L&I Industrial Hygienist 3, In-Training, Tukwila/Bellevue/Seattle
Are you ready for new and exciting challenges? We are in need of an Industrial Hygienist within our Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH). In this role, you will enforce health standards by inspecting workplaces to address existing and potential occupational hazards. King County is the commerce capitol of Washington State; we need a talented industrial hygienist to join our team of professionals to help keep our community safe and working.
Duties
Some of what you'll do:
- Perform complex, safety and health surveys and audits to identify, evaluate and recommend controls for occupational health hazards, including chemical, biological and physical agents.
- Advise employers of methods to eliminate unsafe work practices, including ergonomic hazards.
- Use industrial hygiene sampling equipment and techniques for analysis and measurement of noise, non-ionizing radiation, vibration, temperatures, and chemical exposure for comparison with exposure limits.
- Perform opening conferences with employer and employee representatives. Conduct walk around assessments of work sites, take field notes, photos and video, and make observations.
- Conduct interviews; review safety data sheets, written safety programs, reports, and records provided by employer and employee representatives.
- Prepare and calibrate industrial hygiene sampling equipment for use.
- Determine employers' compliance and non-compliance with safety and health standards and take appropriate actions consistent with laws, standards, manuals, and policies.
- Critically evaluate use of protective methods, personal protective equipment, safe work practices, and engineering controls.
- Prepare and present verbal and written reports of investigations.
- Make suggestions for abatement and provide materials to assist with compliance. Follow up on progress and effectiveness of changes instituted.
- Answer questions from the public regarding health hazards and applicable standards on the phone and in person.
Who should apply?
Industrial Hygienist 3 In-training
A Bachelor's degree in occupational safety and/or health, industrial hygiene, chemistry, physics, chemical, mechanical or sanitary engineering, environmental science, nursing, medicine, biology or related field AND 1 year of experience as an industrial hygienist, safety and health manager, safety and health consultant, or as a chemist or engineer working on environmental health or air sanitation problems. A Master's degree involving major study in industrial hygiene will substitute for 1 year of experience.
Industrial Hygienist 3
A Bachelor's degree in occupational safety and/or health, industrial hygiene, chemistry, physics, chemical, mechanical or sanitary engineering, environmental science, nursing, medicine, biology or related field AND 3 years of experience as an industrial hygienist. (Industrial Hygiene experience must include the anticipation, recognition, evaluation and management of occupational health hazards such as chemical, physical and biological).
Please Note: A Master's degree involving major study in industrial hygiene will substitute for 1 year of industrial hygiene experience.