Occupational Safety & Industrial Hygiene Scientist

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Introduction:

Are you a highly motivated self-starter seeking to join a growth-focused Environment Health & Safety (EHS) consulting firm Are you looking for a company that will provide interesting and technically challenging work and will also invest in your development and grow your professional skills If so consider a career with Apex.

Powered by strong sales extraordinary client retention multiple career path options strategic acquisitions and an entrepreneurial spirit Apex Companies is one of the fastest growing EHS consulting firms in the USA. We take pride in meeting and exceeding our clients expectations and have earned numerous industry awards for project excellence. We continue to grow and we want you to grow with us.

Role Overview:

This role is to provide overarching occupational health and safety expertise to one of Apexs most valued clients a national aerospace manufacturer. Over the last 2 decades Apex has worked hand and hand with the national aerospace manufacturer helping them achieve their Occupational Health and Safety Ergonomic and Safety Engineering goals. The incumbent will serve as a Safety/IH Scientist contractor to their Everett Washington facility.

The incumbent will execute both industrial hygiene and safety projects from start and finish. This role will routinely involve a BLEND of (1) workplace / shop floor industrial safety exposure assessment tasks (2) employee safety program effectiveness evaluations and continuous improvement support and (3) industrial hygiene sampling tasks.

Perhaps most importantly the incumbent will be an energetic self-starter with the ability to work independently and produce results within budget and timeframe.

As a disclaimer this role is subject to termination at anytime due to potential client financial and budgetary turn the role is also subject to extension.

Your Responsibilities as an Apex Occupational Safety & Industrial Hygiene Scientist:

• Providing comprehensive occupational safety and industrial hygiene consulting services to clients including conducting shop floor observations focused on identifying assessing and risk-ranking employee exposures to injury or illness and devising solution options aimed at mitigating injury/illness exposures.
• In collaboration with Apex client relationship managers coordinates and executes safety and industrial hygiene projects within set organizational procedures and standards.
• In close routine collaboration with the external customer implements and executes an agreed-to service plan. Monitors and reports progress on plan completion as directed. Works with numerous internal and external stakeholders in the interest of achieving desired overall project velocity.
• Follows the customers direction upon their request for occupational safety and industrial hygiene support needed.

What we are looking for:

• Bachelors degree required preferably in a science or engineering field.
• Minimum 2 years of hands-on experience required working in the occupational safety and industrial hygiene fields a plus if there is ergonomic experience as well.
• Associate Safety Professional (ASP) certification desired.
• Experience in manufacturing-&-assembly industries / heavy industry settings a plus. Experience in the aerospace and defense or automotive industry a further plus.
• Possess knowledge of occupational safety and industrial hygiene technical subject matter and how to apply it in real-life settings. Familiar with standard concepts practices and procedures within the occupational safety and industrial hygiene fields.
• US Citizenship is required to comply with client requirements.

Just a few topics where technical knowledge is required:

EMPLOYEE SAFETY:

• Hearing conservation sampling and area mapping
• Shop Floor Hazard Identification Surveys; Job Safety Analysis
• Employee Accident Investigations and Aggregate Injury Data Analysis
• Machine Guarding
• Slip/Trip/Fall Prevention; Falls from Elevation
• Lockout/Tagout & Energized Electrical Equipment Safety
• Confined Space Entry
• Personal Protective Equipment
• Powered Industrial Truck Safety
• Contractor Safety
• Broad spectrum OSHA Regulations understanding

INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE (IH):

• Shop Floor IH Sampling / Monitoring practices & techniques:
  • Chemicals; Noise; Program review
• Similar Exposure Groups (SEG) monitoring concepts
• IH Program Management
  • Examples: Hazard Communication; Hearing Conservation; Respiratory Protection

GENERAL SKILLS

• Strong interpersonal communication skills.
• A great deal of creativity and self-starter initiative is required. This position entails routine ongoing work with numerous customer stakeholders all of whom need to be satisfied with respect to project purpose scope and tactics.
• Relies on experience and judgment paired with the overall work statement provided by the customer to plan and accomplish goals.
• Ensures compliance with all EHS regulations and keeps abreast of any changes to laws and regulations that impact the organization.

• Strong technical writing skills the ability to successfully multi-task safety awareness and a good record and understanding of safe work practices
• Experience with data management andreport preparation.
• Valid drivers license required.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office suite.

Select Key Performance Indicators:

• Demonstrates the ability to work independently successfully executing technical projects with minimal supervision.
• Customer needs are met on a timely basis and emergencies are responded to quickly.
• Meets annually established goals for personally-generated revenue and utilization %.
• Meets annually established goals for Customer satisfaction.
• Pursues ongoing professional development as mutually agreed with the Business Unit Manager.

Why you will want to work at Apex

• Company-subsidized medical and dental.
• Company-paid life short and long-term disability.
• 401k match tuition assistance and more.
• Cross-training and the ability to work on a variety of projects.
• Performance-based bonuses or other incentives.
• 1700 employee national firm with 50 locations across the US.

Req ID: 10683

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