Senior Industrial Hygienist

Antora Energy•San Jose, CA

21d•$153,000 - $185,000•Onsite

About The Position

The Senior Industrial Hygienist will lead Antora Energy’s industrial hygiene program across its San Jose manufacturing, machining, and R&D sites, while supporting the company’s growing domestic footprint. This hands-on role focuses on assessing and reducing employee exposures and maintaining health programs in accordance with OSHA and Cal/OSHA standards and ACGIH Threshold Limit Values. The position works closely with operations, maintenance, engineering, process owners, and R&D teams to understand work processes, review safety data sheets and toxicology information, plan exposure assessments, and conduct sampling. The role is primarily field-based in machine shops, cleanroom laboratories, and R&D test areas. The Senior Industrial Hygienist communicates findings to affected employees and leadership, and uses exposure data and worker input to improve the program. Responsibilities also include maintaining monitoring systems and controls, managing compliance and records, delivering training, and addressing practical industrial hygiene challenges as Antora develops and scales its thermal energy storage systems.

Requirements

At least 5 years of industrial hygiene experience in a general industry setting, such as industrial or manufacturing operations.
Bachelor’s or master’s degree in industrial hygiene, occupational health, chemistry, biology, engineering, or a similar science-based discipline.
Direct experience designing and conducting exposure assessments using NIOSH and OSHA sampling methods and interpreting results against occupational exposure limits.
Strong working knowledge of toxicology, including routes of exposure and dose-response, and ability to use safety data sheets and toxicology data to identify hazards requiring evaluation.
Experience working with engineers and process owners to understand processes and develop sampling plans.
Strong working knowledge of OSHA and Cal/OSHA health standards and ACGIH TLVs, and direct experience running respiratory protection, hearing conservation, and hazard communication programs.
Commitment to continually improving the ability to research and monitor regulations and industry best practices, including OSHA, Cal/OSHA, ACGIH, NIOSH, AIHA, and ANSI.
Strong interpersonal and communication skills adaptable to shop-floor interactions, training rooms, and senior management.
Ability to manage multiple projects in a disciplined manner and deliver key priorities on time.
Open and humble approach to finding solutions aligned with the company’s mission.
Patience and determination to work in a fast-paced environment with conflicting priorities.

Nice To Haves

CIH certification, or active progress toward it.
Experience with graphite, carbon, or metal dusts and combustible dust hazards.
Experience with ventilation testing and direct-reading instruments.
Master’s degree in industrial hygiene, toxicology, or an EH&S-relevant discipline.
Experience and passion for working with Human and Organizational Performance (HOP) principles.

Responsibilities

Maintain and expand qualitative and quantitative exposure assessment programs using similar exposure groups to assess dusts, including graphite and other carbon dusts, metal fumes, chemical vapors, noise, and heat stress.
Plan and conduct personal and area air monitoring, noise surveys, and heat stress evaluations, and interpret results against occupational exposure limits.
Communicate monitoring results to employees and leadership through written exposure notifications and summary reports.
Review safety data sheets and toxicology data for new or changed processes, chemicals, and equipment; work with engineers and process owners to determine needed exposure assessments before introduction.
Recommend and verify controls following the hierarchy of controls, including local exhaust ventilation, enclosure, substitution, and personal protective equipment.
Evaluate ventilation and local exhaust performance, and support combustible dust hazard analyses.
Run respiratory protection, hearing conservation, hazard communication, and heat illness prevention programs, including fit testing, respirator selection, and chemical approval reviews.
Maintain compliance and records for OSHA and Cal/OSHA general industry health standards, including standards covering air contaminants, respiratory protection, noise, hexavalent chromium, and heat illness prevention.
Manage sampling equipment and calibration, chain of custody, and relationships with accredited laboratories and outside industrial hygiene consultants.
Develop and deliver relevant training for employees and supervisors.
Help strategize solutions to larger issues while maintaining program processes and carrying out fieldwork.