Health and Safety Specialist- Environment, Safety, and Health Division
We are seeking a highly motivated Industrial Hygienist with extensive experience in developing, implementing, and maintaining a broad range of industrial hygiene and safety programs. In this position, you will be joining our Environment, Safety, and Health (ES&H) Division. Members of this team support industrial hygiene and safety services, chemical /hazardous materials management, and waste management functions critical to SLAC’s scientific research and operational mission.
Your specific responsibilities include:
- Manage several ES&H programs. This includes administering, assessing, and improving programs, and serving as a subject matter expert in support of operations at the Laboratory. Programs may include asbestos, beryllium, lead, silica, cryogens/cryogenic equipment, chemical exposure assessments, fume hoods, compressed/hazardous/toxic gases, noise/hearing conservation, non-ionizing radiation, respiratory protection, etc.
- Support projects (project planning documentation and specifications) to ensure that they meet requirements; work with stakeholders to find the best solution to safety problems while enabling the team to meet the project schedule and budget.
- Develop, coordinate, and deliver safety training for programs that they manage. Examples include asbestos, lead, or other subjects of industrial hygiene.
- Perform assessments, monitor workplace hazards, and develop appropriate hazard mitigations; support the investigation of incidents; provide technical advice and interpretation of regulations.
- Effectively interface and collaborate with all levels of staff including technicians, principal investigators, and operational support teams.
- Under limited supervision, perform moderately complex technical work in a wide range of environmental, health, and safety disciplines to ensure a safe work environment and to achieve compliance with SLAC’s Environment, Safety and Health Program and governmental regulatory requirements.
- Identify, assess, and monitor workplace hazards (including but not limited to chemical, physical, biological, and radiological) that could be present in the work area; remediate hazards, and/or recommend improvements to minimize hazard potential.
- Recommend improvements in processes, design, procedures, and operating equipment to minimize hazard potential.
- Provide technical advice and interpretation of various government regulations and SLAC policies; maintain working knowledge of specific government regulations.
- Manage the transfer of an existing asbestos database to a new platform.
- Other duties may also be assigned.
To be successful in this position you will bring:
- Bachelor’s degree and 3 years progressively responsible experience in industrial hygiene, occupational safety and health, emergency response/management, environmental science, and/or allied/scientific field, or an equivalent combination of education and relevant experience.
- Practical knowledge of Cal/OSHA laws, regulations, and policies
- Capable of identifying known potential exposures and recommending corrective action
- Computer skills and familiarity with the Microsoft Office suite
- Management, leadership, and interpersonal skills
- Demonstrated ability to conduct effective health and safety surveys, quantitative and qualitative exposure/risk assessments, and data analyses; ability to provide recommendations for exposure/risk control via technical reports.
- Ability to effectively communicate orally and in writing with diverse audiences; ability to explain technical concepts clearly and concisely. Author professional reports to share results, provide guidance, and add to SLAC’s historic body of industrial hygiene sampling reports.
- Ability to maintain current knowledge of and interpret specific government agency requirements (statutes, regulations, licenses, and permits) and university policies.
- Working knowledge of the scientific and technical aspects of various regulatory requirements and potential impact on assigned work area(s).
- Successfully interface and collaborate with all levels of staff including technicians, principal investigators, and operational support teams.
- Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work both as part of a team and independently.
A background in one or more of the following is strongly preferred:
- Industrial hygiene, asbestos program management, lead program management, IH sampling, familiarity with the ASTM E2356-18 Standard Practice for Comprehensive Building Asbestos Surveys.
- Experience in an academic or laboratory research environment.
- Or equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Holds or is actively working to obtain initial professional certifications, for example:
- Associate Safety Professional (ASP)
- Certified Industrial Hygienist (CIH)
- Certified Safety Professional (CSP)
- AHERA certifications (Asbestos)
- CADPH Lead inspector/Assessor Project Monitor
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Certifications and Licenses:
- Holds or is actively working to obtain initial professional certifications, for example:
- Associate Safety Professional (ASP)
- Certified Industrial Hygienist (CIH)
- Certified Safety Professional (CSP)
- AHERA certifications (Asbestos)
- CADPH Lead inspector/Assessor Project Monitor
Core Duties:
Develop, implement, and maintain programs, systems, and
procedures necessary to ensure the overall safety and health of
employees and the community.
May develop and conduct employee and student training, education,
and awareness of environmental, safety and health activities, and/or
programs.
Identify, assess, and monitor workplace hazards (including but
not limited to, chemical, physical, biological, and radiological) that
could be present in the work area; remediate hazards, and/or recommend
improvements to minimize hazard potential.
Investigate accidents, incidents, injuries, and complaints
concerning potential hazards or unsafe conditions in the work
place.
Recommend improvements in processes, design, procedures, and
operating equipment to minimize hazard potential.
Provide technical advice and university interpretation of various
government regulations and university policies; maintain working
knowledge of specific government regulations.
May act as a lead or technical expert, and provide direction to
less experienced personnel working on health/safety programs.
Minimum Education:
Bachelor’s degree in arts/science in related allied/scientific
field
Minimum Experience:
Three years progressively responsible experience in occupational
safety and health, emergency response/management, environmental science,
and/or allied/scientific field, or an equivalent combination of
education and relevant experience.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
Demonstrated ability to conduct effective health and safety
surveys, quantitative and qualitative exposure/risk assessments, and
data analyses; ability to provide recommendations for exposure/risk
control.
Ability to effectively communicate orally and in writing with
diverse audiences; ability to explain technical concepts clearly and
concisely.
Ability to maintain current knowledge of and interpret specific
government agency requirements (statutes, regulations, licenses, and
permits) and university policies.
Working knowledge of the scientific and technical aspects of
various regulatory requirements and potential impact on assigned work
area(s).
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Drivers License Requirements
- Must possess and maintain a valid California non-commercial Class C Driver's License.
- Ability to drive day and night.
- When conducting university business, must comply with the California Vehicle Code and Stanford University driving requirements.