Radiation and Environ Safety Hazardous Materials Coordinator

Hazardous Waste Environmental Safety Coordinator

The Hazardous Waste Environmental Safety Coordinator at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles will perform a variety of duties in support of critical EH&S programs.

• Conduct a wide variety of hands-on technical duties in support of EH&S programs including but not limited to:
  • Hazardous waste pick-ups
  • Hazardous material characterization & documentation
  • Emergency spill response
  • Equipment maintenance
  • Ergonomic evaluations
  • Environmental rounds
  • Safety Data Sheet management
• Respond to various incidents, emergencies and participate on-call.
• Approach all issues and challenges with a customer-focused, practical, can-do attitude, considering the needs of the 'customer'.
• Identify meaningful metrics to demonstrate successes and identify opportunities for improvement.
• Generate and give professional presentations to interested persons and groups.
• Generate and maintain records in a professional, regulatory compliant, and easily retrievable manner.
• Maintain responsibility for their own programs including hazardous waste management and operations, supporting other safety programs as assigned.
• Support the Emergency Management, Radiation Safety and Occupational and Environmental Safety programs, and performs other duties as needed.
• Work with a minimal amount of supervision and make independent judgements and decisions within the scope of their delegated authority and activities.

Qualifications

• BS Degree in chemistry, biology or similar discipline
• Hazwhopper 40 hour is preferred
• 2 years experience with handling hazardous and/or radioactive materials

Physical Demands

• Able to push, pull, lift or carry up to 50 pounds on an intermittent basis.
• Able to sit, stand, walk, bend, squat consistently in order to safely administer manual exercises and techniques.