Job Title: Industrial Hygienist - Hampton

FAST FORWARD TO YOUR NEXT MISSION <br>Integrity, confidence, discipline and commitment define your career in Battelle’s National Security Division. Our National Security Global Business Area is currently seeking an Industrial Hygienist. This position is located in Hampton, VA. The position will work within the Medical Readiness and Response Product Line which specializes in support for public health and occupational health programs. Compensation will be based on qualifications and experience. A full benefits package will be provided. Relocation support is not available. <br><br>POSITION SUMMARY <br><br>The purpose of this position is to provide clients, primarily DoD and federal agencies, with effective medical, public health and senior leader preparedness for a wide variety of topics. These topics include, but are not limited to, occupational health hazards, toxic industrial chemicals, emerging diseases and other health risks impacting mission requirements. The industrial hygienist will author technical reports and perform industrial hygiene evaluations of workplaces and operations to ensure the overall health and safety of employees and compliance with applicable regulations. These evaluations involve anticipating, recognizing, evaluating and recommending controls for a wide variety of unique occupational health hazards. Frequent travel will be required. <br><br>POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES <br><br>- Serve as industrial hygiene and occupational, environmental and public health consultant for other elements of the organization providing CBRN hazard response planning and force health protection consultations to leading DoD, federal, state and industrial clients. <br><br>- Management and leadership of industrial hygiene and occupational, environmental and public health tasks may be required such as performing surveys, equipment evaluations, process hazard analyses, operational risk management assessments, corrective actions and training development and delivery. <br><br>Project Management: Plan and manage projects from inception to completion utilizing good business practices, Battelle guidelines and resources to provide quality products within task scope, resources and timelines in the technology areas of industrial hygiene, occupational, environmental and public health response and countermeasures to chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN) hazards. <br><br>Business Development: Develop and execute new business opportunities. Develop marketing presentations focused on client needs and Battelle capabilities. Maintain relationships with key clients and coordinate activities with the MRR Senior Industrial Hygienist and other appropriate Battelle business development staff. Explore opportunities with additional clients. <br><br>Consultation and Coordination: Assist other Battelle elements provide quality products by developing an understanding of the greater Battelle capability, directing tasks for execution within Battelle to best support the client, and participating in matrixed staff support for project execution across the National Security business areas. Within established organizational framework, train, mentor and guide staff to execute projects from business development successes. <br><br>Facilitation and Instruction: Develop, instruct and facilitate technical seminars, workshops, discussion groups, training sessions, and tabletop and field exercises in all areas of CBRN response planning and operations for military installations and medical facilities. <br><br>Risk Assessment: Provide technical and analytical support in planning CBRN passive defense, consequence management, force health protection and military operational risk management. Develop force health protection and incident response guidelines by authoring technical guidance documents that address health risk communication and mitigation. <br><br><br>POSITION REQUIREMENTS: <br><br>-Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university in industrial hygiene, occupational health, safety engineering or related field. <br>-At least 12 years of experience in industrial hygiene, occupational health or safety engineering. <br>-Experience in occupational health and safety or industrial hygiene program management. <br>-Experience in CBRN health hazard assessment in an operational or field environment. <br>-Ability to obtain and maintain a security clearance at the Secret level. <br>-Strong written and verbal communication skills. <br>-Ability to coordinate and manage multiple projects while meeting technical requirements, budgets, and deadlines. <br>-Physically capable of performing the essential job functions of an industrial hygienist at a work site while wearing personal protective equipment, to include respiratory protection. It is envisioned that wearing PPE will be an infrequent but necessary requirement of the job. <br><br>DESIRED, BUT NOT REQUIRED TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THIS POSITION: <br><br>-Master’s degree from an accredited university in industrial hygiene, public health, occupational health and safety or safety engineering <br><br>OR <br><br>-Certified Industrial Hygienist (CIH) <br>-15 years U.S. military experience working in industrial hygiene, preventive medicine, occupational health with 3 of those years in force health protection support responsibilities for the Air Force, Navy, or Army. <br>-Experience supervising professional and/or technical staff and employees working at remote field sites. <br>-Proficiency with the Defense Occupational and Environmental Health Readiness System – Industrial Hygiene (DOEHRS-IH). <br>-Ability to obtain and maintain Department of Defense Top Secret security clearance. <br><br>BENEFITS <br><br>Battelle’s competitive benefits program includes comprehensive medical and dental care, matching 401K, employee pension, tuition reimbursement, work/life balance, paid time off, flexible spending accounts, disability coverage, and other benefits that help provide financial protection for you and your family. <br><br>Battelle is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer and supports diversity in the workplace. <br><br>For more information about our other openings, please visit www.battelle.org/careers. <br><!-- This Custom Tag will format the specified text to safe HTML --><!-- This line is required so that the tag only gets executed once -->