EH&S Director - Chemical, Environmental & Lab Safety; CELS

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EH&S Director - Chemical, Environmental & Lab Safety (CELS)
Job Number
:
Category: Environmental Health & Safety
Location
:
Worcester, MA
Shift: Day
Exempt/Non‑Exempt: Exempt
Business Unit: UMass Chan Medical School
Department: School - Environmental Hlth & Safety - W800800
Job Type: Full‑Time
Union Code: Non Union Position
-W60
- Non Unit Professional
Num. Openings
: 1
Post Date
:
Nov. 21, 2025
Work Location: 100% Onsite
Salary Minimum: USD $/Yr.
Salary Maximum: USD $/Yr.

The EH&S Director of Chemical, Environmental Management & Lab Safety (CELS) is responsible for leading all aspects of UMass Chan Medical Schools Chemical & Lab Safety, and Environmental Management Programs including development, management, and implementation of programs, regulatory compliance, and providing hands on support as well as strong leadership and mentoring in the EH&S CELS Team. The primary purpose of this position is to oversee and direct the CELS Team in providing services directly to research and clinical laboratories through field consultations, technical guidance, inspections, training, data collection and analysis.

This includes administering continual design, development, management, and improvement of chemical & lab safety programs, and environmental management programs for all research and clinical laboratories at UMass Chan, managing complex assessments of risks pertaining to people, property, and the environment to protect from potentially detrimental exposures and releases to a broad range of hazardous chemicals, hazardous materials, and hazardous wastes, and actively promoting a culture of safety to minimize risk while enhancing compliance.

The EH&S Director of Chemical, Environmental Management & Lab Safety provides technical, regulatory, and administrative support to UMass Chans research and clinical laboratory community and Institutional Animal Care & Use Committee (IACUC). The incumbent ensures ongoing compliance with regulatory requirements and sets the CELS Teams strategic direction to meet emerging chemical, environmental management & lab Safety needs while maintaining close and productive relationships with principal investigators (PIs), researchers and regulators.

The incumbent is part of a multidisciplinary EH&S Management Team acting as the leading subject matter expert within Chemical, Environmental Management and Lab Safety, by coordinating closely with staff to strengthen interdisciplinary collaboration, enhance the culture of safety, and reduce risk in research settings.

• Define the overall activities of the EH&S Chemical, Environmental Management & Laboratory Safety Team to achieve objectives including development and direction of related policies guidelines, processes, and procedures
• Design, develop, oversee, and direct programs and services that relate to the implementation of handling, storage and disposal of complex chemical, hazardous materials and laboratory safety programs, laboratory safety, hazardous materials, chemical waste, chemical safety, chemical management and inventories, environmental compliance, wastewater management, storm water management, environmental contingency planning, spill preventions.
• Serve as the primary CELS liaison for plans review, construction and commissioning of laboratory research…