Environmental Health & Safety Manager

Thank you for your interest in Truckee Meadows Community College. If you need assistance or have questions regarding the application process, please contact Human Resources at (775) 673-7168 or humanresources@tmcc.edu.

Job Description

Truckee Meadows Community College (TMCC), located in Reno, NV, is seeking an Environmental Health & Safety Manager to join its team.

Summary Statement

The Environmental Health & Safety (EHS) Manager is responsible for the leadership and management of the environmental, health, and safety program for all campuses/sites of Truckee Meadows Community College. 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.

Major Responsibilities (duties include but are not limited to):

EHS Management System:

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.

Training and Exercises:

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.

Organizational Resilience:

Implement and maintain a robust emergency preparedness, planning, response, and recovery program including supporting business continuity planning, risk management assessments and property loss management.

Professional Development and Department Budgeting:

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.

Decisions and Judgements

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, Skills, and Abilities

• 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

Personal Contacts

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 NSHE and the regulatory community.

Minimum Qualifications

1. Bachelor's Degree in Science, Engineering, or a related field that may include fields of chemistry, physical, biological, industrial hygiene, environmental, occupational safety, and hazardous materials.

2. Three (3) years of technical experience in environmental, health, and safety system management or an equivalent combination of education and experience sufficient to successfully perform the essential functions of the job.

Preferred Qualifications

1. Master's Degree in Science, Engineering, or a related field that may include fields of chemistry, physical, biological, industrial hygiene, environmental, occupational safety, and hazardous materials.

2. Related experience in a higher education setting with multiple sites.

3. Related certifications such as Certified Safety Professional (CSP), Certified Environmental Manager (CEM), Certified Industrial Hygienist (CIH), Chemical Hygiene Officer (CHO), and other related certifications and licensures

Salary and Benefits Information:

Salary: $71,615 - $89,519, salary placement will be dependent on education level and years of experience.

Perks of Working at TMCC

• Health insurance options including dental and vision - Health Insurance
• 17.5% retirement match, 24 annual leave days, a beginning balance of 30 sick leave days, 12 paid holidays
• Life insurance, long-term disability, generous annual and sick leave - NSHE Benefits
• Sports and Fitness Center with annual or monthly membership options for employee and spouse/domestic partner.
• ComPsych supports employees through life's difficult moments.
• Professional Grant-in-Aid: TMCC is proud to provide a reduced-rate tuition benefit to faculty and qualified dependents. Faculty can take up to six credits per semester at a reduced rate. Dependents of faculty have unlimited credits, but in order to be eligible children must be unmarried and under the age of 24 and must receive at least 50% of their financial support from the employee and/or employee's spouse or domestic partner.
• Free parking on all TMCC campus locations.
• No State income tax
• All full-time faculty and staff are provided with a variety of discounts and employee purchase programs.

Exempt
Yes

Full-Time Equivalent
100.0%

Required Attachment(s)

Please note, once you submit your application the only attachment/s viewable to you will be the attachment/s to the resume/CV section of the application. Any additional required attachment/s to the cover letter, references, additional documents sections of the application, will not be viewable to you after you submit your application. All uploaded attachment/s will be on the application for the committee to review. To request updates to attachments, prior to the committee review of applications, please contact humanresources@tmcc.edu.



In order to be given full consideration all of the following must be attached to your application.

1) Resume/CV

2) Cover Letter

3) Contact Information for three Professional References - Please make a note if you do not want your present employer contacted unless necessary to determine your qualifications for the position.

Posting Close Date
01/15/2025

Note to Applicant

Applicants should fully describe their qualifications and experience with specific reference to each of the minimum and preferred qualifications. Search committees will use this information to determine that applicants meet minimum qualifications as listed in the job announcement.

This posting will close at 12:00 am on the date listed above. The posting will no longer be available to apply to after 11:59 pm the day prior.

All documents, including unofficial transcripts for academic positions, must be received prior to the closing date listed on the job announcement.

Employment is contingent upon successful completion of a criminal background check upon hire.

As part of the hiring process, applicants for positions in the Nevada System of Higher Education may be required to demonstrate the ability to perform job-related tasks.

Schedules are subject to change based on organizational needs.


To apply, visit https://nshe.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/TMCC-External/job/TMCC---Truckee-Meadows-Community-College---Dandini-Campus/Environmental-Health---Safety-Manager_R0145688

Truckee Meadows Community College is a comprehensive educational institution located in Reno, Nevada and is part of the Nevada System of Higher Education. TMCCs five instructional sites and numerous community locations serves an increasingly diverse population of more than 11,000 students each semester. TMCC, an HSI (Hispanic Serving Institution), is a progressive institution that celebrates inclusion and diversity while supporting core themes of academic excellence, student success, and access to lifelong learning.

A vital leader in the New Nevadas growing economy, TMCC is located near the beautiful Sierra Nevada Mountains in an environment rich with a thriving arts, culture, food scene, abundant outdoor activities, and a family-friendly local community. It is only a 3.5 hour drive to San Francisco, CA, a 40-minute drive to Lake Tahoe, and within easy driving distance of four national parks (Great Basin, Yosemite, Lassen, and Death Valley). For more information, please go to www.tmcc.edu or view our virtual tour at tour.tmcc.edu.

The Nevada System of Higher Education (NSHE) is committed to providing a place of work and learning free of discrimination on the basis of a persons age, disability, whether actual or perceived by others (including service-connected disabilities), gender (including pregnancy related conditions), military status or military obligations, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, national origin, race, or religion.