Safety & Industrial Hygiene Professional

What You'll Do

This position performs the following roles and responsibilities:

• Performs a dual role with Occupational Health/Safety and Industrial Hygiene job specialties
• Protects the work force, the public, and the environment by the anticipation, recognition, evaluation, communication, and control of safety and health stressors in, or arising from, the workplace that may result in injury, illness, or impairment, or negatively impact the well-being of workers
• Provides technical safety and industrial hygiene support to all levels of line management and supervision
• Conducts routine safety and industrial hygiene oversight for operations, maintenance, construction, and other activities
• Conducts workplace inspections and programmatic assessments
• Conducts safety and industrial hygiene oversight audits and surveillances of nuclear and non-nuclear facilities
• Develops, documents, and oversees hazard analysis and control processes for operations, maintenance, construction, and other activities
• Assists with execution of Y-12 safety and industrial hygiene improvement initiatives
• Analyzes safety and industrial hygiene data and statistics and recommends improvements for assigned organizations
• Conducts accident, injury, illness, and property damage incident investigations to identify causes and assist in determining corrective actions
• Assists the Y-12 Occupational Health Services Department with injury and illness follow-up investigations
• Participates in job hazard identification and analysis, identification of controls, work oversight, and feedback to improve safety and industrial hygiene performance
• Makes recommendations for the selection and utilization of engineering, work practice/administrative, and personal protective equipment controls based on recognized safety and industrial hygiene principles and practices and CNS policies and procedures
• Reviews work plans, procedures, and technical requirements to ensure proper integration of safety and industrial hygiene standards, policies, and procedural requirements into work activities
• Provides safety and industrial hygiene consultation, reviews, and interpretation, and interfaces with management and employees to effectively resolve safety and industrial hygiene concerns
• Serves as the subject matter expert responsible for effective maintenance of program assignments and/or job tasks
• Defines problems, collects data, establishes facts, draws conclusions, and makes decisions within established procedures and best management practices
• Evaluates quantitative and qualitative surveys, sampling, and monitoring methods for assessing workplace conditions to ensure compliance with applicable regulatory requirements, site policies, and procedures
• Reviews and interprets survey and monitoring data and provides technical guidance for hazard analysis and establishment of associated controls
• Demonstrates requisite mathematics skills with the ability to perform routine and complex safety and industrial hygiene calculations
• Demonstrates thorough knowledge and understanding of DOE worker safety and health requirements and applicable referenced OSHA and consensus safety and health standards
• Prepares complete, accurate, and concise reports in a timely manner
• Balances multiple tasks in order to effectively accomplish routine assignments and support special initiatives
• Works under general supervision, but exercises independence in developing and implementing solutions to problems
• Performs other related duties as assigned

What You Can Expect

Minimum Job Requirements

Preferred Job Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in safety, industrial hygiene, or related science. Advanced degree a plus.
• Professional knowledge of industrial hygiene principles, theories, and practices, and a thorough understanding of occupational safety and health regulations
• Ability to analyze complex data, prepare detailed technical reports, and communicate findings and recommendations effectively to both management and employees.
• Prior work experience at a U.S. Department of Energy nuclear facility
• Certification as a Certified Industrial Hygienist (CIH) and/or Certified Safety Professional (CSP) preferred for senior position
• Experience conducting exposure assessments
• Ability to demonstrate requisite competency in a variety of computer programs, such as Microsoft Office Suite products (e.g., Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and safety and industrial hygiene data management systems
• Ability to demonstrate excellent written and oral communication, listening, and presentation skills
• Team oriented, with the ability to effectively interact with all levels of personnel (i.e., line employees through senior management)

Why Y-12?

Notes

The minimum education and experience for the lowest career level in the job posting range are listed under Minimum Job Requirements. Successful candidates hired into a higher career level than the minimum in the range must meet the requirements listed in the job leveling charts for the career level into which they are being hired.

If a range of Career Levels is posted, i.e., Senior Associate to Senior Specialist, internal applicants already in one of the Career Levels would come across at their current Career Level. Internal applicants currently in a lower level Career Level would move to the lowest posted Career Level.

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.

This position may require entry into the Material Access Areas (MAA) and participation in the Human Reliability Program (10 C.F.R. Part 712), which requires successful competition of a DOE counterintelligence evaluation and may include a counterintelligence-scope polygraph examination.

This position may be categorized as a “designated position” identified by 10 C.F.R. Part 709, requiring successful completion of a DOE counterintelligence evaluation that may include a counterintelligence-scope polygraph examination.