The Fountain Group · 2 days ago
Environmental Health and Safety Engineer
San Diego, CA
Contract
Onsite
Mid LevelThe Fountain Group is seeking an Environmental Health and Safety Engineer to enhance their compliance and training efforts regarding hazardous and biological waste management. The role involves conducting inspections, managing training for employees, and ensuring adherence to safety regulations.
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Responsibilities
Hours requirement: 8 to 5; may need to have some flexibility to work earlier/late as needed and on weekends but not anticipated it will be often
For this role: will need someone that has a lot of experience with hazardous and biological waste and chemical management and chemical waste management
Someone knowledgeable of San Diego county HAZMAT and CERS - online portal for County Hazmat - someone is well versed in chemicals, spill response, chemical and biological waste management
Training - is a big need that we need to improve for existing EE’s and for new employees
RGNE has good training but we need to get our employees set-up locally
There is online training which is great but in addition to that we need to administer in-person training
Looking to create more robust training
Compliance/Reporting/Inspections - have various regulating agencies - most frequently we have inspections by County HAZMAT, Fire department. CAL OSHA
Might have storm water in the future
Also will need to conduct internal inspections so that we are ready for agency inspections
Incident responses will also focus on- in 2025 we had about 13 incidents but nothing really major
Key experience/background needed: biotech experience needed, lab background, understanding of chemicals - biohazardous waste
Facilities management, lock-out/tag out
GMP and vivarium experience is preferred
Key behaviors/soft skills needed: strong communication- will work with all departments from research through manufacturing; good organization capabilities, ability to multi-task
Qualification
Required
Experience with hazardous and biological waste and chemical management
Knowledge of San Diego county HAZMAT and CERS
Well versed in chemicals, spill response, chemical and biological waste management
Ability to improve training for existing employees and new hires
Experience in compliance, reporting, and inspections with regulating agencies
Conduct internal inspections for agency readiness
Incident response experience
Biotech experience
Lab background
Understanding of chemicals and biohazardous waste
Facilities management experience
Lock-out/tag out experience
Strong communication skills
Good organization capabilities
Ability to multi-task
Preferred
GMP experience
Vivarium experience
Company
The Fountain Group
The Fountain Group is a staffing firm that specializes in rendering contingent workforce solutions to various industries.
Founded in 2001
501-1000 employees
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