Health & Safety Professional - Field Support

Requisition

Overview:

We are seeking two highly skilled and motivated Health and Safety (H&S) Professional who will focus identification, recognition, evaluation, and control of workplace hazards associated with dynamic and rapidly evolving research and development (R&D) activities within the Isotope Sciences and Engineering Directorate (ISED) or providing safety and industrial hygiene (IH) support for facility operations and maintenance for Cat 2 and 3 Nuclear Facilities as part of a multi-disciplinary team.

This position resides in the R&D, Neutron & Nuclear Safety Services in the Safety and Operations Services Division in the Environment, Safety, Health, and Quality Directorate, at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL).

Learn more about R&D activities in ISED here https://(Use the "Apply for this Job" box below). and operations in Nonreactor Nuclear Facilities here https:// .

Major Duties/Responsibilities:

* Provide professional safety and industrial hygiene (IH) support to and oversight of R&D, facility operations, and maintenance activities.

* Support Division Work Control activities for research safety activities by reviewing proposed and ongoing research activities.

* Facilitate completion of the operational activities deemed necessary through the work control process or as requested by researchers to enable research objectives in a manner that ensures the safe and compliant execution of the research mission.

* Build and sustain an environment that supports cooperation and cohesiveness between H&S, operations, and research staff.

* Evaluate R&D activities, facilities and operations tasks, or internal operating procedures and processes to identify hazards and provide recommendations for controls and verify adequacy of controls as work proceeds.

* Use comprehensive IH practices and equipment to conduct qualitative and quantitative exposure assessments of chemical and physical hazards.

* Abide by and promote the Battelle Safe Conduct of Research principles including being personally responsible for ensuring safe operations, raising safety concerns, using a questioning attitude, considering hazards for every task, maintaining a healthy respect for what can go wrong, and where learning never stops.

* Provide technical support in the application of regulatory requirements, procedures, and standards that are applicable under 10 CFR 851, the DOE Worker Safety and Health Program.

* Continually seek ways to increase operational efficiencies and improve safety culture in support of the research mission and champion initiatives to do so.

* Participate in assessments to verify compliance and program effectiveness.

* Perform one or more and/or support the roles listed below, within a research environment to ensure workplace hazards have been identified and properly controlled, as well as to maintain compliance with applicable safety standards and requirements.

* Qualified Health and Safety Professional (QHSP)

* Human and Organizational Performance Practitioner

* Division Laser Safety Officer (DLSO)

* Facilitate or participate in event critiques, causal analyses, and corrective action plan development.

* Assist with the implementation of Integrated Safety Management (ISM) into the work planning and execution process with the support of an interdisciplinary operations team.

* Review procurement and subcontract activities for safety, environmental and operational requirements.

* Participate in the review and development of division or directorate level procedures and guidelines as needed.

* Deliver ORNL's mission by aligning behaviors, priorities, and interactions with our core values of Impact, Integrity, Teamwork, Safety, and Service. Promote equal opportunity by fostering a respectful workplace - in how we treat one another, work together, and measure success.

Basic Qualifications:

* A BS degree in health and safety, industrial hygiene, chemistry, biology, science, engineering, operations, etc. or a related technical discipline.

* A minimum of 5 years of experience in industrial hygiene/health and safety or a MS degree with 4 years relevant experience.

* Experience in field oversight/assessment of industrial hygiene/industrial safety performance and compliance with applicable OSHA, local, state, and federal industrial hygiene and safety standards and regulations.

* Knowledge and background in chemical/material identification and evaluation along with experience in hazard analysis/exposure assessment activities.

Preferred Qualifications:

* Professional certification as a Certified Industrial Hygienist (CIH) is preferred.

* Experience working in an R&D environment, including previous health and safety (H&S) experience within the DOE complex or university research environment Experience in H&S oversight and work planning of complex research operations.

* Experience working as a team player in an ever-changing, multi-discipline, multi-task, and integrated/functional organizational environment which requires interfacing with…