Industrial Hygiene and Safety Specialist

About the Role

 

 

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Culmen is seeking an Industrial Hygiene and Safety Specialist to work on-site for the U.S. Department of State, Office of Facilities Management in Washington, D.C.

 

What You’ll Do in Your New Role

This role involves performing industrial hygiene and safety services, which include the identification, monitoring, and recommendation of solutions for a wide array of hygiene and safety concerns. It also entails providing occupational safety and health training on topics such as back safety, lifting techniques, pallet jack operation, ergonomics, fall protection, lead hazards, hazardous noise, and Hazard Communication (HazCom). Additionally, it supports the Industrial Hygiene and Safety program by:

 

• Conducting safety evaluations of processes and facilities, performing indoor air quality and mold assessments.
• Carrying out ventilation surveys, lead sampling for range personnel and surface contamination, and addressing water intrusion events.
• Assessing hazardous noise, lighting levels, and thermal comfort parameters; and performing other necessary industrial hygiene sampling and evaluations.
• Identifying potential threats from mail or unidentified powder incidents using field testing equipment like radiation survey meters, Polymerase ChainReaction (PCR), and infrared spectroscopy.
• Detecting noncompliance issues, formulating corrective action plans, and estimating associated costs.
• Reviewing construction safety measures.

Required Qualifications

• US Citizenship 
• Active Secret Clearance
• Certified Industrial Hygienist (CIH) or Certified Safety Professional (CSP) certification
• 5+ years’ experience as an Industrial Hygiene and Safety Specialist
• Experience providing ergonomic evaluations.
• Experience in providing EHS support for a large, multi-worksite agency with a blended workforce of contractors and direct hires.

Desired Qualifications

• Bachelors Degree
• Top Secret clearance

About the Company

• Exceptional Medical/Dental/Vision coverage with 100% of the premiums paid by the company for all employees and their eligible dependents
• 401k – Vested immediately and 4% match
• Life insurance and disability paid by the company
• AFLAC Available
• Tuition Assistance
• 12 Paid Holidays

 

 

At Culmen International we are committed to creating, promoting, and sustaining a culture of diversity, equity, and inclusion. Our commitment to these values is unwavering across all our work around the world.  We include and celebrate employees of diverse races, genders, religions, sexual orientations, ethnicities, nationalities, socioeconomic statuses, languages, (dis)abilities, ages, and religious commitments. These differences drive innovative solutions to meet the needs of our employees and clients. Culmen is an equal opportunity employer.

 

 

The determination of compensation at Culmen International, LLC is based on various factors such as location, the individual's unique combination of education, knowledge, skills, competencies, clearance level, experience, internal equity, contract-specific affordability, and organizational requirements. The projected compensation range for this position is $95,000 – $115,000 annually. This estimate represents the typical salary range for this position and is just one component of Culmen's total compensation package for employees.