Environmental Safety & Health Representative

PERMA FIX ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES INC•Los Alamos, NM

13d•Remote

About The Position

This exempt position involves developing and implementing project-specific Accident Prevention Plans, Health and Safety (HS) Plans, Industrial Safety (IS) procedures, and Industrial Hygiene (IH) procedures. Responsibilities include developing and implementing job hazard analyses (JHA) or activity hazard analyses (AHA), ensuring work execution aligns with safety procedures, and operating/maintaining monitoring instrumentation to ensure safe operations and defensible data. The role requires conducting daily safety topics, verifying project staff qualifications and training, performing site safety inspections, ensuring power equipment operators are qualified, empowering employees to stop unsafe work, and managing all HS records. This position requires travel to support projects across the United States with minimal notice, comfort with public speaking, presenting instructional or HS information, and the ability to prepare technical documents.

Requirements

Associate degree (or equivalent) in safety engineering, construction, industrial hygiene or an equivalent technical field, or bachelor’s degree in any field. Experience will be considered as an exception to a degree.
OSHA 30-hour construction or general industry certification
40-hour HAZWOPER training
Current certification in first aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) from the American Red Cross or the American Heart Association
General working knowledge of implementing ES&H Programs, Accident Prevention Plans, work-specific HS Plans (HSP), Hazard Communication Programs, Hazardous Materials Information System (HMIS), and AHA/JHA programs
Experience in conducting incident/accident investigation, determining causal factors, and developing corrective and preventative actions

Nice To Haves

A minimum of 40 hours of formal environmental training in erosion control, waste management, or other environmental discipline, or pre-approved equivalent job experience
Competent knowledge in excavations, asbestos abatement, fall protection, hoisting & rigging, confined space, load handling equipment, demolition, and scaffolding
At least 5 years of documented field experience in the areas of occupational safety or industrial hygiene for remediation/demolition of radiological and hazardous waste contaminated sites
Experience in deploying, operating and maintaining IH instrumentation and making safety decisions based on documented information
Experience in training a mobilized workforce within short period of time
Experience in providing rigorous, safety oversight of field activities and giving sound direction for safety related matters in a timely manner
Case management experience for first aid or injuries as they occur
Experience with DOE, DOD and USACE projects

Responsibilities

Developing or implementing project specific Accident Prevention Plans, Health and Safety (HS) Plans, Industrial Safety (IS) procedures, and Industrial Hygiene (IH) procedures
Developing and implementing job hazards analyses (JHA) or activity hazards analyses (AHA)
Ensuring work is executed in accordance with safety procedures and practices
Operating and maintaining monitoring instrumentation in a manner that confirms operations is being performed safely and data generated is defensible
Conducting daily safety topics
Ensuring project staff is qualified and trained to perform the assigned scope of work
Conducting site safety inspections and assessments in accordance with HS Plans
Ensuring operators of power equipment and industrial powered trucks are qualified and properly trained
Ensuring employees are empowered to stop work when unsafe conditions exist
Collecting and managing all HS records generated during project execution
Traveling to support short- and long-term projects located throughout the United States with minimum notification
Preparing technical documents including all HS related documents