Environmental Health Lead
About The Position
Help support the future of aerospace research and operational safety at NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center. Herndon Solutions Group (HSG) is seeking an Environmental Health Lead to support a dynamic Occupational Health Services program at NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center (AFRC). This position plays a critical role in supporting Industrial Hygiene and Environmental Health operations across a highly specialized aerospace and research environment, helping ensure workforce safety, regulatory compliance, and mission readiness. This is a unique opportunity to work alongside scientists, engineers, medical professionals, and operational teams supporting advanced aerospace research, flight operations, laboratories, and mission-critical programs. This position is contingent upon contract award. The anticipated contract start date is October 1, 2026. General Description The Environmental Health Lead oversees and supports Environmental Health (EH) operations within a highly technical aerospace and research environment. This role provides leadership and technical expertise across Industrial Hygiene (IH), occupational exposure assessments, workplace hazard mitigation, environmental health compliance, and occupational health program support activities serving NASA personnel, contractors, laboratories, industrial operations, and mission activities. The Environmental Health Lead serves as a subject matter expert and operational lead responsible for implementing and supporting NASA Occupational Health Program requirements in accordance with NPR 1800.1, OSHA regulations, and industry best practices. This position requires strong technical expertise, leadership capability, regulatory knowledge, and the ability to work collaboratively with NASA leadership, engineers, safety personnel, medical staff, and operational teams.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Hygiene, Environmental Health, Occupational Safety, Health Physics, Environmental Science, or related field.
- Minimum of 6 years of experience in Industrial Hygiene, Environmental Health, Health Physics, Occupational Safety, or related technical field.
- Experience conducting workplace exposure assessments and technical evaluations.
- Strong technical writing and communication skills.
- Ability to work independently in operational and industrial environments.
- Strong knowledge of: OSHA regulations, Industrial hygiene principles, Radiation safety practices, Occupational exposure assessment methodologies, Hazard control strategies.
Nice To Haves
- CIH (Certified Industrial Hygienist).
- Prior NASA, DoD, aerospace, laboratory, or federal contract experience.
- Experience supporting OSHA compliance audits and environmental health inspections.
- Experience supporting emergency response or industrial incident investigations.
- Familiarity with Health Physics and radiation safety program coordination.
Responsibilities
- Provide leadership and technical oversight for Environmental Health and Industrial Hygiene programs and initiatives.
- Serve as a technical resource and advisor regarding occupational and environmental health hazards.
- Support implementation and compliance with NASA Occupational Health Program requirements and applicable federal, state, and local regulations.
- Coordinate Environmental Health operational priorities, assessments, reporting activities, and program support initiatives.
- Collaborate with Health Physics personnel and designated radiation safety staff to support integrated Environmental Health operations.
- Conduct workplace exposure assessments, surveys, inspections, and hazard evaluations.
- Conduct and support a variety of industrial hygiene monitoring and assessment activities, including air sampling, noise monitoring and dosimetry, ventilation surveys, ergonomic evaluations, indoor air quality assessments, heat stress monitoring, chemical hazard evaluations, and illumination surveys.
- Evaluate operational processes and recommend engineering, administrative, or PPE controls to reduce workplace hazards.
- Prepare technical reports, evaluations, recommendations, and mitigation strategies.
- Support implementation and compliance of Environmental Health programs such as Respiratory Protection, Hearing Conservation, Hazard Communication/GHS, Indoor Air Quality, Ergonomics, Bloodborne Pathogens, Thermal Stress, Reproductive and Developmental Health, Cryogen Safety, Food Safety, and Chemical Hazard Management.
- Coordinate and support Health Physics and radiation safety activities in collaboration with designated radiation safety personnel.
- Assist with maintaining EH documentation, inventories, schedules, databases, and tracking systems.
- Coordinate calibration, maintenance, and operational readiness of EH equipment and instrumentation.
- Support OSHA, NASA OCHMO, and internal EH audits, inspections, and self-assessments.
- Maintain EH documentation, records, databases, and tracking systems in accordance with NASA recordkeeping requirements.
- Prepare technical reports, corrective action recommendations, and compliance documentation.
- Assist with development and implementation of environmental health procedures, training materials, and program guidance.
- Support emergency preparedness and response activities related to occupational and environmental hazards.
- Participate in incident investigations, hazard evaluations, and root cause analyses.
- Support industrial incident response activities including hazard assessment and PPE recommendations.
- Participate in drills, exercises, and operational readiness activities.
- Design, coordinate, and deliver occupational and environmental health training programs on topics including Respiratory Protection, Hearing Conservation, Hazard Communication/GHS, Radiation Safety, Laser Safety, Bloodborne Pathogens, Ergonomics, Asbestos Awareness, Cryogen Safety, and Hydrazine Safety.
- Support annual awareness campaigns, safety events, and employee outreach initiatives.
- Collaborate with NASA leadership, occupational medicine staff, engineers, safety personnel, and operational teams.
- Attend required EH meetings, planning sessions, audits, and operational briefings.
- Support implementation of corrective actions and continuous improvement initiatives.
- Assist with development and maintenance of EH scheduling and tracking systems.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
