Career Opportunities

Job Type: Regular

Time Type: Full time

Work Shift: Day (United States of America)

FLSA Status: Exempt

When you join the growing BILH team, you're not just taking a job, you’re making a difference in people’s lives.

The Senior Safety Officer will be supporting the Health and Safety needs of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, MA. This is an exciting opportunity to contribute, learn and hone your knowledge of Environmental Health and Safety in the fast-paced and complex venue of a major Harvard Academic Medical Center.

This role is fully onsite in Boston and with a start time between 7-8:30am based upon what works best for the employee and department.

Job Description:

Providing in-depth technical and program support over a wide range of departmental Safety Officer functions with emphasis on site EH&S assurance of environmental regulations, hazardous materials, safety, interim life safety, wastewater, indoor environmental quality, asbestos compliance and fire/life safety and OSHA/EPA and other relevant regulatory programs.  Interacts with and, at times, provides EH&S guidance with hospital management and supervisory staff to assist with unit-based safety program development and implementation. Develops, implements and assesses site compliance with internal, regulatory agencies and national guidelines and standards. Collaborates with the EH&S Director and other staff to implement portfolio specific programs.

Essential Responsibilities:

• Provides and applies strategies for compliance with all environmental and safety regulations. Interacts with regulatory agencies in routine communications, reporting, and special projects. Reviews and interprets regulations and legislation, which may affect BIDMC operations. Completes required regulatory compliance filings.
• Provides for all commonly encountered industrial hygiene needs, including exposure monitoring to chemicals and other environmental concerns. Implements job hazard analysis and other hazard control methods. Develops and implements recommendations to ensure continued worker safety. Maintains competence in using monitoring equipment.
• Manages, monitors and evaluates medical center fire/life safety program by evaluating preparedness and response to fire emergencies and conducting fire drills. Acts as an organizational-wide resource and expert in leading people, teams, and functions. Provides guidance, as needed, to ensure appropriate regulatory registrations are completed and submitted to appropriate agencies.
• Provides leadership and support to programs for managing hazardous chemicals and wastes. Plans, develops and implements medical center chemical waste program to ensure appropriate identification, handling and disposal in accordance with federal, state and local regulations. Maintains required documents.
• Develops, implements and maintains hospital-wide hazard and safety surveillance program to review and ensure compliance with accreditation and regulatory requirements. Conducts routine visits of all areas to ensure adherence to state and federal regulations. Ensures the effective communication of audit results. Leads team plans for correction as appropriate.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree required. Bachelor's Degree in Environmental Health and Safety Science, Environmental Sciences or related field preferred.
• 3-5 years related work experience required.
• Requires strong knowledge of environmental health & safety regulations and requirements and the equipment, processes and services of the medical center that are governed by them.
• Demonstrates relevant certifications in areas such as: OSHA Hazwoper, General Duty/Business, RCRA, DOT, IATA, Emergency Response, Asbestos Inspector, MWRA Operator License.
• May be required to work off-hours, respond to urgent matters, and will participate in managing the EH&S On-Call pager.
• Advanced skills with Microsoft applications which may include Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint or Access and other web-based applications. May produce complex documents, perform analysis and maintain databases.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Preferred certifications in at least one of the following areas: CIH, CSP and HEM
• Must be able to wear a respirator and other personal protective equipment.

Competencies:

• Written Communications: Ability to summarize and communicate in English moderately complex information in varied written formats to internal and external customers.
• Oral Communications: Ability to comprehend and communicate complex verbal information in English to medical center staff, patients, families and external customers.
• Knowledge: Ability to demonstrate in-depth knowledge of concepts, practices and policies with the ability to use them in complex varied situations.
• Team Work: Ability to lead collaborative teams for larger projects or groups both internal and external to the Medical Center and across functional areas. Results have implications for the management and operations of multiple areas of the organization.
• Customer Service: Ability to provide a high level of customer service and staff training to meet customer service standards and expectations for the assigned unit(s). Resolves service issues in the assigned unit(s) in a timely and respectful manner.

Age based Competencies:
Employees in this job must be competent to provide patient care to the following age groups: Young adult: 16-30 years, Middle Age: 30 - 60 years, Elderly: 60 -.

Physical Nature of the Job:
Medium work: Exerting up to 50 pounds of force occasionally and or up to 20 pounds of force frequently. Job is physical in nature and employee needs to stand and/or move around through the majority of their shift.

As a health care organization, we have a responsibility to do everything in our power to care for and protect our patients, our colleagues and our communities. Beth Israel Lahey Health requires that all staff be vaccinated against influenza (flu) and COVID-19 as a condition of employment. Learn more about this requirement.

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