Daniels Health

Senior Compliance Specialist

Daniels Health

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: Chicago • Illinois • 🇺🇸 United States

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Salary

💰 $109,165 - $117,335 per year

Job Level

Senior

About the role

  • Monitor federal, state, and local regulations (OSHA, EPA, DOT, state environmental agencies) impacting medical waste management, and interpret requirements for application across Daniels operations.
  • Obtain and maintain required permits, licenses, and certifications for facilities and operations, ensuring integration with business needs.
  • Interpret regulatory changes and advise leadership and departments on implications for operations, strategy, and risk exposure.
  • Develop, review, and support implementation of compliance policies and standard operating procedures (SOPs).
  • Support in development and delivery of compliance training programs for employees, ensuring alignment with organizational goals and regulatory requirements.
  • Ensure accuracy of compliance training records, keeping up-to-date documentation to support regulatory readiness and internal accountability.
  • Conduct regular audits of manifests, transportation logs, facility operations, and vendor compliance, identify risks and gaps.
  • Document audit findings, prepare reports, and follow-up on corrective actions.
  • Ensure readiness efforts for internal and external inspections, confirming Daniels is always audit-ready.
  • Investigate compliance incidents, assess root causes and risks, document findings and develop corrective actions and ensure timely resolution.
  • Escalate significant issues to the Director, Ethics & Compliance, as needed, with recommendations for mitigation and policy improvement.
  • Partner with operations leadership to integrate compliance into operational planning and daily activities.
  • Advise sales and account management teams on compliance-related client inquiries, supporting with regulatory expertise.

Requirements

  • Minimum of 5–7 years of compliance, auditing, or regulatory experience, ideally in the medical waste industry or another highly regulated industry, such as pharmaceutical, cannabis, alcohol, healthcare, or environmental services.
  • Strong working knowledge of federal OSHA, EPA, and DOT regulations and similar state regulations pertaining to the medical waste industry is preferred.
  • Excellent research, analytical and organizational skills; Is detail-oriented with strong judgment and time management skills.
  • Has a self-starter-proactive mindset; supporting company policies, goals and core values.
  • Demonstrated ability to independently interpret and apply complex regulatory frameworks to business practice whilst also collaboratively across multiple teams.
  • Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite and compliance tracking systems.
  • Professional verbal and written communication skills.
  • Performs well under pressure on multiple tasks concurrently and meets deadlines in a fast-paced work environment.
  • Ability to adapt quickly to regulatory changes and evolving business needs and willingness to handle a variety of tasks as assigned.
Benefits
  • medical, dental, and vision insurance
  • retirement savings plans with company match contributions
  • paid vacation and sick time
  • wellness resources
  • life insurance
  • professional development opportunities

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Hard skills
complianceauditingregulatory experienceinterpret regulatory frameworksdevelop compliance policiesconduct auditsdocument audit findingsinvestigate compliance incidentsrisk assessmentcorrective actions
Soft skills
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