Experienced Industrial Hygienist

NORTECH is an Environmental Engineering and Health & Safety consultancy firm with professional growth opportunities, retirement benefits, and a bonus incentive program. Our firm operates out of Fairbanks, Anchorage, and Juneau with a team of approximately 25 professionals statewide. We are a close-knit, highly collaborative group supporting environmental progress across Alaska. Our work takes us to remote communities, urban redevelopment sites, mines, industrial facilities, military installations, and everything in between.

NORTECH is seeking a self-starting and experienced Industrial Hygienist with a progressively responsible consulting background in the Alaska market. The successful candidate will have strong interpersonal and distance communication skills and be ready to support industrial hygiene and/or engineering consulting projects across Alaska with our professional staff statewide. Compensation will be based on experience and professional registration(s).

Required Qualifications

• B.S. or M.S. in Health & Safety, Industrial Hygiene or Occupational & Environmental Health or related discipline
• Registration as a Certified Industrial Hygienist (CIH), Certified Safety Professional (CSP), or eligible to sit for those examinations
• Hazard recognition, assessment and control in small business, construction, mining, oil, and general industry desired
• Expertise in one or more of the following technical skill areas: hazard analysis, exposure monitoring, development of hazard control and safety and health plans, OSHA compliance audits, indoor and/or outdoor air quality, noise evaluations/control, ergonomics, or hazardous building materials assessment and abatement
• 5+ years of progressively responsible technical and project management consulting experience, preferably in Alaska
• Proficiency with MS Office in a Windows environment is required for effective collaboration

Additional Requirements:

• Valid Driver's License
• ADEC Qualified Sampler and HAZWOPER
• Specialty certifications such as hazardous material manager, AHERA certifications, EPA/HUD lead-based paint certifications, preferred

Key Responsibilities Include:

• Technical project manager responsibilities commensurate with experience, including:
• Field work, sampling, data interpretation, written and oral presentations of findings to clients and agencies
• Working with a wide variety of A/E teams, contractors, and agencies
• Experience with environmental sampling and site investigations
• Occasional overnight travel within Alaska and exposure to all of the technical skill areas listed above should be expected

We look forward to adding a motivated professional to our team! If you're passionate about keeping Alaskans safe, we encourage you to apply!