Safety & Health Officer
The Safety and Health Officer is part of the Department of Environmental Health and Safety for Kansas State University. They support safety, health and compliance programs for university activities.
- Assists or conducts health and safety inspections and compliance audits.
- Assesses processes, worksites, classrooms, clinics and laboratories for presence of occupational health and safety hazards.
- Prepares timely, accurate and complete reports of assessment or inspection findings.
- Operates and calibrates a variety of sampling and monitoring instruments
- Assists or performs job hazard analyses to determine appropriate administrative practices, engineering controls, or personal protective equipment (PPE) to reduce risk to workers and students.
- Provides guidance or strategies to eliminate hazards or reduce risk.
- Assists with equipment testing/inspection (e.g., fume hood, local exhaust systems).
- Performs personnel and area monitoring or sampling (of chemical, physical or biological agents using various sampling media and instrumentation). Researches appropriate test/sample methods.
- May assist with Indoor Environmental Quality (IEQ) assessments.
- Participates as a member or supports the hazardous materials response team.
- Maintains records in databases (e.g., materials and equipment inventories and inspection records).
- Review/edit/write institutional safety documents to meet federal, state, and local regulatory requirements.
Required Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Industrial Hygiene, Occupational Safety and Health, Safety Engineering, Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Public Health, or related science or engineering discipline (e.g. toxicology, environmental health)
- Three years of related experience. (This position may use an educational equivalency as determined relevant by a hiring manager to substitute for two years of professional experience.)
- A valid Driver’s license upon employment
Preferred Qualifications:
- Master’s degree in industrial hygiene or related field may substitute for two years of professional experience
- Certified Industrial Hygienist (may substitute for closely related degree, Must still have BA or BS)
- Experience in laboratory safety, inspections and/or past experience working in laboratory setting
- Coursework in chemistry, toxicology, or engineering principles
- Experience, training, or education in operation of monitoring, testing, sampling, laboratory and/or analytical instrumentation
- Ability to analyze and evaluate a variety of technical data, test results, reports and plans
- Demonstrates strong quantitative and analytical capability
- Strong computer skills, attention to detail, and record keeping skills
- Effective written and verbal communication skills for broad audience
- Aptitude to learn hazardous materials response safety
- Ability to work effectively with ethnic, cultural, and socially diverse population
- Knowledge or coursework of physical and toxicological effects of occupational hazards
- Knowledge of occupational health standards, codes, and regulations
- Knowledge of methods, procedures, and techniques used in collecting samples and assessing hazardous environments and applicable regulations
- Experience supporting or managing respiratory protection programs
Other Requirements:
- Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States at the time of employment
- Ability to transport up to 50 lbs.
- Ability to be medically cleared/approved to wear respiratory protection, including SCBA.
- Driver’s License upon hire