Industrial Hygienist

Title: Industrial Hygienist

State Role Title: Environmental Specialist II

Hiring Range: $74,505 - $121,070

Pay Band: 5

Agency: VA Dept of Transportation

Location: Salem, Harrison Ave

Agency Website: www.virginiadot.org/jobs

Recruitment Type: General Public - G

Job Duties

The Virginia Department of Transportation’s (VDOT) is excited to offer and announce a competitive opportunity to serve as an Industrial Hygienist, supporting the Central Office Environmental Division’s Statewide services. This position will be located in Salem, Virginia . The selected candidate will report to and assist the Industrial Hygiene Program Manager in administering VDOT's Industrial Hygiene Programs.

This challenging and rewarding position’s specific responsibilities and duties will include, but aren't limited to:

Program Implementation

The candidate will support areas of the Department’s Industrial Hygiene Programs, which include, and are not limited to, investigating and evaluating the adequacy of industrial hygiene controls in the workplace, reviewing the Industrial Hygiene elements of contractor health and safety plans for lead abatement projects on structural recoating, demolition, and repair projects, reviewing new products proposed for the VDOT Materials Division Approved Products Lists and the Integrated Supply Service Program new products review process, conducting training and fit testing, performing outreach to the Districts and Divisions, and conducting other industrial hygiene activities as directed by the Industrial Hygiene Program Manager.

VDOT Industrial Hygiene Programs include but aren't limited to:

• Respiratory Protection
• Lead Exposure Control Program
• Hexavalent Chromium Exposure Control Program
• Respirable Crystalline Silica Exposure Control Program
• Laser Safety Program
• Hearing Conservation Program
• Safe Drinking Water
• Indoor Air Quality

Monitoring and Reporting

The candidate will use industry exposure assessment strategies to evaluate and characterize employee exposures to industrial hygiene-related hazards in the workplace. Industrial hygienist activities include, and are not limited to, performing baseline and periodic hygiene surveys of work areas and compliance assessments of VDOT operations, preparing detailed reports of industrial hygiene sampling events, conducting recordkeeping and data management, providing interpretation of sampling and inspection results, and communicating recommended remediation and control activities to the impacted parties and key stakeholders.

Minimum Qualifications

• Professional experience in the industrial hygiene field or other safety and environmental areas.
• Knowledge of industrial hygiene concepts, principles, techniques and practices.
• Ability to collect scientific samples and interpret analytical results,
• Ability to interpret and apply codes, laws and standards.
• Knowledge of occupational safety and health standards, National consensus standards, and health-based exposure values applicable to the practice of industrial hygiene.
• Skill in the use of computers and software applications.
• Ability to communicate orally and in writing with others, including making presentations.
• Ability to interact effectively with internal and external customers.
• Skill in providing customer service to internal and external customers.

Additional Considerations

• A combination of training, experience, or education in Industrial Hygiene, Hazard Control, Occupational Health or related field desired.

Special Instructions

You will be provided a confirmation of receipt when your application and/or résumé is submitted successfully. Please refer to “Your Application” in your account to check the status of your application for this position.

Once onboarded, this position may be eligible for telework opportunities; availability, hours, and duration of telework shall be approved as outlined in the Commonwealth telework policy.

We are a “Virginia Values Veterans” (V3) official certified company and state agency that provides hiring preference to Veterans and Members of the Virginia National Guard in support of Executive Order 29, (2010). I