Environmental Health & Safety Specialist

Colden Corporation

EHS Specialist at Colden managing workplace health and safety projects in New York City. Involves conducting surveys, audits, and training for diverse clients in various environments.

Posted 6/25/2026full-timeNew York City • New York • 🇺🇸 United StatesJuniorMid-Level💰 $70,000 - $95,000 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Conducting IH surveys to assess chemical, physical, and biological hazards, such as worker personal breathing zone sampling for airborne contaminants and noise monitoring.
Performing indoor environmental quality investigations and sampling.
Conducting safety and health assessments, inspections, and audits in various client industrial and non-industrial settings, such as manufacturing sites, laboratories, universities, hospitals, museums, media and entertainment productions, offices, and other work environments.
Preparing written reports summarizing site visit observations and results.
Researching and summarizing findings for assigned topics in occupational and environmental health sciences, accurately referencing standards (e.g., OSHA, ANSI, NFPA, ISO).
Developing or updating written health and safety procedures and training materials.
Delivering health and safety training at client sites.
Conducting performance checks of local exhaust ventilation and other engineering controls.
Supporting company in-house industrial hygiene monitoring and safety equipment inventory and maintenance.
Performing other tasks as assigned for client projects or to support Colden internal technical procedures and guidelines.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s degree (BS), preferably in occupational health and safety, environmental health, public health with an industrial hygiene or safety focus, or a related science or engineering discipline with relevant work experience
2-5 years of professional experience in health and safety roles
Familiarity with OSHA regulations and industrial hygiene exposure monitoring practices
Self-motivated, reliable, and detail-oriented
Capable of managing work independently with support from others
Strong oral and written communication and interpersonal skills
Ability and willingness to travel are essential, with varying frequency of travel based on project assignments.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Health insurance (medical, dental, vision, HSA) starting on day one
401k profit sharing plan eligibility after 30 days
100% company paid basic life and long-term disability insurance
Paid time off including holidays
Monthly cell phone stipend
Professional development reimbursements including support for certification maintenance

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Hard Skills & Tools

indoor environmental quality investigationshazard assessmentairborne contaminants samplingnoise monitoringsafety and health assessmentshealth and safety procedures developmenttraining material preparationlocal exhaust ventilation performance checksindustrial hygiene monitoringsafety equipment maintenance

Soft Skills

self-motivatedreliabledetail-orientedindependent work managementoral communicationwritten communicationinterpersonal skillsability to travel

Certifications

Bachelor’s degree in occupational health and safetyBachelor’s degree in environmental healthBachelor’s degree in public healthBachelor’s degree in related science or engineering discipline