Environmental Health/Industrial Hygiene Specialist

Western Door Federal is part of the Seneca Nation Group (SNG) portfolio of companies. SNG is the federal government contracting business wholly owned by the Seneca Nation. SNG meets mission-critical needs of federal civilian, defense, and intelligence community customers across a variety of domains. The SNG portfolio receives shared services support from its parent company Seneca Holdings and is comprised of multiple companies that participate in the Small Business Administration 8(a) program. To learn more visit www.senecanationgroup.com and follow us on LinkedIn.

At Seneca, our team of talented individuals is what makes us successful. To support our team, we provide a balanced mix of benefits and programs.Your total rewards package includes competitive pay, benefits, and perks, flexible work-life balance, professional development opportunities, and performance and recognition programs. We offer a comprehensive benefits package that includes medical, dental, vision, life, and disability, voluntary benefit programs (critical illness, hospital, and accident), health savings and flexible spending accounts, and retirement 401K plan. One of our fundamental principles at Seneca Holdings is to offer competitive health and welfare benefits to our team members, providing coverage and care for you and your family. Full-time employees working at least 30 hours a week on a regular basis are eligible to participate in our benefits and paid leave programs. We pride ourselves on our collaborative work environment and culture, which embraces our mission of providing financial and non-financial benefits back to the members of the Seneca Nation.

Western Door Federal is seeking a highly professional, clearance eligible Environmental Health/Industrial Hygiene Specialist. This individual will leverage their expertise to perform specific activities and produce work products as well as provide consultant advisory services for the holistic benefit of the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Installations, Energy and Environment (ASA IE&E).

The ASA IE&E is the principal adviser to the Secretary of the Army (SecArmy) on IE&E matters. The ASA IE&E serves as the Senior Co-chair of the Installations Program Evaluation Group and the Designated Agency Safety and Health Official (DASHO) for the Army.

With respect to this position, the ASA IE&E is responsible for developing and overseeing policies and programs for Environment, Safety, and Occupational Health. This includes environmental compliance and conservation, including Native American affairs; environmental cleanup and restoration, including Formerly Used Defense Sites; implementation of and compliance with arms control treaties, agreements and policies; munitions and chemical matters; environmental technology; and safety, occupational, and health risk management.

The primary place of performance for the Environmental Health/Industrial Hygiene Specialist will be onsite at a Government facility in Arlington, VA.

Responsibilities:

• Advise the Director for OEH on recommendations for the technical direction of agency activities related to the health of employees working in potentially hazardous work environments.
• Collaborate and coordinate with staff members in the Office of the Surgeon General (OTSG), US Army Medical Command (MEDCOM), and related Army and DOD OEH and environmental health organizations.
• Work with the Director for OEH on medical programs and policies required to support activities performing chemical weapons demilitarization, biological and chemical agent defense research, nuclear reactor operations, biological safety and occupational reliability programs.
• Work with the Director for OEH in coordinating with OSD, other Services, HQDA, OTSG, Medical Command (MEDCOM), Regional Health Commands, Army Public Health Center, Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA) and specialty organizations and committees on interagency health and medical policies and processes.
• Help facilitate meetings, communications, prioritize action plans, improve or enhance and synopsize information on OEH program implementation efforts and events.
• Help develop and maintain communication media to ensure the Army Commands (ACOMs), Army Service Component Commands (ASCCs) and Direct Reporting Units (DRUs) are aware of progress for OEH initiatives throughout the Army.
• Assist with the revision of existing documentation and/or the development of new policies and guidelines.
• Advise and assist the Director for SOH on recommendations to facilitate cross- functional and cross-organizational collaboration with Army senior SOH leaders, Army leaders and their staff members in developing yearly objectives focused on emerging trends in SOH, injury, illness and equipment loss prevention, and enterprise-level initiatives to support these objectives.
• Assist in studies and analyses for the Director for SOH that helps determine the impact of DASA (ESOH) policies and procedures on the ACOMs, ASCCs and DRUs.

Basic Qualifications:

• Understanding and a minimum of four (4) years' (actual) experience in staffing and coordinating actions within the Army Secretariat, the Office of the Secretary of Defense and the individual Services. Similar experience with other military branches may be considered.
• Minimum of eight (8+) years' (actual) experience in intensive knowledge of theories, concepts, principles, and methods of environmental health and industrial hygiene.
• In depth knowledge of and a minimum of ten (8+) years' (actual) experience in the medical aspects of workers compensation, ergonomics, toxicology, health hazards and occupational and environmental exposures.
• Minimum of eight (8+) years' (actual) experience in how the military functions the wide variety of missions and potential exposures of its workforce.
• Must be a US Citizen with the ability to obtain and maintain a US Government sponsored security clearance.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience working with ETMS 2.
• Excellent communication skills, verbal and written.