PPE Coordinator (7145U)
University of California
- Berkeley, CA
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Conducts lab coat fittings for campus research population.
- Ensures fitted PPE is properly marked and distributed to campus.
- Establishes a prescription safety eye-wear program for the campus research population.
- Partners with inspectors and communications to identify opportunities to provide overall PPE guidance.
- Works with Mail Services (distribution), Procurement (purchasing), and other campus units as directed to maintain the program.
- Drives university vehicles in fulfillment of job responsibilities.
- Schedules and provides individual fit testing and training.
- Consults with University Health Services on issues related to medical qualification of respirator wearers.
- With assistance from senior Specialists, conducts field evaluations to determine necessity and adequacy of respiratory protective equipment.
- Maintains testing equipment and ensures campus inventory tracking/controls are updated as required.
- Implements and manages databases, does data manipulation, mining, maintenance and updating, and filing of program participant documentation.
- Ensure comprehensive vendor involvement in the implementation and maintenance of laundry model(s).
- Provides written guidance to clients on laundering procedures.
- Hires, trains, schedules, and assigns work.
- Delegates tasks, ensuring completion and quality control.
- Mentors students to support overall PPE program, including client-facing, database maintenance and inventory controls.
- Lab Coats
- Eyewear
- Respirators and cartridges/filters
- N95 Masks
- Other items as required
- Maintains and applies working knowledge of technical aspects of various regulatory requirements and the impact to the operating unit. **See “Governing Laws and Regulations” below
- Completes and maintains compliance on campus/systemwide training requirements, as well as any training necessary per role.
- Provide resources and consult during campus wildfire smoke incidents, including staffing and providing supplies to employees; ensures inventory controls to manage scenarios (wildfire smoke, pandemic), and oversee and coordinate campus distribution with delegated partners.
- At the request of campus management (EH&S Director, VC Administration/Research, UCPD Chief, or designated alternate), serve in a designate role within the EH&S Emergency Support Function and be on call to the campus Emergency Operations Center in a campus designated disaster or campus hazardous material release/threatened release.
- Provide appropriate emergency response role based upon expertise and, where applicable, designated departmental role.
- Works on professional committees and assignments, participates in professional training and attends relevant conferences, and/or is mentored or coached on a formal or informal basis.
- Demonstrated experience in customer service.
- Demonstrated written, verbal, and interpersonal skills and experience to communicate effectively in a diverse environment.
- Demonstrated organizational skills to plan, organize, and prioritize multiple projects.
- Skill in the appropriate use of technology (database systems, inventory systems, Google Suite/Enterprise) as required.
- Solid, comprehensive working knowledge/understanding of and/or can quickly learn related laws and regulations, and general understanding of all EH&S fields.
- Bachelor's degree in related area and/or equivalent experience/training.
- Health and safety knowledge with focus on personal protective equipment (PPE) usage.
- Worker Health and Safety.
- Hazardous Materials/Waste Management.
- Specific laws and regulations are too numerous to list.
- To apply, please submit your resume and cover letter.
- A valid driver's license and DMV check for driving record is required.
- This is not a visa opportunity.
- This position is eligible for up to 20% remote work.