Industrial Hygiene/ Industrial Safety Professional

Company Description

Join us and make YOUR mark on the World!

Are you interested in joining some of the brightest talent in the world to strengthen the United States’ security? Come join Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) where our employees apply their expertise to create solutions for BIG ideas that make our world a better place.

We are committed to a diverse and equitable workforce with an inclusive culture that values and celebrates the diversity of our people, talents, ideas, experiences, and perspectives. This is important for continued success of the Laboratory’s mission.

Pay Range: 

$118,290- $151,932 Annually for the TSS.2 level
$142,050 - $182,388 Annually for the TSS.3 level

This is the lowest to highest salary we in good faith believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting; pay will not be below any applicable local minimum wage.  An employee’s position within the salary range will be based on several factors including, but not limited to, specific competencies, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, geographic location, performance, and business or organizational needs.

Job Description

We have an opening for an early or mid-career Industrial Hygiene/ Industrial Safety Professional specializing in Industrial Hygiene (IH) or Industrial Safety (IS) to provide comprehensive support to LLNL programs and operations within our Environmental Safety & Health Directorate (ES&H). These positions will be on one of the Integrated Safety Teams (ISTs) that directly supports the mission work of the Laboratory. Based upon your experience, there will be opportunities to provide safety and environmental support in addition to the industrial hygiene or safety aspects. You will interact with all levels of workers and management to perform your job, including external regulatory agencies.

This position may offer a hybrid schedule, which includes the flexibility to work from home one or more days per week, after a probationary period. The specifics of the hybrid schedule, including the exact number of days required in the office and virtual work options may vary based on the needs of the team and the organization. 

This position will be filled at either level based on knowledge and related experience as assessed by the hiring team. Additional job responsibilities (outlined below) will be assigned if hired at the higher level. 

You will

• Under supervision, provide comprehensive safety and/or industrial hygiene support for one of the Laboratory’s directorates to ensure worker safety and compliance with applicable federal, state, local regulations, and DOE orders.
• Understand IH or IS hazards in your assigned directorate and report regularly to line management on the issues associated with regulatory compliance in the directorate you support.
• Develop working relationships with line managers and workers in your assigned directorate and maintain field presence to nurture those relationships.
• Evaluate work activities and work with line management to identify hazards and recommend controls, and observe work being performed to ensure controls are adequate.
• Conduct health and safety evaluations and inspections of buildings, equipment and apparatus to identify hazards and deficiencies, review collected data, identify trends, and provide recommendations to resolve and prevent recurrence of health & safety (H&S) and occupational exposures.
• Serve as the program owner of at least one IH/IS program for the institution.
• Write and review technical reports. Review and evaluate new/changed H&S standards, procedures, engineering drawings, and diagrams for conformance to H&S workplace standards.
• Investigate accidents/incidents and reports of occupational injury/illness/exposures for possible causes. Prepare documentation and recommend appropriate measures to eliminate or mitigate reoccurrence. Provide emergency response support to incidents on-site.
• Satisfactorily complete the ESH Professional qualification requirements.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Additional job responsibilities, at the TSS.3 level 

• Independently provide advanced professional support to LLNL directorates. 
• Mentor less experienced Health & Safety personnel.
• Serve as a program owner for one or more advanced IH/IS Programs for the institution.

Qualifications

• Ability to secure and maintain a U.S. DOE Q-level security clearance which requires U.S. citizenship. 
• Bachelor’s degree or higher in scientific, technical, health and safety, industrial hygiene or related field, or the equivalent level of demonstrated education, skills and experience.