Augusta University is Georgia's innovation center for education and health care, training the next generation of innovators, leaders, and healthcare providers in classrooms and clinics on four campuses in Augusta and locations across the state. More than 9,000 students choose Augusta for educational opportunities at the center of Georgia's cybersecurity hub and experiential learning that blends arts and application, humanities, and the health sciences. Augusta is home to Georgia's only public academic health center, where groundbreaking research is creating a healthier, more prosperous Georgia, and world-class clinicians are bringing the medicine of tomorrow to patient care today.

Augusta University –

Our Health Sciences Campus:

1120 15th Street, Augusta, GA 30912

Our Summerville Campus:

2500 Walton Way, Augusta, GA 30904

• Develop and implement assessment methods to identify and prioritize work place hazards, including chemicals, mold, noise, and other physical hazards (including lasers).
• Operate specialized scientific instruments, including 4-gas monitors, high and low volume air samplers, personal air samplers, noise meters, moisture meters, lead-based paint monitors, and CO2 monitors to quantify exposure hazards.
• Obtain environmental samples, including air, soil, and water samples, to demonstrate compliance with environmental regulations. Select and coordinate with external accredited laboratories for analysis.
• Interpret and characterize direct industrial hygiene measurements and environmental sample results to assess work place and environmental hazards. Maintain records, including electronic files and databases, of measurements and sample results.
• Develop and implement corrective action plans to mitigate work place hazards and environmental risks through engineering or administrative controls.
• Provides guidance to research personnel and facilities operations staff on personal protective equipment, including respirator selection and fitting.
• Conducts routine surveillances of university buildings, including student housing, to ensure a safe environment.
• Authors scientific reports and communications to affected workers and management regarding work place hazards, exposures, and health risks.
• Prepares and present industrial hygiene and safety training for faculty, staff, and students.
• Provides professional development training and mentoring to industrial hygiene and environmental safety technicians.
• Serves as the institution Laser Safety Officer. Supports and coordinates the Laser Safety Committee. Conduct laser safety inspections and provide recommendations for enhancing laser safety. Maintain the Laser Safety Guide.
• On-call emergency responder, with responsibility to assess hazards and advise initial responders.
• Perform other job-related duties and special projects as assigned, within designated time frame.

• Applies knowledge and skills to conduct surveys and evaluate health hazards in a large and complex academic environment, including technically complex and diverse work processes, frequent changes in operations, the introduction of new or exotic materials, and difficult engineering and/or economic feasibility considerations in the control of hazards.
• Applies knowledge and skills sufficient to serve as a subject matter expert for the university in industrial hygiene, providing consultative services to management and technical personnel on a wide variety of occupational health problems.
• Excellent interpersonal, written, and oral communication skills to convey complex information on conditions, requirements, and courses of corrective action to a broad constituency, including students, staff, faculty, and senior management.
• Outstanding data management skills, including creation and maintenance of calculational spread sheets, and use of relational databases.
• Ability to safely drive an AU vehicle.
• Ability to wear a respirator
• Ability to maintain confidentiality
• Detail oriented
• Proficient in Microsoft Office and other computer software/databases

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