360 Talent Avenue is partnering with a client that provides a variety of services for the Department of Defense’s Defense Health Agency on military installations worldwide.

Job Summary: As an Environmental Health and Safety Specialist you will perform Bioenvironmental Engineering activities in the fields of Industrial Hygiene, Occupational Health, Radiological Health, and Environmental Health. Your primary goal will be to ensure healthy working conditions are maintained and that the environment is not adversely affected by operations.

Key Responsibilities of an Environmental Health and Safety Specialist:

• Conduct workplace industrial hygiene surveys to assess occupational, environmental, and radiological health hazards.
• Provide technical data and completed documentation for inclusion into occupational/environmental/radiological health program files.
• Enter data into DOEHRS-IH in accordance with local procedures and requirements.
• Inspect, test, and evaluate workplace environments, equipment, and practices for compliance with applicable standards and government regulations.
• Collect samples and perform survey measurements of potential hazards and engineering controls.
• Recommend health hazard controls to mitigate hazardous conditions or equipment.
• Monitor environmental conditions on the installation, including water samples for compliance with the Safe Drinking Water Act, swimming pool and bathing area water quality evaluations, and occupational and environmental health site assessment sampling.
• Demonstrate correct use of personal protective equipment (PPE) and other health hazard controls.
• Provide training and perform fit-testing on respiratory protection devices, including gas-mask fit-testing.
• Investigate occupational illnesses and injuries to identify causes and prevention measures.
• Perform evaluations for compliance with fetal protection requirements.
• Review hazardous materials requests, plans, work orders, contracts, and specifications for compliance with environmental and occupational health directives.
• Serve as a member on committees for occupational health and environmental protection matters.

Mandatory Knowledge and Skills:

• Proficient in the use of standard office equipment (computers, typewriters, copiers, fax machines, scanners, telephone, and office automation systems).
• Proficient in Microsoft Office software (Word and Excel) to prepare reports and other documents.
• Knowledge of general medical ethics, telephone etiquette, and excellent communication and customer service skills.
• Ability to plan, organize, schedule, and coordinate activities such as appointments, meetings, and suspense timelines.
• Effective oral and written communication skills.
• Proficiency in reading and speaking the English language, with correct grammar, spelling, punctuation, capitalization, and format for preparing and editing correspondence and reports.
• Knowledge of OSHA, CFR, NIOSH, Analytical Methods sampling guides, NIOSH Pocket Guide to Chemical Hazards, ACGIH TLV and BEI Booklet, EPA standards, and ANSI standards.
• Knowledgeable in proper selection of personal protective equipment (PPE).

Education/Certification:

• Minimum of Associate’s Degree in Occupational Health/Safety, Core Science, or Engineering Technology.

Experience:

• At least two (2) years of experience in Occupational Health or Industrial Hygiene, or formal college/vocational school education with certification by OHST or BCSP.
• One (1) year experience using basic sampling equipment, including detection tubes/chips, personal air samplers and calibrators, sound level meters, noise dosimeters, and environmental sampling equipment.

360 Talent Avenue is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, non-disqualifying physical or mental disability, national origin, veteran, status or any other basis covered by appropriate law. All employment decisions are based on qualifications, merit, and business needs.
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