IH Technician

Total Safety•Casper, WY

10d

About The Position

Total Safety is seeking an Industrial Hygiene Specialist to monitor client employees and contractors for physical and chemical stressors. The role uses sampling equipment to monitor noise, chemicals, radioactive materials, and airborne solid contaminants. The specialist conducts workplace exposure assessments, evaluates and ranks exposure agents, develops industrial hygiene sampling plans, recognizes hazards, and recommends control measures. The position also supports refinery and customer-site safety operations through work-permit oversight, confined-space permits and atmospheric testing, job walks, Job Safety Analyses, gas-monitor maintenance, job-site audits, contractor safety meetings, and communication with the customer safety team. Industrial hygiene duties include field sampling and monitoring, collecting and analyzing data, and reporting results. The work takes place in indoor and outdoor industrial customer environments. Exposure may include hot, cold, wet, humid, and outdoor weather conditions; vibration; high pressure; chemicals; and traffic. Noise is usually moderate.

Requirements

Bachelor of Science in safety, industrial hygiene, or technical science; alternatively, 8 or more years of industrial hygiene fieldwork experience may be considered in lieu of a bachelor's degree.
At least 2–5 years of field industrial hygiene experience.
Ability to use industrial hygiene equipment and download information from meters.
Ability to draft sampling reports and build data tables.
Understanding of sampling media and ability to select appropriate media for chemical agents.
Ability to respond to emergencies and select appropriate industrial hygiene equipment to obtain accurate data.
Ability to work independently of supervision and make decisions based on real-time field data and activities.
Reliability and ability to organize work priorities and meet constricted time frames.
Ability to apply for credentials such as a TWIC card and take tests required for entry to customer facilities.
Ability to troubleshoot and adapt to equipment deficiencies, unavailable sampling media, special jobs, and missing accessories in the field.
Ability to use Excel to enter data and extract tables, employee notification letters, and other reports.
Willingness to adapt and learn skills required by customers.

Nice To Haves

Field industrial hygiene experience in oil and gas and refining.
Technical classes taken during the work period.
Possession of, or willingness to take exams for, GSP, ASP, CSP, CIH, and CHMM credentials.

Responsibilities

Conduct industrial hygiene field investigations and workplace exposure assessments.
Perform personal and area air monitoring for hydrocarbons, particulates, and other airborne contaminants.
Conduct asbestos and lead air monitoring and bulk sampling.
Perform noise dosimetry and area noise surveys.
Conduct indoor air quality investigations.
Operate, calibrate, and maintain industrial hygiene sampling and monitoring equipment.
Collect, document, and perform basic analysis of field data.
Oversee work permits, ensuring proper preparation, verification, and compliance with refinery policies.
Issue initial confined-space permits and ensure required atmospheric testing and safety controls are in place.
Conduct job walks with operations, maintenance, and contractors to identify hazards, verify job readiness, and support safe work planning.
Assist with Job Safety Analyses (JSAs) and guide hazard recognition and mitigation.
Maintain personal gas detection monitors, including Tango units and MX6 gas monitors, and ensure they are functional and calibrated.
Perform regular job-site audits to support safe work practices, identify improvement opportunities, and reinforce compliance with site safety standards.
Support industrial hygiene sampling and monitoring tasks and communicate results.
Collaborate with the customer safety team on daily operations, contractor oversight, and safety initiatives.
Participate in weekly contractor safety meetings and lead them as needed.
Use industrial hygiene equipment, download meter data, draft sampling reports, and create tables to record sampling data.
Select appropriate sampling media for chemical agents and appropriate industrial hygiene equipment when responding to emergencies.
Make independent field decisions based on real-time data and activities, and adapt to equipment or sampling challenges.
Enter data into Excel and produce tables, employee notification letters, and other reports; draft reports for review by a CIH.
Organize work priorities to complete tasks within constricted time frames and learn new skills required by customers.