Deputy Safety Manager

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory•Berkeley, CA

14h•$169,020 - $211,272•Onsite

About The Position

The Deputy Safety Manager at the Advanced Light Source (ALS), Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, helps lead safety programs supporting scientific research and the ALS-U facility upgrade. Working closely with the ALS Safety Manager, this role leads the User Safety Program, supervises and develops safety professionals, and provides technical leadership across experimental, operational, particle accelerator, construction, and project safety activities. The position supports safe research and upgrade work in a dynamic, collaborative scientific environment. The Deputy Safety Manager supports leadership and oversight of ALS safety programs, establishes priorities, coordinates team activities, and addresses emerging issues. During the ALS Safety Manager’s absence, the Deputy acts on their behalf within delegated authority, making operational decisions and ensuring continuity of safety programs. The role oversees user-experiment reviews and authorization, work planning and control, hazard assessments, work readiness, contractor safety, and field oversight. It also provides industrial hygiene and occupational safety expertise, supports safety reviews and readiness reviews, and applies relevant institutional and regulatory requirements to practical, risk-informed controls. The role collaborates with scientists, engineers, research users, project teams, craftspeople, contractors, and EHS professionals. It supports incident investigations and corrective actions, uses performance information and lessons learned to improve programs, promotes worker engagement and open communication, and communicates safety performance and emerging risks to ALS leadership. This is a full-time career appointment, exempt from overtime pay, performed onsite at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in Berkeley, California.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in occupational safety, industrial hygiene, engineering, physical sciences, or a related discipline and at least seven years of significant, relevant safety experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
Demonstrated experience leading or overseeing safety programs in research, particle accelerator, industrial, large-scale scientific infrastructure, laboratory, or other technically complex environments.
Experience supervising and developing safety professionals and coordinating multidisciplinary safety activities across technical and operational stakeholders.
Experience leading or managing safety programs for scientific users, visiting researchers, or complex experimental activities, including hazard evaluation, safety reviews, and coordination of technical stakeholders.
Advanced experience with Work Planning & Control, including implementation, work-document review, hazard analysis, field verification, performance assessment, and recommending improvements to safety procedures and practices.
Working knowledge of OSHA, ANSI, DOE, and other applicable occupational health and safety requirements and standards, and ability to translate requirements into practical, risk-informed solutions.
Industrial hygiene experience, including developing exposure-monitoring strategies, interpreting sampling data, and preparing technical reports.
Experience conducting field inspections, safety assessments, work observations, audits, incident reviews, and corrective-action follow-up.
Ability to evaluate complex or unfamiliar work, identify hazards and needs for specialized expertise, and coordinate reviews with subject-matter experts.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including adapting communication to diverse scientific, technical, and operational audiences, building relationships, and influencing stakeholders at all organizational levels.
Ability to exercise sound judgment within established policies and procedures, adapt to changing priorities, manage competing safety responsibilities, and keep leadership and stakeholders informed.

Nice To Haves

Proficiency with standard business software, including word-processing, presentation, spreadsheet, and electronic work-management systems.
Master's degree or higher in occupational safety, industrial hygiene, engineering, physical sciences, or a related discipline and at least five years of relevant experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
Professional certification such as Certified Safety Professional (CSP), Certified Industrial Hygienist (CIH), or another relevant occupational health and safety certification.
Experience at a DOE national laboratory, scientific user facility, particle accelerator, or similarly complex research organization.
Experience with particle accelerator safety, accelerator operations, experimental safety reviews, or integrating safety requirements into particle accelerator and beamline work.
Construction-safety experience and knowledge of requirements applicable to renovation, demolition, equipment installation, and complex infrastructure projects.
Experience developing safety performance indicators, analyzing trends, and using data to improve program effectiveness.

Responsibilities

Support leadership and oversight of ALS safety programs, establish priorities, coordinate team activities, and address emerging issues.
Act on behalf of the ALS Safety Manager during their absence, make operational decisions within delegated authority, and ensure continuity of safety programs and operations.
Lead and continuously improve the ALS User Safety Program, supervising staff and coordinating user, biological, and chemical safety activities.
Coordinate experimental safety reviews, hazard assessments, work authorization, and readiness for safe operations.
Mentor and develop safety professionals and technical staff.
Support improvement of Work Planning & Control, including hazard analysis, work-document reviews, authorization, readiness assessments, field verification, and program effectiveness.
Oversee review and authorization of proposed user experiments, including hazard identification, risk assessment, technical reviews, controls, approval documentation, and readiness verification.
Provide technical leadership and field support for particle accelerator operations, construction, maintenance, and ALS/ALS-U projects.
Manage assigned safety activities and coordinate contractor oversight, hazard controls, and operational readiness.
Support contractor and subcontractor safety through work planning, hazard controls, field oversight, and resolution of safety concerns.
Provide industrial hygiene and occupational safety expertise, including determining exposure assessment and monitoring needs and evaluating chemical and physical hazards, respiratory protection, PPE, and ergonomic evaluations.
Support preparation for and participation in ALS and ALS-U safety reviews, including ALS-U readiness reviews.
Interpret and apply Berkeley Lab, ALS, DOE, OSHA, ANSI, and other applicable safety requirements, translating them into practical, risk-informed controls.
Partner with scientists, engineers, research users, project teams, craftspeople, contractors, and EHS professionals to integrate safety into research and operational activities.
Review incidents, near misses, and safety concerns; support investigations, causal analyses, and corrective action plans; and use performance data and lessons learned to identify risks and drive improvements.
Promote a safety culture through worker engagement, open communication, collaboration, and timely resolution of concerns.
Prepare and communicate safety performance, assessments, emerging risks, and corrective-action progress to ALS leadership, and represent the ALS Safety Manager in meetings and operational discussions as needed.