Industrial Hygiene Technician

What Youll Do

Industrial Hygiene (IH) technicians perform sampling monitoring and data collection activities to evaluate potential health and safety concerns. IH technicians often serve as the primary interface between the Safety and Industrial Hygiene Department and the workforce. Duties of the IH technician include routine and non-routine surveys job coverage and assisting industrial hygienists with hazard assessments and fit test of respirators. IH technician duties include:

• Select calibrate and operate a wide variety of sampling and monitoring equipment appropriate for the hazard(s) being evaluated.
• Interpret field data and assess site conditions in order to notify industrial hygienist and facility personnel of potential health and safety issues.
• Accurately calculate sample results and create industrial hygiene documents in a manner that maintains technical and scientific validity.
• Anticipate recognize and evaluate potential job hazards and make accurate and informed decisions with limited input from others.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

What You Can Expect

• Meaningful work and unique opportunities to support missions vital to national and global security
• Top-notch dedicated colleagues
• Generous pay and benefits with a stable organization

Minimum Job Requirements

• Associates degree in related discipline.
• OR Four or more years of education and/or relevant experience may be considered to satisfy educational and years-of-experience requirements for this posting.
• Requires the ability to work a significant amount of overtime and remain flexible to work an alternate shift
• Must have good written and oral communication skills
• Must be able to interpret and implement NIOSH and OSHA sampling methods
• Must be competent in the use of Microsoft Office and other software packages
• Must be observant organized and detail oriented
• Ability to climb ladders and scaffolding and perform work in elevated heights may be required.
• Individual must be able to wear respiratory protection and protective clothing as required.
• Someone who is a self starter and requires minimium supervision.
• Work includes both indoors and outdoors and hot/cold environments.
• Familiarirty with laboratory/industrial work settings.
• In addition the applicant must meet the requirements of DOE O 426.2 (i.e. High School diploma or a DOE O 426.2 alternative). DOE 426.2 experience requirements can be satisfied following the interim newly hired personnel will not be assigned duties that could impact the safety basis of nuclear facilities. (Ref. DOE O 426.2)

Preferred Job Requirements

• Previous Industrial Hygiene Technician experience.
• Bachelor degreee in science based discipline
• Individuals with experience in the Nursing or Public Health fields are encouraged to apply
• Prior work experience at a U.S. Department of Energy nuclear facility.

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Notes

Requires a Q clearance; however all qualified candidates will be considered regardless of their current clearance status. The ability to obtain and maintain a Department of Energy Q clearance is required.

Position may require entry into Materials Access Areas (MAA) and participation in the Human Reliability Program (HRP). If HRP is required candidate must complete a counterintelligence-scope polygraph pursuant to 10CFR 709. Medical requirements may apply.