Safety Specialist

Company: Amentum
Location: Albany
Posted on: June 7, 2021

Job Description:

Job Summary

Amentum is seeking an Safety Specialist to support operations at the DOE National Energy Technology Laboratory in Albany, OR. This will invole working closely with federal and contract; researchers, site technicians, engineers, and other ES&H professionals.

The candidate must be energentic with good interpersonal and team building skills and be able to function independently with moderate supervisision. Additionally, the candidate must have good written and verbal communications skills and be proficient with Mircosoft Office Suite.

The following is a list of some of the major fuctions of this position.

Review of literature in the fields of environment, safety, and health and critique the content and draw conclusions.

Conduct inspections of site construction projects with an emphasis on compliance with applicable OSHA standards and NETL procedures and directives. This may include interaction with the offsite contractor line management and coordination with DOE Site Operations Division (SOD) personnel.

Work with DOE engineering group, ES&H Team and offsite contractors to complete task-by-task review of new construction work and complete Job Hazard Analyses as necessary.

Will be required to assist in the development of, perform and/or present a variety of safety and health training courses - examples would be Hazcom, PPE, respirator fit testing protection, chemical specific training such as HF, NORM surveys, occupational noise assessments, air quality, fall protection, lockout/tagout, safe lifting, compressed gas safety, powered industrial truck operation and others as requested.

Review statutory requirements related to one or more safety and/or health regulations and assess facility or programmatic compliance.

Participate in informal reviews, inspections, and audits using established procedures.

Provide pre-job ES&H briefings to offsite contractor employees as needed.

Provide support in regard to support operations hazard assessment processes as needed.

Must have the ability to work in a team/multidisciplinary environment. This position supports/interfaces with DOE, various contractors, subcontractors and Environmental, Safety and Health professionals.

Conduct monthly sprinkler system and monthly crane inspections. Coordinate quarterly sprinkler and other fire protection systems inspections with offsite vendors. Coordinate the annual crane inspections with an offsite vendor.

Assist in the development of simple programs, systems, or processes.

Assist Industrial Hygienist in performing asbestos sampling, lead analysis and surveys, radiation surveys, radiologic work permits and noise surveys

Minimum Requirements

BS Degree in Safety Engineering/Management or Industrial Hygiene Masters Degree in one of these fields preferred.

At least 3 years of experience in Industrial Hygiene required

Due to the nature of the work must be a US Citizen

Dual Citizenship not accepted

Preferred Qualifications

Masters Degree

Knowledge/compliance experience with 29 CFRs 1910/1926, NFPA 101 Life Safety Code and NEC, NFPA 70E, OSHA 10 or 30-hour certifications. An Graduate or Certified Safety Professional or Certified Industrial Hygienist designation, construction safety, and electrical safety experience will all be considered a plus. Any Train-the-Trainer certifications a plus. Ability to perform or experience in ergonomic evaluations (both workstation and job-task specific) a plus.

BS Degree in Safety Engineering/Management or Industrial Hygiene Masters Degree in one of these fields preferred.

At least 3 years of experience in Industrial Hygiene required

Due to the nature of the work must be a US Citizen

Dual Citizenship not accepted

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