procedures and guidelines, and services. Establishes, monitors, evaluates, and improves processes, procedures and standards ensuring alignment with the College mission, values, goals, objectives, and initiatives.
• Represents the EH&S Department at various meetings and other forums in support of the College.
• Performs all other duties and responsibilities as assigned or directed by the supervisor.

Job Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in environmental engineering or a closely related field of study and
• Five to eight years of related experience and
• Three years of supervisory experience and
• Current and valid Asbestos building Inspection certification/license, DOT Hazardous Materials certification/license, Hazardous Waste Management certification/license, and Fire Inspector, Level 1 (or the ability to obtain within three months of hire)

or

• An equivalent combination of certification, education, and experience sufficient to successfully perform the essential duties of the job such as those listed above.

Preferred:

• Master’s degree in environmental engineering or a closely related field of study
• Eight years of related experience

The ideal candidate will have the following knowledge, skills and abilities:

• Knowledge of regulatory compliance principles and practices
• Knowledge of leadership and supervisory skills to direct the Maintenance department
• Knowledge of managing contractors, vendors, and outside agencies that affect the College and the EH&S department
• Knowledge of business management and fiscal practices. Developing and implementing budgets, planning, analyzing, and evaluating facilities planning, construction, and operational needs
• Knowledge and application of organizational and time management principles. Project management including project planning, project budget development, project scheduling
• Knowledge of security procedures. Skill in effective communication (both written and oral). Communicating technical and complex information. Skill in EH&S expertise required to manage/ address departments assigned responsibilities.
• Skill in analyzing data and independent decision making. Analyze complex situations and provide solutions to College operations issues. Plan, analyze and evaluate department services and fiscal constraints.
• Skill in budget/resource management. Manage, develop, and implement department fiscal budgets.
• Skill in organization, coordination, and management
• Skill in performing a variety of duties, often changing from one task to another of a different nature
• Skill in project management principles, processes, and techniques
• Skill in performing a variety of duties, often changing from one task to another of a different nature. Ability to adapt and maintain professional composure in emergent and crisis situations
• Ability to develop and maintain effective and positive working relationships
• Ability to operate relevant equipment required to complete EH&S responsibilities

Physical Requirements:

• Environment: Work is performed primarily in a non-traditional work environment with staff contact and frequent interruptions.
• Physical: Primary functions require sufficient physical ability and mobility to work in an non-traditional work setting; to stand or sit for prolonged periods of time; to occasionally stoop, bend, kneel, crouch, climb, balance, reach, and twist; to lift, carry, push, and/or pull moderate (up to 50 pounds) amounts of weight; to operate various equipment required to perform job including office equipment requiring repetitive hand movement and fine coordination, i.e., computer keyboard; may be required to travel to other locations using various modes of private and commercial transportation; and to verbally communicate to exchange information. May be exposed to various hazardous conditions such as extreme heat, extreme cold, infectious disease, moving vehicles, electrical current, chemicals, tight spaces, or high places, moving mechanical parts, etc.
• Vision: Ability to see in the normal visual range with or without correction.
• Hearing: Ability to hear in the normal audio range with or without correction.