Occupational Health & Safety Tech

Occupational Health and Safety Technician

ABOUT US:

Laredo Technical Services, Inc. provides staffing services to federal Government agencies all over the world.   LTSI connects the right people to the right opportunity.  With our experience in placing our Team Members throughout the United States and overseas, we excel at providing experienced, professional personnel for a wide range of Professional and Office Administration as well as Medical services. Our goal is to provide the highest quality of professionals in the industry.

LTSI's culture delivers a strong work ethic while going above and beyond with a sense of urgency. We are the employee-driven company.  We strive for excellence every day, which is what sets us apart from all the other government contractors. Our strong work ethic, sense of urgency and commitment to going above and beyond for our clients is what we value most!  

As a Certified Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) Minority Business Enterprise (MBE) that provides a broad range of administrative, project management, and medical staffing support services, we are also honored to be a Member of the Military Spouse Employment Partnership (MSEP), and we encourage military spouses to apply for any of our positions for which they feel they are qualified.

JOB TITLE:  Occupational Health and Safety Technician

GOVERNMENT AGENCY & LOCATION:    U.S. Department of the Air Force

                                                                           9th Medical Group

                                                                           15301 Warren Shingle Dr.

                                                                           Beale AFB, CA 95903

POSITION INFORMATION:  This position will be in place until September 30, 2024, unless otherwise extended or terminated by the government.  This will be a full-time position with hours of operation from 7:30 am - 5:00 pm with the exception of Federal Holidays.  The individual Occupational Health & Safety Technician for the medical treatment facility (MTF) and its geographic area of responsibility. Performs Bioenvironmental Engineering activities in the fields of Industrial Hygiene, Occupational Health, Radiological Health, and Environmental Health to ensure healthy working conditions are maintained and that the environment is not adversely affected by operations.

RESPONSIBILITIES: 

• Performs workplace industrial hygiene surveys assessing all occupational, environmental, and radiological health hazards.
• Provide technical data and completed forms/documentation for inclusion into occupational/environmental/radiological health program files.
• Enter data into DOEHRS-IH in accordance with local procedures and requirements.
• Inspects, tests, and evaluates workplace environments, equipment, and practices to ensure they follow all applicable standards and government regulations in accordance with AF requirements. Includes sample collection and survey measurements of potential hazards and engineering controls.
• Recommends health hazard controls to mitigate hazardous and potentially hazardous conditions or equipment.
• Assists staff in monitoring environmental conditions on the installation including the collection of water samples for compliance with the Safe Drinking Water Act, swimming pool and bathing area water quality evaluations and program compliance, and occupational and environmental health site assessment sampling.
• Demonstrates to workplaces the correct use of personal protective equipment and other health hazard controls.
• Provide training and perform fit-testing on respiratory protection devices to include gas-mask fit-testing.
• Investigates occupational illnesses and injuries to identify why they happened and how they might be prevented in the future.
• Performs evaluations for compliance with fetal protection requirements.
• Review hazardous materials requests, plans, work orders, contracts, and specifications for compliance with environmental and Occupational Health directives.
• Serves as a member on committees for Occupational Health, and environmental protection matters.
• Standard use of office equipment, such as computers, typewriters, copiers, fax machines, scanners, telephones, and office automation systems.
• Use of Microsoft Office software (Word and Excel at a minimum) to prepare reports and other documents.
• General medical ethics, telephone etiquette and excellent communication and customer services skills.
• Ability to plan, organize, schedule, and coordinate activities such as appointments, meetings, and suspense timelines.
• Ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing.
• English language, correct grammar, spelling, punctuation, capitalization, and format to prepare and edit written and electronic correspondence and reports.
• Knowledge in and understanding of Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), National Institute of Occupational Safety & Health (NIOSH), Analytical Methods sampling guides, NIOSH Pocket Guide to Chemical Hazards, American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygiene (ACGIH) Threshold Limit Values (TLV) and Biological Exposure Indices (BEI) Booklet, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) standards, and American National Standards Institute (ANSI) standards.
• Knowledgeable in proper selection of personnel protective equipment (PPE).

QUALIFICATIONS:

• • Minimum of an Associate's Degree in one of the following disciplines: Occupational Health/Safety, Core Science or Engineering Technology.
  • Must have at least two (2) years of experience working in an Occupational Health or Industrial Hygiene related medical field or must have formal college/vocational school education and hold a certification issued by Occupational Health and Safety Technologist Certification (OHST) or the Board of Certified Safety Professionals (BCSP).
  • One (1) year experience using basic sampling equipment to include detection tubes/chips, personal air samplers and calibrators, sound level meters, noise dosimeters, and environmental sampling equipment is required.

POSITION TIMING:  Starting Immediately upon completion of standard government background screenings

BENEFITS:  Health, Dental and Vision, 401(k), Vacation, Sick Leave, and 11 Paid Federal Holidays including:

• New Year's Day
• Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
• Presidents Birthday
• Memorial Day
• Juneteenth
• Independence Day
• Labor Day
• Columbus Day
• Veterans Day
• Thanksgiving Day
• Christmas Day

Laredo Technical Services, Inc. (LTSi) provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or status as a veteran in accordance with applicable federal laws.  LTSi also complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location its employees are working.  This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including, but not limited to hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.  LTSi is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.