Senior Scientist

Mission Support and Test Services; Nevada; On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Mission Support and Test Services (MSTS) is seeking an experienced Industrial Hygiene professional to support underground and construction work areas at NNSS. The role focuses on monitoring, sampling, and advising on health hazards to ensure OSHA and DOE standard compliance.

The candidate will calibrate equipment, conduct air and swipe sampling, and prepare technical reports with corrective recommendations. A strong emphasis on teamwork and disciplined work practices is required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's in calculus-based technical (STEM) field with at least 5 years of relevant experience.
• Ability to build teaming relationships with technical and other company organizations.
• Executes work in a disciplined manner to ensure quality and safety.

Responsibilities

• Maintains, operates, and ensures calibration of sampling/monitoring equipment.
• Conducts air and gas sampling (e.g., Beryllium, Lead, Noise) as required.
• Performs routine swipe sampling to characterize work areas and releases.
• Coordinates submittal of samples to laboratory and ensures timely reporting.
• Participates in pre-job briefings focusing on industrial hygiene issues.
• Assists in developing technical reports and safety recommendations.
• Gains knowledge of OSHA and DOE safety procedures and standards.
• Supports participation in MSTS environment, safety, and health initiatives.

Skills

Industrial Hygiene

Safety

OSHA

Education

Bachelor's in STEM field

Job description

Job Description

Mission Support and Test Services, LLC (MSTS) manages and operates the Nevada National Security Site (NNSS) for the U.S. National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA). Our MISSION is to help ensure the security of the United States and its allies by providing high-hazard experimentation and incident response capabilities through operations, engineering, education, field, and integration services and by acting as environmental stewards to the Site's Cold War legacy. Our VISION is to be the user site of choice for large-scale, high-hazard, national security experimentation, with premier facilities and capabilities below ground, on the ground, and in the air. (See NNSS.gov for our unique capabilities.) Our 2,750+ professional, craft, and support employees are called upon to innovate, collaborate, and deliver on some of the more difficult nuclear security challenges facing the world today.

MSTS offers our full-time employees highly competitive salaries and benefits packages including medical, dental, and vision; both a pension and a 401k; paid time off and 96 hours of paid holidays; relocation (if located more than 75 miles from work location); tuition assistance and reimbursement; and more.

MSTS is a limited liability company consisting of Honeywell International Inc. (Honeywell), Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (Jacobs), and HII Nuclear Inc.

Responsiblities

• MSTS Industrial Hygiene is looking for a high performing individual with attention to detail to provide industrial hygiene support to underground, construction and other work areas as assigned.

Key Responsibilities

• Maintains, operates, and ensures calibration of a variety of sampling and monitoring equipment. Verifies monitoring equipment is functioning properly.
• Conducts Personal/Area Air and Gas Sampling as required per project (i.e. Beryllium, Lead, Noise).
• Conducts routine Swipe sampling and swipe sampling as required per project to characterize work/adjoining areas, release items.
• Coordinate submittal of samples (air, swipe, dosimetry) to laboratory.
• Attend pre-job briefings per project, focusing on industrial hygiene issues
• Observe and document work activities.
• Evaluates and interprets results with regard to environmental, safety, and health impacts. Reviews results with Scientist
• Works with staff and management to prepare technical reports and recommendations on how to correct hazardous conditions.
• Develops a thorough working knowledge of safety and health functions, corporate policies and procedures, and governmental safety and health programs.
• Gains experience in the practical application of federal/state Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and Department of Energy procedures/regulations and standards.
• Consults with supervisors and departmental representatives on safety and health matters to ensure that work procedures are in compliance with MSTS and governmental requirements.
• Recommends actions related to non-compliance and follows through to ensure corrective actions, as stipulated and approved by the supervisor, are implemented.
• Support and encourage participation in MSTS environment, safety, and health initiatives.
• Will stop work if Occupational Safety and/or Industrial Hygiene requirements are compromised.
• Performs occupational-related studies, surveys, and investigations of construction and maintenance activities to identify potential health risks within the work environment.
• Coordinates and implements appropriate action to correct deficiencies.
• Plans, coordinates, and conducts surveys of work sites to observe work practices and conditions for health hazards.
• Determines the nature and magnitude of hazardous exposure and the effectiveness of existing controls.
• Prepares technical reports identifying health hazards.
• Manages, oversees, evaluates, or participates in various Industrial Hygiene-related programs as required by Mission Support Test Services (MSTS) and National Nuclear Security Administration regulations and instructions as well as all required federal standards.
• Investigates health problems that arise among workers, applying epidemiology principles and sound scientific methods.
• During planning and developmental phase, evaluates proposed new work processes or materials to ensure incorporation of adequate measures for prevention of occupational disease hazards
• Participates in developing controls to minimize or eliminate actual or potential health hazards.
• May participate on a safety team.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's in calculus-based technical (STEM) field plus at least 5 years relevant experience. Skill building experience must demonstrate either deeper technical specialization or additional cross-disciplinary knowledge. Graduate research experience may be recognized.
• Ability to builds teaming relationships with technical and other company organizations.
• Executes work in a disciplined manner to