Senior Environmental Health & Safety Specialist - UCLA West Valley Medical Center

General Information

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Work Location: West Hills, USA Onsite or Remote Fully On-Site Work Schedule Monday-Friday, 8am-5pm Posted Date 03/07/2025 Salary Range: $76200 - 158800 Annually Employment Type 2 - Staff: Career Duration Indefinite Job # 22706

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

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At UCLA Health, we go beyond careers, we create safer environments that elevate every life we touch. If you’re passionate about health and safety, bring your expertise to our team.

As a Senior Environmental Health & Safety Specialist at UCLA West Valley Medical Center, you will:

• Lead and support EHS programs, ensuring compliance with regulations and best practices.
• Oversee key areas, including Respiratory Protection, Industrial Hygiene, Injury and Illness Prevention, Workplace Violence Prevention, Fire Safety, Ergonomics, Hazardous Materials, and Radiation Safety.
• Develop performance improvement strategies to enhance safety for staff, patients, and visitors.
• Advise Medical Center leadership on regulatory requirements and safety policies.
• Ensure UCLA Health’s safety policies remain current, effective, and well-implemented.

Join us and help create a safer, healthier future.

Salary Range: $76,200-$158,800 Annually

Job Qualifications

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Required:

• Extensive previous experience of Respiratory Protection, Hazardous Materials, Fire Safety and Occupational Safety Programs, including IIPP, Ergonomics.
• Bachelor’s Degree in Health and Safety, Engineering, Public Health, or similar relevant fields and/or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Recent experience working with injury prevention and occupational safety, ergonomics, hazardous materials, or other EHS Programs.
• Knowledge of industrial hygiene, environmental health, and infection control practices.
• In-depth knowledge of how hospital operations operate safely and in compliance with all laws, regulations, accreditation standards, policies, and procedures.
• Knowledge of workplace ergonomics, proper use of personal protective equipment, and safe practices related to an airborne and bloodborne pathogen, chemical, and non-ionizing radiation exposures.
• Advanced level verbal and written communication skills.
• Advanced interpersonal skills.
• Skill in reading, understanding and interpreting National and State laws and Hospital Safety codes.
• Knowledge of Medical Center Safety policies