Senior Industrial Hygiene Specialist
Leads industrial hygiene programs and complex exposure assessments across manufacturing, laboratory, and controlled environments. The role requires a bachelor’s degree, at least seven years of experience, strong regulatory expertise, hands-on sampling skills, and the ability to guide cross-functional teams.
About the job
Responsibilities
- Lead the development, implementation, maintenance, and continuous improvement of industrial hygiene programs covering chemical, physical, biological, and ergonomic hazards.
- Develop and execute qualitative and quantitative exposure assessments, including air sampling, noise monitoring, heat-stress evaluations, ventilation assessments, and related surveys.
- Establish sampling plans and exposure profiles based on process conditions, worker activities, hazard potential, and occupational exposure limits.
- Interpret results against OSHA requirements, ACGIH TLVs, NIOSH RELs, and other applicable guidance; communicate conclusions and recommended actions.
- Maintain accurate, traceable exposure records and technical documentation.
- Partner with engineering, operations, and maintenance on equipment, process, facility, and manufacturing scale-up changes.
- Apply the hierarchy of controls and evaluate ventilation, containment, chemical handling, noise-control, administrative, work-practice, and PPE solutions.
- Provide technical input for job hazard analyses, pre-job planning, management of change, commissioning, new chemicals, and new processes.
- Provide guidance on respiratory protection, hearing conservation, hazard communication, and PPE selection.
- Support OSHA, EPA, DOE, federal, state, and local compliance activities, inspections, audits, customer reviews, and assessments.
- Prepare and review exposure assessments, technical reports, procedures, sampling records, corrective actions, and controlled records.
- Lead or support occupational exposure and health-related incident investigations and develop corrective and preventive actions.
- Deliver training on chemical safety, respiratory protection, hearing conservation, hazard communication, exposure controls, and safe work practices.
- Analyze industrial hygiene trends and data to identify recurring risks and prioritize improvements.
- Support selection, calibration, and maintenance of industrial hygiene monitoring equipment.
- Provide technical guidance across operations, engineering, maintenance, manufacturing, quality, EH&S, and radiological controls; mentor less experienced personnel.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in industrial hygiene, occupational safety and health, environmental science, engineering, chemistry, or a related field.
- 7+ years of progressive industrial hygiene or occupational health experience.
- Experience independently planning and executing complex exposure assessments and using data to establish effective controls.
- Hands-on experience with air sampling pumps, direct-reading instruments, noise dosimeters, sound level meters, ventilation assessment tools, and other industrial hygiene instrumentation.
- Strong knowledge of OSHA regulations, ACGIH TLVs, NIOSH criteria, exposure control strategies, respiratory protection, hearing conservation, and hazard communication.
- Experience evaluating chemical, particulate, noise, thermal, ventilation, ergonomic, and other occupational health hazards.
- Ability to interpret complex sampling and exposure data and translate findings into practical corrective actions.
- Strong technical writing and documentation skills.
- Ability to influence cross-functional teams, communicate risk to leadership, and mentor personnel.
- Proficiency with industrial hygiene data-management tools and Microsoft Office.
Nice-to-haves
- Certified Industrial Hygienist (CIH) credential or equivalent senior-level expertise.
- Experience in manufacturing, laboratory, energy, nuclear, chemical processing, or another technically regulated environment.
- Experience supporting nuclear, DOE, NRC, radiological, or other highly regulated operations.
- Experience maintaining electronic exposure records.
Benefits
- Health, dental, and vision insurance
- Health savings account
- Disability and life insurance
- 401(k) plan
- Paid time off and holidays
Skills
Industrial Hygiene, Exposure Assessment, Air Sampling, Noise Monitoring, Ventilation Assessment, Osha, Acgih Tlvs, Niosh, Respiratory Protection, Hearing Conservation, Hazard Communication, Ppe, Microsoft Office, Industrial Hygiene Instrumentation
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