IH Technician

Total Safety Careers • Casper, WY

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About The Position

Total Safety is seeking an Industrial Hygiene Specialist to monitor client employees and contractors for physical and chemical stressors. The role performs workplace exposure assessments, evaluates and ranks agents, develops industrial hygiene sampling plans, recognizes hazards, and recommends control measures. Sampling activities may address noise, chemicals, radioactive materials, and airborne solid contaminants.

The position also supports refinery and customer-site safety operations through permit oversight, confined-space permits, atmospheric testing, job walks, Job Safety Analyses, gas-monitor maintenance, job-site audits, contractor meetings, and other industrial hygiene tasks. The specialist works directly with customer safety teams and may need to make independent decisions in the field, respond to changing sampling needs, and prepare data and reports for review by a Certified Industrial Hygienist.

Work takes place in indoor and outdoor industrial customer environments. Conditions may include exposure to hot, cold, wet, or humid weather, vibration, high pressure, chemicals, and traffic. Noise is usually moderate.

Requirements

• Bachelor of Science in safety, industrial hygiene, or a technical science; alternatively, 8 or more years of industrial hygiene field work experience may be considered in lieu of a bachelor's degree.
• At least 2 years of field industrial hygiene experience; the posting specifies 2–5 years minimum and prefers experience in oil and gas and refining.
• Ability to use industrial hygiene equipment and download information from meters.
• Ability to draft sampling reports and create tables to record sampling data.
• Knowledge of sampling media and ability to select appropriate media for different chemical agents.
• Ability to respond to emergencies and select appropriate sampling equipment to provide accurate data.
• Ability to work independently of supervision and make decisions using real-time field data and activities.
• Reliability and ability to organize priorities to complete work within constrained time frames.
• Ability to apply for credentials such as a TWIC card and take tests required for entry into customer facilities.
• Ability to troubleshoot and adapt to field equipment, media, accessory, and job requirements.
• Ability to use Excel to enter data and produce tables, employee notification letters, and other reports.
• Willingness to adapt and learn skills required by customers.
• Possess or be willing to take exams for GSP, ASP, CSP, CIH, and CHMM credentials.

Nice To Haves

• Industrial hygiene field experience in oil and gas and refining.
• Technical classes taken during the work period.

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, as well as indoor air quality investigations.
• Operate, calibrate, and maintain industrial hygiene sampling and monitoring equipment; collect, document, and analyze field data.
• Oversee work permits, ensuring they are properly prepared, verified, and compliant 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 tasks such as sampling, monitoring, and communicating results.
• Collaborate with customer safety teams on daily operations, contractor oversight, and safety initiatives.
• Participate in weekly contractor safety meetings and lead them as needed.
• Prepare sampling reports and data tables, enter and extract data using Excel, and draft reports for review by a CIH.
• Respond to emergencies by selecting appropriate industrial hygiene equipment and providing accurate data.
• Adapt to field sampling issues, including equipment deficiencies, missing media or accessories, and special jobs.
• Organize work priorities and complete tasks within constrained time frames.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level