industrial hygienist - Boyers, United States - Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency

Description

Summary
Consider a career as an industrial hygienist if you are passionate about implementing workplace safety policies. This is a crucial role in minimizing health risks and eliminating hazards for employees, especially those who are vulnerable. Explore this occupation to determine if it aligns with your career goals and aspirations.
Duties

As an INDUSTRIAL HYGIENIST you will be responsible for the following duties:

Serves as a Safety and Occupational Health Program Specialist, in the Logistics Management Office, Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency (DCSA).

Works under the DCSA Safety Manager and advises the Safety Officer on Safety and Occupational Health matters. Serves a health advisor to program managers, analyzing and resolving diverse, critical safety risk hazards and dangerous materials.

Represents the agency as a member of professional committees and boards, gives speeches or lectures, and appears on panels dealing with occupational health matters and the application of Federal health standards.

May be called on to defend agency's recommendations before other Federal agencies and advisory committees.

Performs a variety of industrial hygiene functions.

Serves as technical expert on related matters, advising DCSA leadership, supervisors and employees on principles and techniques of safety and occupational health management in the prevention and control of accidents in such areas as work methods, protection devices and motivational techniques.

Provides industrial hygiene expertise in the development of criteria for recommended national occupational health and safety standards for specific hazards.

Incumbent is responsible for conversion of research data and technical information into criteria for health and safety standards.

Acts as team leader on inspections of complex, high-hazard workplaces.

Provides technical direction and monitors contracts for the development of criteria documents by carefully following the technical aspects of contractor's work.

Reviews relevant scientific and engineering literature and assesses the adequacy of contractor's literature search and review.