HazMat Coordinator​/Trainer

This is a full-time position: 8 AM to 4:30 PM, M - F, on call as needed.

To provide for the coordination of emergency service efforts to mitigate an accident involving hazardous materials in order to prevent a public health and/or environmental impact to the community. Coordinate Hazmat training, and other Public safety Training Courses, provide technical support to DPS staff and partners, and support community environmental justice initiatives in Armstrong County.

Coordinates the response to, recovery from, and remediation of hazardous materials incidents in conjunction with the emergency service providers, the shipper or the owner of the facility, the contracted Haz Mat response/remediation vendor, commonwealth agencies, and federal agencies;
Coordinates and teaches Public Safety, Haz Mat, and other First Responder courses;
Ensures that equipment and supplies are maintained, updated and prepared for response; participates in HOSTeam and LEPC and Region 13 responses and meetings as appropriate;
Serves as the Executive Officer to the HOSTeam;
Coordinates with DPS staff and partners to expand outreach and education programs to meet the need of a diverse workforce and diverse industries in the region;
Determines priorities in conformance with County goals;
Develops, implements, and maintains Hazardous Material Off-Site Response Plans for each facility in the County which stores or manufactures hazardous substances;
Implements prerequisites to SARA Title III, Commonwealth of PA Act ;
Prepares reports, recommendations and other information related to Act ;
Coordinates Hazardous Materials Grants management with PEMA.

Certificate in Hazardous Materials Operations. Must maintain a valid PA Driver’s License and be able to lift, carry, push and pull equipment/objects with a maximum weight of fifty (50) pounds over uneven or rough terrain.

2 years’ minimum working experience in emergency planning/operations, or any acceptable combination of experience and training. Documentation of instructional experience as a fire service instructor, EMS instructor, police instructor, or military trainer.

Comprehensive benefit package includes contributory healthcare, dental, vision, short-term disability, and lump sum death benefit; contributory pension; monthly vacation and sick day accrual, 14 paid holidays.

Armstrong County considers qualified applicants for all positions without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, ancestry, service animals, familiar status, veteran status, gender, non-job related disability, or any other legally protected status.

For questions concerning this or any other position, please contact the Employment Coordinator at .

The County of Armstrong is an equal opportunity employer. In recognition of its responsibility to its staff and the community it serves, we reaffirm our policy to assure fair and equal treatment in all of our employment practices, for all persons. We will not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, age or national origin, nor against any qualified individual with a disability, disabled veteran or veteran of the Vietnam War.