Manager - Environmental Health & Safety

Environmental Health & Safety Manager

Truckee Meadows Community College (TMCC), located in Reno, NV is seeking applicants for an Environmental Health & Safety (EHS) Manager. The EHS Manager is responsible for the leadership and management of the environmental, health, and safety program for all campuses/sites of TMCC. 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.

• 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.
• 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.
• Implement and maintain a robust emergency preparedness, planning, response, and recovery program including supporting business continuity planning, risk management assessments and property loss management.
• 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.
• 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, 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 apply internal NSHE and institutional policy and procedures
• Evaluate, recommend, and implement policies and procedures to assure awareness of, and compliance with, safety, health, and environmental requirements to reduce risk
• Ability to identify and mitigate hazards and risk effectively using a variety of methods and resources including accident and near miss investigation, regulatory and internal inspections, and stakeholder feedback
• Ability to write concise and effective reports, procedures, and other regulatory based documents
• Project management that will include contractors, vendors, and other stakeholders in the regulatory community
• Ability to communicate effectively, lead discussions, and take an active lead role in EH&S related committees
• Ability to work with sensitive and confidential information in relation to employee health, and other restricted information

The successful EHS Manager will have the ability and understanding that cultivating relationships and interacting effectively with Leadership, department heads, faculty, staff and other employees at all levels of responsibility is an important piece to building trust and maintaining effective communication. The EHS Manager will also maintain professional relationships with numerous outside contacts including representatives from the…