Experimental Safety Coordinator
Experimental Safety Coordinator
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The National Synchrotron Light Source II (NSLSII) is one of DOEs premier user facilities. Users come to NSLSII to take advantage of its high brightness and resolution in pursuit of their scientific goals.
The candidate will serve as the Experimental Safety Coordinator to advocate and provide technical resources on matters of health and safety. Primary responsibilities include providing professional knowledge and expertise in the administration support and implementation of health and safety programs to assure compliance with regulatory agency guidelines consensus standards and institutional policies.
This handson position involves partnering with line management representatives employees senior staff subject matter experts and NSLSII Users. Fieldwork venues include: laboratories (chemical biological physical nanomaterials etc.; construction sites; physical plants (infrastructure and maintenance) and large experimental equipment. The Experimental Safety Coordinator supports the NSLSII one of the newest most advanced synchrotron light sources in the world. NSLSII enables its growing research community to study materials with nanoscale resolution and exquisite sensitivity by providing cuttingedge imaging capabilities.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
Reporting to the NSLSII Environment Safety Health and Quality Manager this safety engineer will have the responsibility to:
Oversee the Experimental Safety Review process for NSLSII inclusive of review and approval of documentation as well as the development of risk analyses for higher risk experiments (highly toxic energetics radioactive biological etc.
Manage the logistics associated with bringing highrisk experiments to the beamlines and assist with development of sample management systems for these experiments.
Serve as Liaison with the user community regarding pending experiments and raise concerns to management as needed.
Assist NSLSII with hazard identification and provide recommendations on controls and compliance to safety staff.
Develop local policy (for NSLSII) regarding use of biologicals and radioactive materials capturing safety requirements that are in compliance with OSHA DOT DOE and other regulatory requirements.
Develop and present on highrisk experiments to management and institutional committees (such as the Institutional Biosafety Committee) as required.
Conduct audits assessments and surveillances of safety and health programs.
Respond to issues events and safety concerns and provide support to the incident commander and line organizations to ensure that hazards are identified and controlled.
As assigned participate and/or lead investigations of accidents events incidents illnesses and injuries.
Participate in design reviews of equipment and facilities for environmental safety and health to ensure compliance with laboratory requirements.
Be an active member of the Readiness Review team with potential responsibilities of authoring tailored review plans defining criteria for Readiness leading Internal Readiness Review (IRR) teams and preparation meetings presenting findings from the IRR generating reports as well as following actions to closure.
Be familiar with ISO 14001 standards 2015
Required Knowledge Skills and Abilities:
Bachelors degree in Engineering Chemistry or related health and safety field and a minimum of seven 7 years progressively responsible related work experience which demonstrates advanced capabilities and use of sophisticated engineering approaches.
Knowledge of OSHA/ACGIH regulations with IH impacts
Demonstrated proficiency in Microsoft Office
Possession of a valid drivers license and satisfactory driving record
Willingness to obtain and maintain related professional certifications such as ASP CSP CIH.
Must demonstrate the ability to present ideas and concepts orally and in writing in a clear and concise manner to communicate technical information and interact with individuals with diverse backgrounds and levels of understanding including senior management engineers scientists and trade workers.
Willingness and aptitude to learn from our current Safety staff and to be a team player
Solid safetybased reasoning skills
Strong interpersonal and time management skills
Preferred Knowledge Skills and Abilities:
Masters degree or Ph.D in an Engineering Scientific or Environment Safety and Health (ESH) discipline is preferred.
Ten 10 years work experience as a mechanical project or safety engineer/manager in an industrial construction or scientific setting.
Working knowledge of 10CFR851
Working knowledge of DOE Order 420.2D
Knowledge of ACGIH controls and recommendations
Safety Professional (ASP/CSP) or Engineering (PE) credentials or the ability to obtain those credentials in a short period of time is highly desirable.
Other relevant safety or professional certifications will be valued.
Previous work experience in a Department of Energy accelerator facility.
Additional requirements:
Knowledge of Microsoft Office (Word Excel Outlook PowerPoint).
Customer service skills and ability to work as a team are essential.
Ability to wear respiratory protection hearing protective devices basic construction personnel protective equipment.
This position may occasionally require working after hours or on weekends and respond to emergency situations.
Brookhaven Laboratory is committed to providing fair equitable and competitive compensation. This is a multilevel role and the full salary range for this position is $106650 $145000 / year. You will be placed at the level and salary commensurate with your experience. Salary offers will be commensurate with the final candidates qualification education and experience and considered with the internal peer group.
About Us
Brookhaven National Laboratory delivers discovery science and transformative technology to power and secure the nations future. Brookhaven Lab is a multidisciplinary laboratory with seven Nobel Prizewinning discoveries 37 R&D 100 Awards and more than 70 years of pioneering research. The Lab is primarily supported by the U.S. Department of Energys (DOE) Office of Science. Brookhaven Science Associates (BSA) operates and manages the Laboratory for DOE. BSA is a partnership between Battelle and The Research Foundation for the State University of New York on behalf of Stony Brook University. BSA salutes our veterans and active military members with careers that leverage the skills and unique experience they gained while serving our country learn more at BNL Opportunities for Veterans at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
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Brookhaven Science Associates is an equal opportunity employer that values inclusion and diversity at our Lab. We are committed to ensuring that all qualified applicants receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin age status as a veteran disability or any other federal state or local protected class. BSA takes affirmative action in support of its policy and to advance in employment individuals who are minorities women protected veterans and individuals with disabilities. We ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process to perform essential job functions and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation. *VEVRAA Federal Contractor
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