Air Quality Program Manager

Part of the Environmental Health, Safety, and Sustainability (EHSS) organization at Vanderbilt University, collaborating with staff, faculty, students, postdocs, leadership, external regulators, and other stakeholders to advance environmental goals and initiatives for the VU community.

About the Work Unit

Environmental Health, Safety, and Sustainability is part of the Division of Real Estate, Facilities and Development. EHSS is a 21-member team supporting a top 20 world-class research university with 27,000 faculty, staff, and students across 12 million square feet of academic, administrative, residential, and recreational space on 330 acres in downtown Nashville, TN.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with leadership and a broad range of internal and external stakeholders, including regulators, to implement and continuously improve environmental health and safety goals and initiatives.
• Engage and collaborate to provide support, education, and outreach while building productive relationships across the organization.
• Assist Vanderbilt’s main campus and additional campuses with compliance requirements related to air quality; prepare and submit reports to regulatory agencies as required.
• Manage air quality regulatory requirements for emergency generators, fuel tanks, natural gas boilers, and VU’s co-generation plant, including permit obligations, modifications, reporting, certifications, and renewals.
• Manage refrigerants used in chillers, air conditioning, and appliances.
• Manage asbestos sampling and abatement contractors and associated recordkeeping and reporting requirements.
• Partner with the sustainability team on regulated greenhouse gas emissions where applicable.
• Provide services to VUMC Facilities Management in accordance with the service level agreement (SLA) related to air emissions, asbestos removal, and regulatory review.
• Lead various projects and initiatives, ensuring they are grounded in expertise, best practices, technical feasibility, and evidence-based research; develop and report on key performance indicators and progress dashboards.
• Support the university community with compliance for all applicable safety and environmentally related laws, regulations, and granting agency expectations; continuously review and maintain knowledge of these requirements.
• Stay abreast of and adopt best practices from peer institutions.
• Assist VU Risk Management and VU Finance with periodic environmental risk evaluations and asset reporting obligations for Vanderbilt’s insurance providers.
• Contribute to the development of policy and procedural documents addressing existing and emerging EHSS needs.
• Design, implement, and manage outreach, educational, and training materials for EHSS areas of expertise; implement compliance policies and training programs.
• Provide technical guidance and expertise to community members, including researchers, related to air quality, Title V, asbestos, and GHG compliance.
• Provide emergency response as appropriate.
• Manage contractor activities related to their area of responsibility.
• Drive efficiency and effectiveness using safety informatics, metrics, databases, software, and instructional technology; adhere to EHSS standards to meet customer and administrative expectations.
• Act as backup for EHSS’s Water and Soil Quality Program Manager.
• Perform additional job responsibilities as needed, specific to area of expertise and focus in EHSS.

Requirements

• A master’s degree in a related field and/or other related technical specialty is preferred; a baccalaureate degree is required.
• Minimum 5 years of experience with a master’s degree; minimum 8 years of experience with a bachelor’s degree.
• Certification is required. Relevant certifications include Certified Hazardous Materials Manager (CHMM), Professional Engineer (PE), Asbestos Inspector, Certified Safety Professional (CSP), Certified Industrial Hygienist (CIH), or other applicable certifications.
• Expert knowledge in environmental compliance, environmental science and engineering, air quality, asbestos management, hazardous waste, and environmental management theory, concepts, standards of performance, best practices, granting requirements, and regulations.
• Ability to quickly and effectively respond to emergencies.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to develop engaging online and in-person training materials, presentations, programmatic documents, procedures, and reports.
• Strong ability to deliver training and program-specific presentations in an efficient, effective, engaging, and innovative manner.
• Advanced skills in Microsoft and Adobe products such as TEAMS, PowerPoint, Excel, and Word; experience with Articulate, Oracle, Tableau, web programming, social media, or database systems is a plus.
• Experience with EHS Assistant software from Onsite Systems is a plus.
• Advanced data management, analytical, quantitative, technical, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to quickly learn and adapt; ability to successfully plan and execute multi-task and multi-project requirements and deliverables to meet objectives and deadlines.
• Strong interpersonal communication and customer service skills.
• Ability to build and maintain effective, respectful, and working relationships in a service-oriented environment with a diverse range of people; exhibit sensitivity, tact, inclusion, and respect for diversity.
• Ability to work effectively as part of a team and understand and appreciate different and opposing perspectives on an issue.

Benefits

• Comprehensive and flexible health insurance with two plan options covering preventive care and low-cost prescription drug options; coverage for employees, eligible children, and spouses (fully benefits-eligible) or employees and eligible children (partially benefits-eligible).
• Vision insurance.
• Dental insurance.
• Generous paid time off (PTO).
• Employer-paid life insurance with the option to purchase additional supplemental coverage.
• 403(b) retirement plan with a voluntary pre-tax and/or Roth after-tax investment option; eligible employees receive up to 6.5% in fully vested matching contributions.
• Short- and long-term disability insurance.
• Accidental death & dismemberment (AD&D) insurance.
• Subsidized on-campus child care centers.
• Tuition assistance for employees, spouses, and eligible dependent children.
• Pet insurance.