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Senior Industrial Hygienist Field, Worldwide Industrial Hygiene

Amazon

Amazon

Arlington, VA, USA
Posted on Jul 22, 2024

DESCRIPTION

We are expanding our Industrial Hygiene team and need a talented professional to join our global field team. Are you a passionate leader who is practical, business focused and have strong skills in building trust? In this role, you will assess industrial hygiene risk, evaluate the control effectiveness, and educate stakeholders on industrial hygiene risks and impacts. As the industrial hygiene subject matter expert to the field, you will support field-based projects, including designing exposure monitoring strategies. During and after impactful incidents, you will provide technical support for response, post incident investigation, and risk management. You will work collaboratively across matrixed organizations with Workplace Health & Safety (WHS) Field Operations, WHS Program Managers, Operations, and Legal. Adaptability, persistence, and ability to influence are essential to success in this role. This role requires travel within the U.S. (at least 25% of time).

Key job responsibilities
• Serve as cross-functional resource for industrial hygiene and provide expert level exposure assessment support to field operations
• Research background and historical multi-source information specific to topical areas using both internal data sources as well as with being actively aware of external trends
• Apply industrial hygiene principles into complex problems using modeling, data and other methods to eliminate or reduce risk of injury/illness
• Support industrial hygiene requests from operations, including responding to incidents
• Provide support in incident investigations and action plan management related to industrial hygiene exposures
• Provide support to develop recommended exposure control strategies
• Lead or be involved in field-based projects addressing industrial hygiene risks
• Communicate effectively with operations, WHS leadership, legal, procurement, and finance
• Provide industrial hygiene support for new facilities and projects as part of design review
• Maintain subject matter expertise across the full range of industrial hygiene hazards


A day in the life
Amazon offers a full range of benefits that support you and eligible family members, including domestic partners and their children. Benefits can vary by location, the number of regularly scheduled hours you work, length of employment, and job status such as seasonal or temporary employment. The benefits that generally apply to regular, full-time employees include:
1. Medical, Dental, and Vision Coverage
2. Maternity and Parental Leave Options
3. Paid Time Off (PTO)
4. 401(k) Plan

If you are not sure that every qualification on the list above describes you exactly, we'd still love to hear from you! At Amazon, we value people with unique backgrounds, experiences, and skillsets. If you’re passionate about this role and want to make an impact on a global scale, please apply!


About the team
The Worldwide Industrial Hygiene team (WWIH) supports all Worldwide Amazon Stores (WWAS) business units (BUs) and regions focusing on physical, chemical, and biological health hazards that cause acute and long-term illnesses. Health hazards that impact associates: wildfire smoke, mold, noise, heat, cold, communicable disease, ionizing radiation (x-rays), non-ionizing radiation (UV, EMF, lasers), chemicals (ASINs, janitorial, manufacturing), pharmaceuticals, indoor air quality, remediation after events, blood borne pathogen, and legionella. The team is comprised professionals that own specific hazard types (e.g. heat, noise) and control systems (e.g. ventilation). As well as professionals that build mechanisms to ensure conformance to industrial hygiene programs (e.g. training, data management systems). The Industrial Hygiene Field team brings together expertise from across the WWIH team to provide tactical support to WHS Field and Operations. Individuals work alone and collaboratively across all verticals depending on the business need. WWWIH partners with the business to define risk tolerance, controls, and guide the business on compromises between competing priorities.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

- Bachelor’s degree from an accredited U.S. university, or international university of equivalent standard in Industrial Hygiene, Environmental Health, Occupational Safety or related field
- Minimum of 7 years work experience, with at least 5 years in industrial hygiene
- Working knowledge and experience with chemical safety, hazard communication, noise, heat, cold, air quality, drinking water and mold
- Analytical skills with demonstrated problem solving experience
- Written and oral communication skills
- Experience communicating with employees at all levels of an organization, including senior leaders
- Proficient with Microsoft Office, including Outlook, Word, Excel

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

- Experience leveraging technology and implementing lean principles / Six Sigma methodologies to drive process improvements or equivalent
- Experience working in industrial, transportation, or distribution center/warehouse operations
- Master’s degree from an accredited U.S. university, or international university of equivalent standard in Industrial Hygiene, Environmental Health, Occupational Safety or related field
- CIH or equivalent

Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status. For individuals with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation, please visit https://www.amazon.jobs/en/disability/us.

Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $109,000/year in our lowest geographic market up to $185,000/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits. This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.