Intermediate Specialist, Laboratory Safety

**Posting Reason**:
New Position

**Job Type**:
Employee

**Anticipated Duration in Months** (for contracts and temporary assignments):
N/A

**Job Family**:
Environmental Health and Safety

**# of Open Positions**:
1

**Faculty/Service - Department**:
Occupational Health and Safety

**Campus**:
Main Campus

**Union Affiliation**:
SSUO

**Date Posted (YYYY/MM/DD)**:
2026/01/29

**Applications must be received**BEFORE**(YYYY/MM/DD)**:
2026/02/09

**Hours per week**:
35

**Salary Grade**:
SSUO Grade 10

**Salary Range**:
$80,942.00 - $102,245.00

About the Office of the Chief Risk Officer:
The Office of the Chief Risk Officer offers a rewarding journey where your skills and passion for risk management will play a key role in shaping the future of the University of Ottawa. Our Office oversees Operational and Enterprise Risk Management, Insurance, Internal Audit, Protection Services, Emergency Management, and Health, Safety and Environmental Management. Our team is dedicated to ensuring the resilience and continuity of our operations. With a commitment to excellence, you'll have the opportunity to contribute significantly to promoting risk culture within our institution. We strive to be a valued partner and key player in advising and supporting University leadership, faculties, and staff, helping to foster a culture of informed decision-making. Join us in building a resilient future for the University of Ottawa and become part of our collaborative and forward-thinking team.

**Position Purpose**

**In this role, your responsibilities will include**:

- **Chemical Inventory Management**: Maintains and manages the institutional chemical inventory system - including vendor management, cataloguing, training, etc. to ensure a robust framework and system is in place for the institution. Conducts periodic audits and reconciles discrepancies to support research laboratories. Offers a professional service that enables Faculties and researchers to manage autonomously their hazardous materials and equipment data for regulatory, security, emergency and safety purposes.
- **Chemical Hazards Subject Matter Expertise**: Serves as a resource for members of the portfolio for chemical hazard identification, risk assessment, and mitigation strategies providing expert guidance on the safe handling, storage, and disposal of hazardous chemicals in compliance with regulatory and institutional standards.
- **Laboratory Design and Support**: Participates in laboratory design consultations for the portfolio to support the integration of safety principles and mitigations in new, and renovated research spaces. Supports by advising on safety infrastructure and compliance requirements. Regularly monitors the external environment for changes to laboratory health and safety requirements and best practices to incorporate into laboratory design standards.
- **Health, Safety and Risk Management Support**: Provides specialized health, safety and risk management support across the portfolio. Works collaboratively with other health, safety, and risk management team members to provide interdisciplinary and consistent support of the University’s occupational health and safety management system. Systematically monitors, measures, and evaluates Faculty health and safety performance for regulatory/institutional compliance, to identify risks, effectiveness of institutional and Faculty systems, and recommend areas for improvement to Faculty senior management.
- **Industrial Hygiene and Monitoring**: Performs lower order occupational hygiene interventions and monitoring including preliminary investigations, noise monitoring, air sampling, etc. For more complex issues, coordinates industrial hygiene studies with an Industrial Hygienist. Observes, analyzes, and recommends control and mitigations to minimize occupational health risks in laboratory environments.
- **Laboratory Safety Consultations**: Offers tailored safety consultations to researchers, faculty, and staff on laboratory practices, equipment use, and emergency preparedness. Reviews and advises on standard operating procedures (SOPs) for higher-risk activities. Collaborates with other health and safety specialists on topics such as laser, radiation and biosafety.
- **Program and Protocol Support**: Maintains the OHSMS Chemical Management program, working in collaboration with the various Faculties and Services, implementing regulatory requirements as well as best practices. Assists in the development, implementation, and continuous improvement of laboratory safety programs and procedures. Supports the laboratory decommissioning processes, ensuring safe removal and disposal of hazardous materials. Contributes to the development and execution of emergency response protocols for chemical spills, exposures, and other incidents.

**What you will bring**:

- Post secondary education (e.g., bachelor’s or master’s degree) in occupational health and safety, environmental sciences, chemical engineering, - oc