Occupational Health Nurse

TekWissen ®; San Antonio (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

TekWissen LLC is seeking an Occupational Health Nurse & Industrial Hygiene Specialist to join a manufacturing site in Texas. This role blends nursing with workplace exposure assessment to protect employee health.

You will manage injuries, medical surveillance, health screenings, and industrial hygiene assessments; develop exposure controls; support respiratory protection, hearing conservation, and regulatory compliance including OSHA ISO 45001, and coordinate with EHS, operations, HR and medical

Qualifications

• Strong communication, documentation, case-management, and organizational skills.
• Knowledge of occupational injury management, medical surveillance, and workplace health hazards.
• Ability to maintain confidential employee medical information.
• Current unrestricted Registered Nurse (RN) license.
• Experience in occupational health, manufacturing, emergency/clinical nursing, or related field.

Responsibilities

• Provide initial assessment and first aid for workplace injuries and illnesses and coordinate follow-up care.
• Manage occupational health cases, work restrictions, return-to-work coordination, and confidential medical documentation.
• Coordinate medical surveillance, occupational examinations, health screenings, and other employee health programs.
• Conduct and coordinate industrial hygiene assessments for workplace exposures.
• Develop exposure-monitoring strategies and interpret sampling and laboratory results.
• Recommend engineering, administrative, work-practice, and PPE controls to reduce exposure.
• Support respiratory protection, hearing conservation, ergonomics, bloodborne pathogens, and occupational health programs.
• Participate in incident investigations, root-cause analysis, risk assessments, and corrective-action development.

Skills

Communication

Documentation

Case management

Organizational skills

Confidentiality

Education

Registered Nurse license (RN)

Bachelor's degree in Nursing

Job description

TekWissen is a global workforce management provider headquartered in Ann Arbor, Michigan that offers strategic talent solutions to our clients worldwide. Our client produces electronics and HVAC equipment. The Company offers HVAC equipment, building automation, security, fire detection, batteries, and other related products, as well as building control systems, energy management, and integrated facility management services. Client serves customers worldwide.

Job Description:

Position Summary:

• The Occupational Health Nurse & Industrial Hygiene Specialist supports employee health, injury prevention, medical surveillance, industrial hygiene, and regulatory compliance within a manufacturing environment.
• This position combines occupational health nursing with workplace exposure assessment to help identify, evaluate, and control occupational health risks.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide initial assessment and first aid for workplace injuries and illnesses and coordinate appropriate follow-up care.
• Manage occupational health cases, work restrictions, return-to-work coordination, and confidential medical documentation.
• Coordinate medical surveillance, occupational examinations, health screenings, and other required employee health programs.
• Conduct and coordinate industrial hygiene assessments for workplace exposures.
• Develop exposure-monitoring strategies and interpret industrial hygiene sampling and laboratory results.
• Recommend engineering, administrative, work-practice, and PPE controls to reduce employee exposure.
• Support respiratory protection, hearing conservation, ergonomics, bloodborne pathogens, and occupational health programs.
• Participate in incident investigations, root-cause analysis, risk assessments, Management of Change (MOC), and corrective-action development.
• Support emergency response planning and employee exposure evaluations following chemical or refrigerant releases.
• Support OSHA compliance, injury and illness recordkeeping, ISO 45001 activities, internal audits, regulatory inspections, and employee training.
• Partner with EHS, Operations, HR, Engineering, Maintenance, employees, medical providers, and industrial hygiene consultants to promote a safe and healthy workplace.

Qualifications:

Required:

• Current unrestricted Registered Nurse (RN) license.
• Occupational health, manufacturing, emergency/clinical nursing, or related experience.
• Knowledge of occupational injury management, medical surveillance, and workplace health hazards.
• Strong communication, documentation, case-management, and organizational skills.
• Ability to maintain confidential employee medical information.

Preferred:

• Bachelor's degree in Nursing or related field.
• Experience with industrial hygiene sampling and occupational exposure assessments.
• Manufacturing or industrial EHS experience.
• Certified Occupational Health Nurse (COHN/COHN-S) certification.
• Occupational Health
• Medical Surveillance
• Exposure Assessment
• Injury Management
• Ergonomics
• Emergency Response
• Regulatory Compliance
• Employee Training

Position Objective:

• Protect employee health by integrating occupational health nursing, industrial hygiene, exposure assessment, medical surveillance, and injury-prevention programs into the site's overall EHS management system.

TekWissen® Group is an equal opportunity employer supporting workforce diversity.