Health & Safety Professional -Field Support

City-State, LLC is currently recruiting for Health & Safety Professional - Field Support positions for our client at ORNL in Oak Ridge, TN.

Overview:
The Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) seeks multiple Health and Safety (H&S) Professionals for Safety & Operations Services Division (SOSD) short term (6-12 months) field support positions to meet expanding needs for safety support and operational excellence to accomplish the ORNL cutting-edge scientific research mission.

The positions will work as part of integrated teams that have responsibility for H&S oversight activities and tasks associated with work control and research support operations. Additionally, one or both of the selected positions will provide the role of Laser Safety Officer for the supported directorate/divisions. Positions will provide H&S and operational support to maintain compliance with all applicable Federal and State laws, DOE Orders, and ORNL policies and procedures regarding safety, environmental protection, space utilization, and perhaps facility management support. The positions are in the Environment, Safety, Health and Quality (ESH&Q) Directorate and will be matrixed to provide safety and health support to research and development (R&D) operations in Isotope Science and Engineering Directorate (ISED) or Physical Sciences Directorate (PSD). Another position will provide health and safety oversight for work control, operations, and maintenance at a scientific user facility, Spallation Neutron Source (SNS) user facility within the Neutron Sciences Directorate (NScD).

Major Duties/Responsibilities:

• Provide professional safety and industrial hygiene (IH) support to R&D and/or facility operations and maintenance

• Support Division Work Control Point-of-Contact (POC) activities for research safety summaries (RSS). In so doing, assists in coordination of RSS reviews to ensure sufficient peer and Subject Matter Expert (SME) review and to ensure all RSSs are approved and authorized within the proper timeframe.

• Facilitate completion of the operational activities deemed necessary through the work control process or as requested by researchers to enable research objectives in a manner that ensures the safe and compliant execution of the research mission.

• Build and sustain an environment that supports cooperation and cohesiveness between H&S, operations, and research staff

• Evaluate R&D activities, facilities and operations tasks, or internal operating procedures and processes to identify hazards and provide recommendations for controls and verify adequacy of controls as work proceeds.

• Use comprehensive IH practices and equipment to conduct qualitative and quantitative exposure assessments of chemical and physical hazards

Qualifications Required:

• A Bachelor’s degree in a science, engineering, operational discipline, or relevant technical field (e.g., health and safety, industrial hygiene, chemistry, biology, engineering, operations, etc.) with a minimum of 2 years of relevant experience in industrial safety/industrial hygiene or a Master’s degree with 1 year relevant experience.

• Experience in field oversight/assessment of industrial hygiene/industrial safety performance and compliance with applicable OSHA, local, state, and federal industrial hygiene and safety standards and regulations.

• Knowledge and background in chemical/material identification and evaluation along with experience in hazard analysis/exposure assessment activities.

Qualifications Preferred:

• Experience working in an R&D environment, including previous health and safety (H&S) experience within the DOE complex or university research environment.

• Technical knowledge of IH instrumentation including calibration, usage, limitations, and calculations/interpretations of results.

• Strong organizational and time management skills and ability to meet inflexible deadlines on own initiative.

• Professional certification such as Certified Safety Professional (CSP), Certified Industrial Hygienist (CIH), Certified Laser Safety Officer (CLSO), Associate Safety Professional (ASP) is preferred.

• • Knowledge of DOE and ORNL policies, procedures, and requirements