Manager Chemical Safety Programs

Manager Chemical Safety Programs

Job : 291232

Location: Augusta University

Full/Part Time: Full Time

Regular/Temporary:

Augusta University is Georgia's innovation center for education and health care, training the next generation of innovators, leaders, and healthcare providers in classrooms and clinics on four campuses in Augusta and locations across the state. More than 10,500 students choose Augusta for educational opportunities at the center of Georgia's cybersecurity hub and experiential learning that blends arts and application, humanities, and the health sciences.

Augusta is home to Georgia's only public academic health center, where groundbreaking research is creating a healthier, more prosperous Georgia, and world‑class clinicians are bringing the medicine of tomorrow to patient care today. Our mission and values https://(Use the "Apply for this Job" box below). make Augusta University an institution like no other.

Augusta University's distinct characteristics in education and research include real‑world experiences and community engagement, as well as a culture of building community, corporate and government partnerships that address health, security, economic and societal concerns locally and across the state.

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Augusta University -

Our Health Sciences Campus:
1120 15th Street, Augusta, GA 30912

Our Summerville Campus:
2500 Walton Way, Augusta, GA 30904

Develops, manages, and administers programs designed to protect AU research community faculty, staff, students, and patients from harm due to exposure to hazardous chemicals; to prevent chemical contamination of AU facilities and environment; and to ensure compliance with national, international, and local regulations and guidelines for use of hazardous materials. These programs include research chemical safety program; academic chemical safety program;

animal use chemical safety program; hazardous waste disposal program; and controlled substances destruction program. Serves as Institution Chemical Safety Officer, and institution Right to Know Officer.

• Serve as appointed Institution Chemical Safety Officer.
• Establish and implement strategic goals and objectives for AU Chemical Safety program.
• Consult with AU Principal Investigators regarding mitigation of chemical hazards, methods for maintaining compliance with hazardous materials regulations, and hazardous waste disposal. Provide guidance on engineered controls, administrative controls, and personal protective equipment.
• Develop, recommend, implement, review and revise university policies and procedures regarding Chemical Safety principles and practices.
• Develop and conduct Chemical Safety audits for research laboratories to ensure that standards are rigorously followed, and corrective measures are completed.
• Maintain a university chemical inventory database, and a library of corresponding Safety Data Sheets.
• Prepare official communications on chemical inventories to regulatory authorities.
• Certify shipments of hazardous materials from the university.
• Investigate incidents and injuries involving chemicals, identify root causes, and guide corrective actions.

• In conjunction with the Chair, Institutional Chemical Safety Committee…