Safety, Environmental, and Occupational Health Manager

AJANTA CONSULTING, LLC

Fort Sam Houston San Antonio, TX

The Safety Environmental and Occupational Health Manager will aid in the mission accomplishment of the Human Effectiveness Directorate, Bioeffects Division 711 HPW/RHD. The Bioeffects Division enable maximum safe exploitation of electromagnetic spectrum for national defense.

Responsibilities

• Execute safety, environmental, and occupational health plans/programs and assist in developing/issuing instructions and procedures establishing technical and administrative safety and occupational health requirements which frequently become official policy and may impact a wide range of RHD safety activities.
• Update safety, environmental, and occupational health standard operating procedure applicable to laboratory activities.
• Plan and carry out surveys evaluating laboratory operations including warehouses, and buildings occupied by equipment and personnel; prepare assessments, information, and survey reports identifying unsafe operations and conditions, recommending corrective actions required.
• Seek cooperation of Government personnel supervisors to eliminate unsafe working conditions.
• Participate in meetings, working groups and TSRL Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee to ensure all safety, environmental, and occupational health issues are accurately addressed.
• Review and evaluate a wide variety of hazardous operations within Tri-Service Research Laboratory mission to include approving and signing off on AF Form 4s prior to Division Chief submittal.
• Develop and conduct a comprehensive safety, environmental, and occupational health education program through training sessions, group discussion, and supervisor-employee discussions; publicize safety articles and disseminate safety educational materials to Branch Safety Monitors and RHD staff.
• Administer a safety and occupational health program within a technical directorate with numerous laboratories on a military installation. They develop courses of action to minimize or eliminate hazardous operations and conditions and devise alternative measures to meet unconventional circumstances which increase the risk of an accident. Work efforts result in minimizing or reducing unsafe acts and conditions throughout the Tri-service Research Laboratory affecting military, civilian, and contractor personnel as well as protecting significant government property investments.
• Conduct monthly Safety meeting with Branch Safety Monitors to provide status of Safety Dashboard and gather Quarterly Unit Safety report to brief Detachment 5 Commander.
• Develop safety solutions to resolve any Environmental Health Safety hazards or concerns within cost and schedule constraints following a safety order of precedence to include elimination, substitution, engineering controls, work practice controls, training, and personal protective equipment (PPE) to ensure that safety of personnel, property, and the environment are within acceptable risk boundaries.
• Provide periodic safety briefings to all RHD staff.
• Conduct weekly safety inspections of administrative areas and periodic assessments, evaluations, and surveys of facilities, equipment, and operations.
• Identify deficiencies in the program and variances to the standard (s) using a comprehensive knowledge of regulations, standards, procedures, methods, and techniques to determine compliance with safety, environmental, and occupational health regulations.
• Plan alternative course of action to resolve hazardous conditions and unsafety working practices.
• Document and reviews inspection assessment and evaluation findings, recommends or initiate appropriate program improvements based on findings, and prepares formal reports for dissemination to appropriate staff members.
• Ensure follow-up inspections are conducted and violations and hazards corrected.
• Manage the annual Industrial Hygiene Surveys four branches, and 59 MDW to include the Respiratory Protection Program, Ventilation Surveys, Noise Surveys, Air Samplings, and OSHA Expanded Chemicals.
• Coordinate with Brooke Army Medical Industrial Hygienist, JBSA Lackland or Randolph Bioenvironmental Engineering as needed.
• Assist in the development and participates in training designed to inform employees, supervisors, management, and other occupational health, industrial hygiene and/or safety professional personnel on industrial hygiene and related occupational health, safety, radiation and environmental issues.
• Conduct safety mishap incident investigations including initial follow-up, root clause analysis, and corrective action development and closure.
• Coordinate with other installation offices regarding comprehensive occupational health matters affecting TSRL personnel.
• Review emergency management plan, hazardous communication plan, hazardous materials management plan, laser safety plan, radio frequency radiation and ensure compliance with all applicable regulations.
• Review and evaluate plans for new construction, alteration of facilities or for new processes including new materials that are of a hazardous/toxic material nature.
• Consult and maintains liaison with other safety and health personnel such as industrial hygienists to resolve occupational health hazards, civil engineers regarding alterations of buildings, also with National Safety Council specialists to become familiar with the latest safety techniques and protective devices.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, occupational health and safety, physics, or chemistry.
• Minimum ten (10) years’ demonstrated experience in safety, environmental, and occupational health.
• Possess current CPR/AED adult training and certification.
• Possess an active Secret clearance.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Knowledge of safety, environmental, radiation, and occupational health principles, practices, procedures and standards applicable to a full range of complex management responsibilities for an Air Force research laboratory on a military installation.
• Ability to demonstrate proficiency in computer and software programs.
• Ability to provide advice the commander and senior management on safety, industrial hygiene, environmental, and radiation issues using advanced knowledge of safety, environmental, radiation, and occupational health practices and principles to control a wide variety of hazards.
• Ability to review and validate all safety, environmental, radiation, and occupational health elements for all internal and external assessments, surveys, and reports.
• Knowledge of national and industry standards (i.e.- OSHA, etc).
• Possess prior Air Force experience performing some/all tasks. Preferred
• Knowledge of the following Air Force regulations and references:
  • DAFI 91-202 US Air Force Mishap Prevention Program
  • DAFMAN 91-203 Air Force Occupational Safety, Fire, Health Standards
  • AFI 48-109 Electromagnetic Field Radiation
  • AFI 48-139 Laser and Optical Radiation
  • 711 HPW USR Training Guide Nov 2022
  • AFI 90-821 Hazard Communication Program
  • DAFMAN 48-146 Occupational Health Program
  • DAFI 48-145 Occupational and Environmental Health
  • DAFPAM 90-803 Risk Management (RM) Guidelines and Tools
  • AFMAN 32-7002 Environmental Compliance and Pollution Prevention

Physical Demands (The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.)

• While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to sit and talk or hear. The employee may use repeated motions that include the arms, wrists, hands and/or fingers. The employee is occasionally required to walk, stand, climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision.

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