ES Occupational Health Professional

ESHLTP
25 - ES Occupational Health Professional

Location:

Winnemucca, NV

Onsite Flexibility:
Onsite

• Position Type:
  Contract
• Contract Duration: 12 months
• Pay Rate: $51.40–$66.71 / Hour (USD)
• Shift /
  
  Schedule:
  
  3 Weeks on, 1 Week Off; EWW – 57-hour work week;
  Camp status
• Work Authorization:
  Applicants must be authorized to work for ANY employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time.

This is a career-level position within field, considered highly skilled and proficient in discipline. The role is suited for a seasoned, experienced professional with a full understanding of the area of specialization. The Senior Occupational Hygienist resolves a wide range of issues in creative ways, working on problems of diverse scope where data analysis requires evaluation of identifiable factors. The position demonstrates good judgment in selecting methods and techniques for obtaining solutions and networks with senior internal and external personnel in their own area of expertise.

Technical supervision is received from the Project ESH Manager and Corporate Industrial Hygiene Manager.

The Thacker Pass project is the largest known lithium resource in the United States. Once complete, the mine and processing facilities will produce more lithium carbonate than any other facility in the United States by far — enough to power 1 million electric vehicles per year. As the EPCM contractor, the client is responsible for managing and integrating the efforts of a team of contractors engineering and building the facility.

Earth work began in 2023 and design and procurement of long-lead equipment is underway. The project is located in the high desert and wide-open spaces of north-central Nevada, about 25 miles from the Oregon border, 1 hour northwest of Winnemucca, Nevada, and 3 hours northeast of Reno. Planned with sustainability and the environment in mind, the facility will use its excess process heat to generate electricity and will recycle process water up to seven times.

• Helps integrate industrial hygiene requirements into project planning, design, construction, and operations. Interprets requirements and provides technical assistance within ES&H teams and to other project groups regarding risk assessment, plan preparation, industrial hygiene requirements, and ES&H program execution.
• Researches issues and regulatory requirements and prepares documentation and reports.
• Provides technical guidance for industrial hygiene studies, risk and hazard assessments, and other safety and health reviews.
• Assists in the development and implementation of routine industrial hygiene activities inclusive of the project Safety and Health Management Plan and associated industrial hygiene plans, procedures, methods, and training.
• Participates in emergency response and aids the investigation and resolution of health-related incidents. Helps identify stakeholders and resolve their concerns.
• Provides industrial hygiene input to Engineering, Construction, Commissioning and Startup, Subcontracts, Operations, and other project groups to make sure that requirements are properly integrated within project planning, design, construction plans, and subcontracts.
• Participates in meetings, as required, with customers, project team members, and contractors/subcontractors to advise them of industrial hygiene requirements that may affect their work.
• Conducts inspections, sampling, and monitoring to help evaluate ES&H performance, identify the need for corrective actions, and confirm compliance with contract, regulatory, project, and client ES&H requirements.
• Helps track ES&H performance and trends, prepares reports, and enters data in the Industrial Hygiene…