Principal Industrial Hygienist
About The Position
The Principal Industrial Hygienist designs and develops safety programs, policies, and procedures and provides professional consulting across the company. The role monitors, interprets, analyzes, and communicates federal, state, OSHA, and other related rules and regulations; develops improvement strategies and plans; and conducts health risk assessments and audits. The position acts independently on new or special assignments and consults with management in highly unique or unusual situations. The role provides corporate oversight and program management, leads initiatives and cross-functional teams, and serves as a subject matter expert in industrial hygiene, safety and health regulations, and related training. It manages special projects such as contractor oversight, ventilation requirements, and budgeting, and coordinates with regulatory agencies during project permitting and close-out. The position also conducts and reviews complex audits, surveys, assessments, inspections, exposure monitoring, medical surveillance, engineering controls, and investigations.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Safety, Industrial Hygiene, Business, or a related discipline.
- 10–15 years of Industrial Hygiene-related experience.
- ABIH Certified Industrial Hygienist (CIH) certification.
- Certified Safety Professional (CSP) certification.
- Experience as a technical liaison with regulatory agencies during project permitting and close-out.
Nice To Haves
- Master's degree in Industrial Hygiene, Environmental Health with an emphasis in Industrial Hygiene, or a closely related field from an ABET-accredited university program.
Responsibilities
- Provide corporate oversight and overall program management, and lead development of safety and health initiatives.
- Develop company responses to new safety and health programs.
- Represent the company in depositions and legal matters.
- Provide work direction and mentorship to professional and hourly employees.
- Consult on complex safety and health initiatives, serve as a subject matter expert, and lead cross-functional teams.
- Assist and direct teams to support effective functioning; may serve as acting supervisor for tasks such as time reporting and expense approval.
- Administer special projects, including contractor oversight, ventilation requirements, and budgeting activities.
- Identify and select qualified abatement and demolition contractors for industrial hygiene projects.
- Serve as a technical liaison with regulatory agencies during project permitting and close-out.
- Identify, recommend, and implement initiatives and programs supporting business-area and corporate objectives.
- Collaborate with Investment Recovery to ensure demolition and salvage recycling contractors comply with OSHA and operate safely while maximizing recycling value.
- Analyze regulatory data and review responses developed by Consultants and Senior Consultants.
- Review and develop responses to highly complex regulations, recommend policy and procedural changes, and interpret new and proposed regulations.
- Serve as a subject matter expert on industrial hygiene and health or environmental hazard training; present final training materials to management for approval and implementation.
- Conduct and review complex health audits, industrial hygiene surveys, assessments, inspections, exposure monitoring, medical surveillance, and engineering controls.
- Independently conduct and coordinate highly complex, serious, or confidential investigations and oversee other investigations.
Benefits
- Annual incentive program
- Medical/pharmacy plan
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Life insurance
- Dependent care flexible spending account
- Health care flexible spending account
- Health savings account (if enrolled in an eligible health plan)
- Limited-purpose flexible spending account (if enrolled in an eligible health plan and HSA)
- Transportation reimbursement account
- Short-term disability
- Long-term disability
- Employee assistance program
- Fitness center reimbursement (if enrolled in an eligible health plan)
- Tuition reimbursement
- Transit programs
- Employee recognition program
- Pension
- 401(k) plan
- Paid time off
- Holidays
- Volunteer paid time off
- Parental leave
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Principal
