Industrial Hygienist

Job Duties

You will prepare and issue procedures, instructions and other guidance concerning industrial health programs and related stressors under the review of a more senior Industrial Hygienist.

You will review and observe work process, procedures, and facility plans to ensure adequate industrial health controls have been considered and incorporated.

You will provide periodic written assessments of industrial health programs which identify problem trends and areas for improvement within the Shipyard.

You will plan, direct or conduct detailed surveys and investigations related to the recognition, evaluation and control of industrial health hazards for specific programs, in accordance with past precedence.

You will support educational programs designed to inform management, supervisors and employees of potential hazardous exposures, applicable directives, latest control techniques and general industrial health matters.

You will conduct inspections of worksites to observe work practices and environmental conditions for hazards to health and safety, and to detect violations of published health standards.

You will conduct walk-through of worksite, noting which operations could constitute potential health problems.

You will conduct and/or directs sampling.

You will investigate occupational illnesses or employee complaints of alleged unhealthful working conditions.

You will evaluate adequacy of controls for health hazards in initial and final plans and specifications for facility construction, alteration and repair, as well as modification or relocation of processes.