Scientific Associate

We have an opening for a Scientific Associate in the Respirator Services & Instrumentation Group. You will collaborate with senior technical personnel and scientists to provide complex technical support with industrial hygiene instrumentation calibration and repair in-place and mobile high-efficiency particulate air (HEPA) testing and high-efficiency gas absorption (HEGA) testing. This position is within the Analytical Services & Instrumentation Division of the Technical Services Department of the Environment Safety & Health (ES&H) Directorate.

This position requires full-time on-site presence due to the nature of the work.

You will 

• Perform moderately complex technical procedures related to instrument calibration.
• Follow complex technical procedures to perform HEPA and HEGA filter testing across Site 200 and Site 300. This includes in-place testing on ventilation systems and mobile testing on vacuums and air movers.
• Maintain operate and occasionally repair laboratory equipment within a strict Quality Assurance/Quality Control (QA/QC) framework.
• Coordinate daily work activities with team supervisor Programmatic Areas Responsible Individuals and Facility Managers.
• Author and edit complex technical work procedures in accordance with LLNL Management Assurance requirements.
• Develop and maintain equipment maintenance schedules and consumable laboratory inventories.
• Collaborate with a staff of scientific technologists/associates including work planning and scheduling procurement training team meetings mentoring and preparing instructions and procedures.
• Ensure assignments are performed in accordance with ES&H security and business practices requirements and policies. 
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications :

• Ability to secure and maintain a U.S. DOE Q-level security clearance which requires U.S. citizenship. 
• Bachelors degree in industrial hygiene environmental science engineering or a related field; or equivalent combination of education and related experience.
• Experience performing in-place HEPA & HEGA filter testing in a schedule driven team environment in accordance with American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) N511 In-Service Testing of Nuclear Air-Treatment Heating Ventilating and Air-Conditioning Systems & AG-1 Code on Nuclear Air & Gas Treatment.
• Experience with instrument or equipment calibration with knowledge of standard industrial hygiene equipment.
• Experience with electronic database management to track and update inventories like instruments equipment or consumables.
• Experience writing editing and performing technical field reviews of complex laboratory procedures.
• Ability to organize work to manage and perform multiple work tasks in a high pressure time limited environment.
• Understanding of the application of work control or work permitting procedures for employee health and safety.
• Verbal and written communication skills necessary to effectively write present explain and communicate complex technical information to all levels of personnel.

Qualifications We Desire

• Significant experience in industrial hygiene and/or other health and safety instrument calibration.
• Experience in a laboratory setting that adheres to International Organization for Standard (ISO)/International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC)17025 General Requirements for the Competence of Testing and Calibration Laboratories.
• Completion of the NUCON Essentials Workshop on ANSI/ASME N510 or ASME N511 filter testing or equivalent.

Additional Information :

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Position Information

This is a Career Indefinite position open to Lab employees and external candidates.

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  Remote Work :

  No

  
  

  Employment Type :

  Full-time