Safety Specialist EH&S
Burlington, VTFull-time$33.35–50.03/hrSeen 3 days agoSeen in employer's feed 3 days ago
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Job overview
The Safety Specialist is a member of the Environmental Health & Safety team and assists across environmental and occupational health and safety. The role includes daily handling of hazardous materials and waste, responding to chemical spills, overseeing the EH&S PPE program, and supporting Hazard Communications compliance. A related bachelor’s degree is required, though relevant professional experience may substitute; healthcare experience is desirable.
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Full job description
Safety Specialist EH&S
Job Details
Job Ref:
R0091603
Category:
Environmental Services & Housekeeping
Employment Type:
Full-Time
Health Care Partner:
University of Vermont Medical Center
Location:
195 Colchester Ave, Burlington, VT 05401
Department:
Environmental Health & Safety
Job Type:
Regular
Primary Shift:
Day-8hr
Hours:
Hours per Week:
40
Weekend Needs:
Other
Pay Rate:
$33.35 - $50.03 per hour
Job Summary: The Safety Specialist is a member of the Environmental Health & Safety team and assists in all areas of environmental and occupational health and safety. Primary responsibilities include, daily handling of hazardous materials and waste, emergency response to chemical spills, oversight of the EH&S PPE program and Hazard Communications compliance.
Education:
Bachelor’s degree in a related field required; relevant professional experience may be substituted for degree requirement.
Experience:
Previous EH&S and hazardous waste work experience is required. Work in the healthcare industry is desirable.
How this job compares
Set against the 836 open Safety Specialist jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 7, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$33.35–50.03/hr
- US median$33–45/hr75 hourly ranges
This range's midpoint, $41.69/hr, is 7% above the US median midpoint ($39/hr) — in the middle half of Safety Specialist hourly ranges across the US.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 836 open Safety Specialist jobs across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most across the US
- Kiewit149 open
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- Experience
- Safety Specialist postings that state a minimum ask for 2 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 1 to 4 years (570 postings).
- Education
- 102 of the 836 open Safety Specialist jobs (12%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 7, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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