Industrial Hygienist

Lam Research • Tualatin, OR

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About The Position

At Lam, as an EH&S Engineer, you're instrumental in developing, implementing, and monitoring environmental safety programs and policies. Ensuring compliance with regulations, you'll perform safety inspections, conduct trainings, and oversee hazardous waste vendors and processes. Your expertise spans to life safety, workplace ergonomics, and monitoring industrial health compliance. Acting as a liaison with regulatory agencies you'll not only stay current but also reinforce Lam's commitment to safety and environmental compliance.
This position within the Environmental Health & Safety (EHS) team leads the implementation of industrial hygiene programs at Lam Research’s Tualatin facility. In this role, you will evaluate and mitigate workplace hazards associated with wet and dry deposition semiconductor equipment, R&D activities, manufacturing operations, and other technical risks. Your expertise will support a safe working environment in a dynamic, high-tech setting. Additional responsibilities include participating in equipment design reviews, supporting new and modified equipment installations, conducting chemical reviews and associated hazard assessments, contributing to emergency response efforts, and delivering EHS related training.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Hygiene, Occupational Health, Chemical Engineering, or related field. Master’s degree in Industrial Hygiene or related discipline preferred.
• 5–7 years of industrial hygiene experience, ideally in semiconductor or high-tech manufacturing environments.
• Demonstrated experience performing exposure assessments for complex chemical and physical hazards.
• Certified Industrial Hygienist (CIH) and Certified Safety Professional (CSP) credentials strongly preferred.
• Experience with wet and dry deposition and etch chemistries and semiconductor process hazards preferred.

Nice To Haves

• Excellent knowledge of industrial hygiene programs, chemistry, and chemical exposure limits.
• Skills in analyzing and evaluating a wide variety of technical data, test results, reports, and plans.
• Strong understanding of compressed gas safety and management.
• Exceptional root cause and corrective/preventive action development skills.
• Ability to apply EHS and regulatory knowledge to business decisions.
• Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to motivate, manage by influence, and drive results.
• Self-motivated and needs little supervision.
• Ability to respond to and resolve complex challenges under pressure.

Responsibilities

• Implements industrial hygiene programs at the Lam Tualatin site, including hazard communication, respiratory protection, hearing conservation, exposure assessment, and radiation safety.
• Conducts qualitative and quantitative exposure assessments for chemicals, ionizing and non-ionizing radiation, hazardous materials and other exposure sources.
• Reviews chemical use requests for regulatory compliance, provide input on engineering controls and other selection
• Evaluates proposed design changes to products, equipment, and infrastructure and develops EHS controls (engineering, administrative, and work practice) to meet Lam internal and regulatory standards.
• Employs existing knowledge from regulatory and industry standards for exposure thresholds (TLVs, PELS, RELs) to understand when and how to implement monitoring plans based on activities conducted by employees.
• Completes indoor air quality assessments and monitoring.
• Provides in-person training and informational reports to various sized groups and stakeholders.
• Partners and engages with employees and management to drive successful EHS program implementation.
• Leads incident investigations, root cause determinations, and helps implement effective corrective actions.
• Responds to emergency situations.

Benefits

• At Lam, our people make amazing things possible. That’s why we invest in you throughout the phases of your life with a comprehensive set of outstanding benefits.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees