Job Description

DIRECTOR OF LABORATORY SAFETY, Environment, Health and Safety (EHS) Office, to serve in a leadership role under the managing director of EHS.  Will direct staff and operations for two EHS programs--Biosafety and Industrial Hygiene.  Will provide expert EHS advice--including laboratory and animal research risk assessment--that supports achievement of MIT’s academic and research objectives with due consideration of and in compliance with applicable federal, state, and local laws, regulations, guidelines and good practices; lead initiatives and manage staff; oversee the overall daily operations, tasks, technical matters, and processes of Laboratory Safety staff for multiple institution-wide programs; and establish strategic improvement initiatives, benchmarking, and programs to detect and satisfy new regulations and changing best practices in all fields of responsibility.