Location: Oak Ridge, TN
Job Title: UPF Safety & Industrial Hygiene Supervisor
Career Level: Supervisor
Job Specialty: ES&H General
What You'll Do
- Supervise S&IH staff by planning, organizing, and directing day-to-day activities to meet Y-12 program goals and schedules.
- Assign staff based on job-specific skill requirements.
- Ensure that personnel are trained and qualified to perform assigned functions and are given proper instructions to perform work in a safe and efficient manner.
- Establish goals and expectations, and prioritize and integrate work within the group.
- Coordinate and direct assignments so that schedules are met and required standards of quality are maintained.
- Assign work in accordance with available resources and plant priorities.
- Provide assistance regarding problem-solving and assist in establishing policy in areas of occupational safety and industrial hygiene.
- Provide S&IH consultation, reviews, and interpretation assistance to all levels of Y-12 organizations regarding implementation of DOE, OSHA, ACGIH, ANSI, and Y-12 S&IH standards.
- Interface with Y-12 staff, management, NNSA, and DNFSB.
- Ensure support to line organizations for hazard analysis for work tasks, plans, and procedures to ensure proper implementation of safety and industrial hygiene policies, standards, and procedural requirements.
- Interface with Y-12 program and division managers, directors, and associated staff relating to safety performance and recommendations for improvement.
- Provide leadership in maintaining safe-working conditions and be proactive in preventing injuries, and other chemical and hazardous exposures to the workforce.
- Ensure the principles for Integrated Safety Management (ISM) are used for all activities.
- Ensure strict application of regulations for security and plant protection.
- Identify risks to personnel, facility safety, and mission viability; ensure implementation of prevention and mitigation measures to eliminate or reduce the risks and potential consequences.
- Handle all personnel matters associated with direct reports. Interview; hire or make hiring recommendations; evaluate performance; coach, counsel, reward, and discipline employees, as appropriate; and train and develop staff.
- Handle employee development tasks including definition of skills and development training needs.
- Set standards and monitor performance of employees including development plans and maintenance of critical skills.
- Provide leadership and personal interaction to promote positive work environment and encourage individual involvement.
- Conduct employee meetings and monitor timekeeping and accountable absences.
What You Can Expect
- Meaningful work and unique opportunities to support missions vital to national and global security
- Top-notch, dedicated colleagues
- Generous pay and benefits with a stable organization
- Career advancement and professional development programs
- Work-life balance fostered through flexible work options and wellness initiatives
Minimum Job Requirements
- Bachelor's degree: Minimum 5 years of relevant experience. Safety and/or industrial hygiene field experience in industrial operations, maintenance, and/or construction commensurate with career level.
- OR Thirteen or more years of education and/or relevant experience may be considered to satisfy educational and years-of-experience requirements for this posting.
Preferred Job Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in safety, industrial hygiene, or related science or engineering discipline, advanced degree a plus.
- 3-5 years of supervisory or demonstrated leadership experience.
- Prior work experience at a U.S. Department of Energy nuclear facility.
- Certification as a Certified Industrial Hygienist (CIH) and/or Certified Safety Professional (CSP) preferred for senior position.
- Experience with job hazard analysis and work control, chemical management, and respiratory protection.
- Demonstrates requisite competency in a variety of computer programs, such as Microsoft Office Suite products (e.g., Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and safety and industrial hygiene data management systems.
- Demonstrates excellent written and oral communication, listening, and presentation skills.
- Team oriented, with the ability to effectively interact with all levels of personnel (i.e., line employees through senior management).
Why Y-12?
You get #morethanajob. We encourage employees to achieve a healthy personal balance among home, work and the community. One of the ways we embrace work-life balance is by offering flexible work arrangements that provide alternatives to the traditional workweek, while still meeting business needs. Top talent and personal commitment mean more to our success than any other factors, so we reward our people with the kinds of benefits that make a positive difference in the quality of their lives. Benefits such as: medical plan, prescription drug plan, vision plan, dental plan, employer matched 401(k) savings plan, disability coverage, education reimbursement and many more. Want to stay healthy and fit but hate the cost of a gym membership? Take advantage of one of our onsite workout facilities and eat healthy in our onsite cafeterias. Much more than a workplace, at Y-12, you can build a career that lasts a lifetime.
Notes
The minimum education and experience for the lowest career level in the job posting range are listed under Minimum Job Requirements. Successful candidates hired into a higher career level than the minimum in the range must meet the requirements listed in the job leveling charts for the career level into which they are being hired.
If a range of Career Levels is posted, i.e., Senior Associate to Senior Specialist, internal applicants already in one of the Career Levels would come across at their current Career Level. Internal applicants currently in a lower level Career Level would move to the lowest posted Career Level.
Requires a Q clearance; however all qualified candidates will be considered regardless of their current clearance status. The ability to obtain and maintain a Department of Energy Q clearance is required.
This position may require entry into the Material Access Areas (MAA) and participation in the Human Reliability Program (10 C.F.R. Part 712), which requires successful competition of a DOE counterintelligence evaluation and may include a counterintelligence-scope polygraph examination.
This position may be categorized as a “designated position” identified by 10 C.F.R. Part 709, requiring successful completion of a DOE counterintelligence evaluation that may include a counterintelligence-scope polygraph examination.
CNS is a drug-free workplace. Candidates accepting a job offer will be required to pass a pre-placement physical, drug screening and background investigation. As an employee, you may be required to receive and maintain a security clearance from the United States Department of Energy in order to meet eligibility requirements for access to sensitive information or matter. U.S. citizenship is a requirement for security clearance applicants. All employees are subject to being randomly selected for drug testing without advance notification.
CNS is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment based on merit and without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, protected veteran status or disability.
