Environmental Health & Safety Specialist (EHSS) 3 (HW Technician)

Office of Environmental Health & Safety (OEHS)
Location: New Orleans, LA

Summary
Responsible for the
coordination of on-site waste movements, labeling, storage and shipments of hazardous, biological, and universal wastes. Assists Tulane
departments with managing applicable waste streams ensuring compliance with internal Tulane University standards and procedures as well as
all applicable Federal, State, and local regulatory requirements to include but not limited to:

• Ensure all regulated waste materials
  are characterized, stored, labeled in accordance with applicable regulations.
• Coordinate disposal and transportation to
  Tulane University approved facilities by Tulane University approved vendors.
• Waste/wastewater characterization and
  sampling and coordination with off-site laboratory for analysis.
• Transports waste from campus areas to waste storage
  area.
• Performs waste area inspections and file documentation as required. This includes permanent storage locations and
  satellite accumulation areas.
• Maintains waste disposal records and supports waste generation management in satellite
  accumulation areas.
• Responsible for Waste Storage Area building, infrastructure, and scheduling maintenance activities as
  required.
• Supports spill clean-up activities and subsequent incident reporting and investigations to OEHS
• Maintains inventory of spill response equipment, waste containers and sampling supplies used by OEHS.
• Meets and
  maintains RCRA and DOT Training requirements.
• Supports other OEHS personnel as needed.

• Ensure all regulated waste materials are characterized, stored, labeled in accordance with applicable regulations.
• Coordinate disposal and transportation to Tulane University approved facilities by Tulane University approved vendors.
• Waste/wastewater characterization and sampling and coordination with off-site laboratory for analysis.
• Transports waste
  from campus areas to waste storage area.
• Performs waste area inspections and file documentation as required. This includes
  permanent storage locations and satellite accumulation areas.
• Maintains waste disposal records and supports waste
  generation management in satellite accumulation areas.
• Responsible for Waste Storage Area building, infrastructure, and
  scheduling maintenance activities as required.
• Supports spill clean-up activities and subsequent incident reporting and
  investigations to OEHS
• Maintains inventory of spill response equipment, waste containers and sampling supplies used by
  OEHS.
• Meets and maintains RCRA and DOT Training requirements.
• Supports other OEHS personnel as
  needed.
• Ensure all regulated waste materials are characterized, stored, labeled in accordance with applicable regulations.
• Coordinate disposal and transportation to Tulane University approved facilities by Tulane University approved vendors.
• Waste/wastewater characterization and sampling and coordination with off-site laboratory for analysis.
• Transports waste from
  campus areas to waste storage area.
• Performs waste area inspections and file documentation as required. This includes permanent
  storage locations and satellite accumulation areas.
• Maintains waste disposal records and supports waste generation management in
  satellite accumulation areas.
• Responsible for Waste Storage Area building, infrastructure, and scheduling maintenance activities
  as required.
• Supports spill clean-up activities and subsequent incident reporting and investigations to OEHS
• Maintains
  inventory of spill response equipment, waste containers and sampling supplies used by OEHS.
• Meets and maintains RCRA and DOT
  Training requirements.
• Supports other OEHS personnel as needed.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and
Abilities:

• Coursework in biological sciences, chemistry, environmental health sciences, engineering, toxicology,
  occupational safety and health, or related sciences.
• Basic knowledge of applicable federal, state, and local hazardous waste,
  biological waste, and universal waste regulations, consensus standards and guidelines. These may include but are not limited to regulations
  and guidelines from OSHA, EPA, DEQ, DHH, ADA, DHS, NFPA, DOT, ANSI, AAALAC, CDC, and NIH.
• Knowledge and/or the ability to
  learn to operate sampling or analytical equipment.
• Basic knowledge of laboratory processes related to chemical and
  biomedical research and laboratory waste management.
• Ability to recognize and work with technical chemical nomenclature
  and formulas.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Computer proficiency in word
  processing, spreadsheet/database, and presentation software.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality in all work
  performed.
• Strong administrative, organizational, and analytical skills, plus the ability to exercise discretion, make
  independent judgment decisions, and handle emergency situations.
• Ability to wear respiratory protection.
• On call availability and willingness to work evenings, nights, weekends, and holidays as needed.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:
The position occasionally requires extended periods of walking, bending, kneeling, climbing, lifting and carrying. Use of personal
protective equipment including respiratory protection, and the ability to work in extreme hot, cold or other restrictive or uncomfortable
environments is also required.

• Basic knowledge of applicable federal, state, and local hazardous waste, biological waste, and
  universal waste regulations, consensus standards and guidelines. These may include but are not limited to regulations and guidelines from
  OSHA, EPA, DEQ, DHH, ADA, DHS, NFPA, DOT, ANSI, AAALAC, CDC, and NIH.
• Knowledge and/or the ability to learn to operate sampling
  or analytical equipment.
• Basic knowledge of laboratory processes related to chemical and biomedical research and laboratory waste
  management.
• Ability to recognize and work with technical chemical nomenclature and formulas.
• Excellent written and
  verbal communication skills.
• Computer proficiency in word processing, spreadsheet/database, and presentation software.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality in all work performed.
• Strong administrative, organizational, and analytical skills, plus the
  ability to exercise discretion, make independent judgment decisions, and handle emergency situations.
• Ability to wear respiratory
  protection.
• On call availability and willingness to work evenings, nights, weekends, and holidays as needed.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS: The position occasionally requires extended periods of walking, bending, kneeling, climbing, lifting and
carrying. Use of personal protective equipment including respiratory protection, and the ability to work in extreme hot, cold or other
restrictive or uncomfortable environments is also required.
Required Education and/or Experience:

• Bachelor’s
  Degree from an accredited institution with 3 years’ managing laboratory chemicals or hazardous waste

OR

• High School Diploma/Equivalent with 9 years’ experience.
• Must have a valid and unrestricted (not
  including corrective lens needs) U.S. Driver’s license and must meet the Tulane University Motor Vehicle Policy criteria to become
  authorized as a driver.

OR

• High School Diploma/Equivalent with 9 years’ experience.
• Must have a
  valid and unrestricted (not including corrective lens needs) U.S. Driver’s license and must meet the Tulane University Motor Vehicle Policy
  criteria to become authorized as a driver.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with laboratory processes
  and safety in a chemical or biomedical research laboratory setting.
• General knowledge of chemical and biological safety
  requirements.
• Master’s Degree or five (+) years’ work experience in handling hazardous chemicals, hazardous chemical waste
  and/ or regulated medical waste.
• Two years’ directly related work experience in a University setting.
• General knowledge of chemical and biological safety requirements.
• Master’s Degree or five (+) years’ work experience in handling
  hazardous chemicals, hazardous chemical waste and/ or regulated medical waste.
• Two years’ directly related work experience in a
  University setting.

Compensation Information
This position is classified as “exempt, salaried” and is assigned to pay grade
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How to Apply:

This position will close on the date it is filled

Please
Note: Depending on your role and the department in which you work, you may be expected to adhere to COVID-19 requirements, such as
vaccinations and booster shots.

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