OHS Industrial Hygiene Technician

Occupational Health and Safety Technician

Vallen is currently seeking a detail-oriented and proactive Occupational Health and Safety Technician, with a heavy focus in industrial hygiene, to help ensure a safe and compliant work environment. This role involves conducting inspections, analyzing workplace conditions, and supporting the implementation of health and safety programs.

• Medical, Dental, Vision
• Paid time off (vacation, holidays, sick days)
• 401K with discretionary company match - (US positions only)
• Employer-paid Basic Life for Employee, Spouse, and Dependents
• Employer-paid Short-Term and Long-Term Disability
• Health Care and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
• Vitality Wellness Program
• Employee Assistance Program
• Employee Resource Groups for networking and team building
• Tuition Reimbursement Program
• Employee Referral Program
• Safety Shoe and Safety Glasses reimbursement
• Employee Discounts through Benefit Hub
• Advancement Opportunity

• Exposure Monitoring
  • The Technician will be responsible for the completion of sampling surveys as outlined by the Area Industrial Hygiene Advisor.
  • Assigned surveys will be structured to include the Site, Similar Exposure Group, Sub-Similar Exposure Group, Agent / Agent Group, required number of samples, and relevant due dates for sample collection, laboratory analysis, data entry, and availability of results in the Cority Industrial Hygiene Data Management System.
  • All samples will be collected according to relevant NIOSH / OSHA / ISO analytical method or generally accepted Industrial Hygiene Practices and guidelines.
  • Samples included in an Industrial Hygiene survey may include, but not be limited to the following list:
  • Personal air samples for metals (NIOSH 7300)
  • Respirable Crystalline Silica (NIOSH 7500)
  • Diesel Particulate Matter (NIOSH 5040)
  • Surface Wipe Metals (SW-846 Method 3050
    
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  • Legionella (SM 9260J)
  • The Technician will be responsible for direct observation of employees performing work tasks during sampling event to ensure validity of sample conditions and work activities. Where direct observation of personal samples is not possible, accurate worklogs must be collected to document conditions present during sampling events.
  • Investigation of instrument data logs may be necessary where required to identify instrument performance information that may require sample to be voided.
• Industrial Hygiene Monitoring Equipment Management
  • The Industrial Hygiene team maintains an inventory of sampling equipment and instrumentation to be used in the collection and completion of assigned sampling / monitoring surveys.
  • Accurate, documented evidence of daily instrument calibrations where required.
  • Ensure annual equipment calibrations are completed on schedule, certificates of factory calibrations are received from OEM or certifying laboratory, and maintained in Cority against the equipment record.
  • Identification of instruments or sampling components that are experiencing calibration “drift”, indicating that the equipment must be sent for factory repair or calibration.
  • Support in the troubleshooting and exchange of real-time gas detectors provided under a service contract between with Industrial Scientific.
• Laboratory
  
  Requisition s and Analysis
  • Air samples collected to analyze against Metals, Silica, and Surface Metals agent groups will be submitted to the Central Laboratory for analysis. The Central Lab is an AIHA Accredited Laboratory capable of performing analysis of samples collected in accordance with the NIOSH 7300 and 7500 analytical methods.
  • All other collected air samples (ie Diesel Particulate Matter, Asbestos, Legionella, etc) must be submitted to an accredited third party laboratory for analysis as instructed by the responsible Industrial Hygiene Advisor.
• Confined Space Monitoring Equipment Management
  • The technician is responsible for the field and office support of confined spaced monitoring equipment, calibration, gas replacement, and docking stations where necessary.
• Personal Gas Detection Device Management
  • The technician is responsible for the field and office support personal gas detection monitors, calibration gases, and docking stations where necessary.
• Data…