Occupational Health Nurse and Industrial Hygiene Specialist
About The Position
The Occupational Health Nurse and Industrial Hygiene Specialist supports employee health, injury prevention, medical surveillance, industrial hygiene, and regulatory compliance within a manufacturing environment. The role combines occupational health nursing with workplace exposure assessment to help identify, evaluate, and control occupational health risks. The position protects employee health by integrating occupational health nursing, industrial hygiene, exposure assessment, medical surveillance, and injury-prevention programs into the site's overall EHS management system. It works with EHS, Operations, HR, Engineering, Maintenance, employees, medical providers, and industrial hygiene consultants to promote a safe workplace.
Requirements
- Current unrestricted Registered Nurse (RN) license.
- Occupational health, manufacturing, emergency/clinical nursing, or related experience.
- Knowledge of occupational injury management, medical surveillance, and workplace health hazards.
- Strong communication, documentation, case-management, and organizational skills.
- Ability to maintain confidential employee medical information.
Nice To Haves
- Bachelor's degree in Nursing or a related field.
- Experience with industrial hygiene sampling and occupational exposure assessments.
- Manufacturing or industrial EHS experience.
- Certified Occupational Health Nurse (COHN/COHN-S) certification.
Responsibilities
- Provide initial assessment and first aid for workplace injuries and illnesses, and coordinate appropriate follow-up care.
- Manage occupational health cases, work restrictions, return-to-work coordination, and confidential medical documentation.
- Coordinate medical surveillance, occupational examinations, health screenings, and other required employee health programs.
- Conduct and coordinate industrial hygiene assessments for workplace exposures.
- Develop exposure-monitoring strategies and interpret industrial hygiene sampling and laboratory results.
- Recommend engineering, administrative, work-practice, and PPE controls to reduce employee exposure.
- Support respiratory protection, hearing conservation, ergonomics, bloodborne pathogens, and occupational health programs.
- Participate in incident investigations, root-cause analysis, risk assessments, Management of Change (MOC), and corrective-action development.
- Support emergency response planning and employee exposure evaluations following chemical or refrigerant releases.
- Support OSHA compliance, injury and illness recordkeeping, ISO 45001 activities, internal audits, regulatory inspections, and employee training.
- Partner with EHS, Operations, HR, Engineering, Maintenance, employees, medical providers, and industrial hygiene consultants to promote a safe workplace.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Education Level
No Education Listed
