Containment Specialist & Capital Projects Coordinator – LRL HSE

Location: Indianapolis

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** Position Summary
** The Containment Specialist & Capital Projects Coordinator is a key technical resource supporting research, development, pilot plant, and laboratory operations across Indianapolis campuses. This role primarily focuses on containment engineering expertise and HSE leadership for capital projects, with supporting industrial hygiene capabilities.

The position serves as the primary technical resource for ventilated enclosure design, local exhaust ventilation optimization, containment capability evaluations, and safety-by-design integration into new construction and renovation projects. The role also provides flexible IH support across multiple business units when needed, offering exposure assessment capabilities, incident investigation support, and HSE program development.

This role will strengthen LRL HSE's ability to meet the growing demand for technical engineering and project support while building deeper organizational capability in containment engineering and capital project delivery.
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* Key Responsibilities:

**** Containment Engineering & Capital Project Support (60–70%)
*** Project HSE Leadership
** Serve as the HSE representative for capital projects, renovations, and infrastructure upgrades across LRL facilities.
* Integrate safety-by-design principles into early engineering deliverables, design documents, and project decision-making.
* Review engineering drawings, P&IDs, airflow diagrams, and layout plans to ensure containment and IH requirements are met.
* Conduct design risk assessments, facility siting reviews, constructability reviews, and hazard analyses (e.g., chemical, physical, ventilation risks).
* Partner with Engineering, Facilities, and scientific organizations to deliver safe, compliant, and operationally efficient capital assets.
* Support contractor safety oversight and pre-task planning when relevant to containment or exposure-related work.
* Containment Engineering & Ventilation
** Lead the design, selection, installation, and performance testing of local exhaust ventilation systems including fume hoods, glove boxes, BSCs, ventilated balance enclosures, and custom containment solutions. Work with Engineering Tech Center, Global HSE and other subject matter experts to align requirements.
* Conduct or coordinate airflow visualization studies, face velocity measurements, ASHRAE 110 evaluations, and support NSF 49 testing.
* Coordinate commissioning, performance testing, and readiness checks for new or renovated labs, equipment, and ventilation systems.
* Collaborate with senior containment engineers to analyze and improve ventilation performance, including CFD reviews, airflow modeling, and optimization of existing systems.
* Identify and close gaps in containment capability that could result in occupational exposures or operational inefficiencies.
* Drive resolution of ventilation or containment performance issues during project turnover and ongoing operations.
* Lead glovebox/isolator upgrades, enclosure retrofits, and engineering control enhancements.
* Provide HVAC and ventilation technical support during lab decommissioning, shutdowns, or reconfiguration.
* Maintain and improve LRL ventilation standards, operating procedures, and design guidelines.
* Develop specifications and performance criteria for ventilated enclosures and containment systems.
** Industrial Hygiene & Operational Support (30–40%)
*** Containment Validation & Performance Testing
** Design and execute containment validation studies using surrogate testing methods, tracer gases, and aerosol challenge tests to verify enclosure performance.
* Conduct qualitative and…