IH Technician

Total Safety•Sulphur, LA

4d•Onsite

About The Position

Total Safety is looking for an Industrial Hygiene Specialist to join their safety-conscious team! The Industrial Hygiene Specialist is a safety and health generalist who monitors client employees and contractors for physical and chemical stressors. The IH Specialist utilizes various pieces of sampling equipment to monitor for noise, chemicals, radioactive materials and airborne solid contaminants. The IH Specialist has the knowledge and skills to perform a workplace exposure assessment to evaluate the agents, rank them and develop an IH sampling plan. The IH Specialist can recognize hazards, evaluate them and recommend control measures. Total Safety is the world's premier provider of integrated safety and compliance services and the products necessary to support them, including gas detection, respiratory protection, safety training, fire protection, compliance and inspection, industrial hygiene, onsite emergency medical treatment/paramedics, communications systems, engineered systems design, and materials management. Our Core Values are People, Safety & Wellbeing, Accountability, Responsibility, Empowerment, Honesty, Transparency, and Integrity.

Requirements

Industrial hygiene field investigations and exposure assessments
Personal and area air monitoring for hydrocarbons, particulates, and other airborne contaminants
Asbestos and lead air monitoring and bulk sampling
Noise dosimetry and area noise surveys
Indoor air quality investigations
Operation, calibration, and maintenance of IH sampling and monitoring equipment
Field data collection, documentation, and basic analysis
Able to use all types of industrial hygiene equipment and download information from the meters.
Ability to draft reports of sampling and build tables to record data from the IH sampling.
Understand the sampling media used for each type of sampling and select the correct media for all types of chemical agents.
Respond to emergencies, select the appropriate IH equipment to sample and provide accurate data.
Act independently of supervision and make decisions based on real time data and activities occurring in the field.
Reliable can organize work priorities to complete tasks within constricted time frames.
Be able to apply for credentials like a TWIC card and take tests to allow entry into customer facilities.
When a sampling issue comes up in the field be able to adapt and get solutions to equipment deficiencies, lack of media or special jobs that arise. Fix gear in the field and adapt when accessories were left at the lab.
Enter data into Excel and be able to extract tables, employee notification letters and other reports. Draft a report for review by CIH.
Adapt and be willing to learn new skills which are required by our customers.

Nice To Haves

Preferably in oil and gas and refining with technical classes taken during the work period.

Responsibilities

Monitors client employees and contractors for physical and chemical stressors.
Utilizes various pieces of sampling equipment to monitor for noise, chemicals, radioactive materials and airborne solid contaminants.
Performs workplace exposure assessments to evaluate agents, rank them, and develop an IH sampling plan.
Recognizes hazards, evaluates them, and recommends control measures.
Conducts industrial hygiene field investigations and exposure assessments.
Performs personal and area air monitoring for hydrocarbons, particulates, and other airborne contaminants.
Conducts asbestos and lead air monitoring and bulk sampling.
Performs noise dosimetry and area noise surveys.
Conducts indoor air quality investigations.
Operates, calibrates, and maintains IH sampling and monitoring equipment.
Collects, documents, and performs basic analysis of field data.
Uses all types of industrial hygiene equipment and downloads information from meters.
Drafts reports of sampling and builds tables to record data from IH sampling.
Understands sampling media for each type of sampling and selects the correct media for all types of chemical agents.
Responds to emergencies, selects appropriate IH equipment to sample, and provides accurate data.
Acts independently of supervision and makes decisions based on real-time data and activities occurring in the field.
Organizes work priorities to complete tasks within constricted time frames.
Applies for credentials like a TWIC card and takes tests to allow entry into customer facilities.
Adapts to sampling issues in the field and finds solutions to equipment deficiencies, lack of media, or special jobs that arise.
Fixes gear in the field and adapts when accessories were left at the lab.
Enters data into Excel and extracts tables, employee notification letters, and other reports.
Drafts a report for review by CIH.
Adapts and is willing to learn new skills required by customers.