Environmental Health & Safety Manager

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Truckee Meadows Community College (TMCC), located in Reno, NV, is seeking an Environmental Health & Safety Manager to join its team.

Summary Statement

The Environmental Health & Safety (EHS) Manager is responsible for the leadership and management of the environmental, health, and safety program for all campuses/sites of Truckee Meadows Community College. The EHS program includes the EH&S management system, environmental compliance, occupational health, injury, and incident mitigation and investigation. This includes hazardous material procurement, hazardous waste management and operations, industrial hygiene, asbestos, radiation safety, and fire and life safety. The position provides budget planning, projection, and strategic planning for the College’s EHS functions. The EHS Manager serves on a variety of internal and external committees that promote environmental compliance and sustainability, the TMCC safety culture, and the health and wellness for all TMCC faculty, staff, students, and visitors.

Major Responsibilities (duties include but are not limited to):

EHS Management System:

Develop and administer the college wide EHS Management System to maintain environmental, health, and safety programs, permits and other obligations in an effort to sustain our social and legal license(s) to operate while building and promoting a positive culture of equity and inclusiveness. Includes occupational injury and disease reporting and investigation. The EHS Manager acts as the College Chemical Hygiene Officer.

Training and Exercises:

Implement and maintain a college wide training and exercise program to include all applicable NSHE and regulatory obligations, staff EHS related professional development, and continuous improvement training plan.

Organizational Resilience:

Implement and maintain a robust emergency preparedness, planning, response, and recovery program including supporting business continuity planning, risk management assessments and property loss management.

Professional Development and Department Budgeting:

Maintain professional certification and licenses, attend professional development and subject-matter conferences, participate in and/or chair safety- and other related committees, exercise fiscal responsibility with the EHS budget and expense management, and deploy EHS related continuous improvement projects.

Decisions and Judgements

The EHS Manager role is routinely faced with a variety of unique issues and concerns where new solutions that may have not been previously applied are needed. The role requires decision making can affect an individual, a department, or the College as a whole and must be made with sensitivity to each potential outcome. Most decisions at the EHS Manager level are based on regulatory or NSHE statute, policy, or procedure.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Knowledge, understanding of, and the ability to interpret and apply environmental and occupational health and safety regulations to a broad range of institutional areas

• Ability to understand and app