Job Description ResponsibilitiesMSTS Industrial Hygiene is looking for a high performing individual with attention to detail to provide industrial hygiene support to underground, construction and other fieldwork as assigned.
Key Responsibilities- Maintains, operates, and ensures calibration of a variety of sampling and monitoring equipment. Verifies monitoring equipment is functioning properly.
- Conducts Personal/Area Air and Gas Sampling as required per project (i.e. Beryllium, Lead, Noise).
- Conducts routine Swipe sampling and swipe sampling as required per project to characterize work/adjoining areas, release items.
- Coordinate submittal of samples (air, swipe, dosimetry) to laboratory.
- Attend pre-job briefings per project, focusing on industrial hygiene issues.
- Observe and document work activities.
- Evaluates and interprets results with regard to environmental, safety, and health impacts. Reviews results with other scientist
- Works with staff and management to prepare technical reports and recommendations on how to correct hazardous conditions.
- Develops a thorough working knowledge of safety and health functions, corporate policies and procedures, and governmental safety and health programs.
- Gains experience in the practical application of federal/state Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and Department of Energy procedures/regulations and standards.
- Consults with supervisors and departmental representatives on safety and health matters to ensure that work procedures are in compliance with MSTS and governmental requirements.
- Recommends actions related to non-compliance and follows through to ensure corrective actions, as stipulated and approved by the supervisor, are implemented.
- Support and encourage participation in MSTS environment, safety, and health initiatives.
- Will stop work if Occupational Safety and/or Industrial Hygiene requirements are compromised.
- Performs occupational-related studies, surveys, and investigations of construction and maintenance activities to identify potential health risks within the work environment.
- Coordinates and implements appropriate action to correct deficiencies.
- Plans, coordinates, and conducts surveys of work sites to observe work practices and conditions for health hazards.
- Determines the nature and magnitude of hazardous exposure and the effectiveness of existing controls.
- Prepares technical reports identifying health hazards.
- Manages, oversees, evaluates, or participates in various Industrial Hygiene-related programs as required by Mission Support Test Services (MSTS) and National Nuclear Security Administration regulations and instructions as well as all required federal standards.
- Investigates health problems that arise among workers, applying epidemiology principles and sound scientific methods.
- During planning and developmental phase, evaluates proposed new work processes or materials to ensure incorporation of adequate measures for prevention of occupational disease hazards.
- Participates in developing controls to minimize or eliminate actual or potential health hazards.
Qualifications- Bachelor's degree in calculus-based technical (STEM) field plus at least 5 years relevant experience. Skill building experience must demonstrate either deeper technical specialization or additional cross-disciplinary knowledge. Graduate research experience may be recognized.
- Ability to builds teaming relationships with technical and other company organizations.
- Executes work in a disciplined manner to demonstrate compliance with laws, codes, orders, and MSTS policies and procedures.
- Skill building experience must demonstrate either deeper technical specialization or additional cross-disciplinary knowledge. Graduate research experience may be recognized.
- MSHA (Mine Safety and Health Administration) and mining experienced preferred.
- Able to utilize judgment and follow oral and written instructions in completion of all duties.
- Must be able to plan/organize work to ensure all assignments are completed efficiently and within required time frame.
- Skill to read and understand technical specifications, procedures, and regulations.
- Ability to record data accurately and complete logs, reports, and other written information.
- Must possess excellent interpersonal skills and ability to communicate with all types of people in a tactful, professional, and effective manner while screening and maintaining confidentiality.
- Able to remember extensive policies, procedures, terminology, schedules, personnel, and other details.
- Able to deal with pressure of deadlines, frequent interruptions, multiple priorities, responding to emergencies/immediate requests, and working around hazardous conditions.
- The primary work location will be at the Nevada National Security Site (located 65 miles northwest of Las Vegas, Nevada).
- Work schedule will be 4/10s Monday through Thursday (subject to change). Overtime may be required.
- Ability to work night shift and occasional weekend work.
- Pre-placement physical examination, which includes a drug screen, is required. MSTS maintains a substance abuse policy that includes random drug testing.
- Must possess a valid driver's license.
Annual salary range for this position is:
$101,524.80 - $152.297.60.Starting salary is determined based on the position market value, the individual candidate education and experience and internal equity.
