EHS Technician

Total Safety•Gonzales, LA

16h

About The Position

Total Safety is seeking an EHS Technician to join its safety-conscious team. The position supports industrial hygiene and safety investigations, including field monitoring, equipment operation and maintenance, data collection, and reporting. Work includes exposure monitoring for hydrocarbons, particulates, and other airborne contaminants; noise dosimetry and area noise surveys; and assistance with indoor air quality investigations. The technician learns to conduct industrial hygiene surveys and client-site safety inspections, operate and maintain field testing instruments, document worker activities, prepare samples and project paperwork, enter data into MedGate, and conduct respirator fit testing. The role may involve visits to operational sites, outdoor work, exposure to workplace hazards and varying temperatures, long periods between breaks and meals, and extended overnight travel on short notice. Total Safety provides integrated safety and compliance services and related products. The company identifies its core values as People, Safety & Wellbeing, Accountability, Responsibility, Empowerment, Honesty, Transparency, and Integrity. Total Safety is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Requirements

High school diploma or GED.
ARSC (Association of Reciprocal Safety Councils) Basic Orientation Plus and client-site-specific safety orientation.
Proficiency in the care and use of site-specific, facility-required, and customer-required personal protective equipment (PPE).
Training in Respiratory Protection and full certification to wear respiratory breathing equipment, including fit testing.
Computer skills and ability to learn new software.
Familiarity with OSHA regulations, ACGIH, ANSI, CGA, and other applicable EHS guidelines and consensus standards.
Ability to travel for extended overnight periods on short notice.
Ability to work long hours between breaks and meals and to work in or visit operational sites with the described hazards and environmental conditions.

Nice To Haves

Training in asbestos, lead, or mold.
Associate degree in a science- or technology-related field, such as industrial hygiene, engineering, industrial technology, environmental sciences, safety, biology, physics, or chemistry.

Responsibilities

Learn to conduct industrial hygiene surveys, including air and noise sampling, area noise, illumination, ventilation, indoor air quality, ergonomic studies, and other studies appropriate to the employee’s level of expertise.
Learn to operate, calibrate, and maintain sampling pumps, calibrators, noise dosimeters, sound level meters, and direct-reading gas meters.
Learn to conduct safety inspections at client sites.
Record activities performed by monitored workers and/or maintain daily logs of project activities.
Complete data sheets, industrial hygiene calculations, and chain-of-custody forms, and prepare samples for shipment to a laboratory.
Learn to create data tables and drawings for reports.
Enter field data into MedGate.
Conduct respirator fit testing.
Submit timesheets, expense reports, field reports, and other administrative paperwork accurately, neatly, and on time.
Perform industrial hygiene field investigations, including identifying monitoring methods and media, exposure monitoring, noise sampling and surveys, and assisting with indoor air quality investigations.
Compile data from field investigations.