Hazmat Safety Specialist I

Responsible for the safe collection, handling, and processing of hazardous waste, regulated medical waste, and other regulated waste materials for the University of Texas at Austin campuses following all regulatory requirements and internal procedures. This includes communicating effectively with internal customers to coordinate waste collections, address procedural waste management issues, and report waste management issues to senior staff or management as needed.Maintains accurate up-to-date records of the collection, storage, and disposal of hazardous waste, regulated medical waste, and other regulated waste materials following all regulatory requirements and internal procedures. Participate in the review and development of standard operating procedures with direct oversite from senior staff or management.Responsible for maintaining waste facility cleanliness, conducting inspections, monitoring, and testing of sites, and the collection environmental samples under the direction of senior environmental staff to comply with permit and regulatory requirements of storm water, wastewater, SPCC, PST and other environmental programs.Responds to environmental health and safety issues, complaints, and emergencies including hazardous/non-hazardous spills, odors, contamination, and injuries/exposures.Must be able to accurately gather information related to the potential impacts to the campus community, the environment, or facility safety or building infrastructure and clearly communicate findings to senior staff or management.Must be able to resolve incidents with support from senior staff or management. May perform incident investigations and prepare reports of observations and findings with direct oversite from senior staff or management.Maintains an acceptable driver rating as established in Policy UTS157 Section 2.5.4. Maintains and inspects equipment, orders supplies, and assists senior staff and other program areas as needed. Attends staff meetings, safety training or meetings and training courses as required. May attend seminars and workshops to learn the current safety techniques and standards. May assist in conducting safety training classes for institutional employees and students, as required. Performs other job related duties as assigned.