Staff Scientist I (Industrial Hygienist) - Healthcare
Job Summary:
As a part of EH&E's Healthcare Team, a Staff Scientist I, is responsible for the management, program coordination, and technically sound work products that meet internal and external client expectations, on time and within budget. The Staff Scientist I provides technical support in the field at client site assessments, and other related projects with input from the Principal Consultant. The successful applicant will be supported by a team of industry experts who will nurture and develop your career. This position reports directly to the Principal Consultant.
Principal Duties and Responsibilities:
Technical Expertise:
- Broadly applies scientific and engineering principles to EH&Es work, excellent observational and analytical skill, broad experience with EH&E's work.
- Conduct mold and moisture assessments, environmental sampling, indoor air quality (IAQ) investigations, qualitative respirator fit-testing, as well as pharmacy personnel competency testing.
- Support team with execution of infection investigations and forensic engineering assessments.
- Support field work and data management of environmental monitoring programs related to USP compliance or other Industrial Hygiene sampling projects.
- Conducting qualitative and quantitative industrial hygiene assessments.
- Develop written management plans and standard operating procedures.
- Develop observational ability based on experience and functional analytical skills in the discipline.
- Read and interpret construction drawings, technical drawings, schematics, and computer-generated reports.
Project Management:
- Prime project management responsibility for developing work on smaller, less complex projects.
- Scope and budget development, making sure all targets are met.
- Maintaining client satisfaction, and quality measures on the project are adhered to.
Personnel Management:
- May provide coaching and mentoring one-on-one or in a team setting.
- As a Project Manager, responsible for peer-to-peer management of teammates to ensure project is executed according to scope and within budget.
Sales & Client Relations:
- Develops clients through excellent delivery of projects, while identifying cross-selling services opportunities.
- Identifying potential business leads and relaying the information to the Managing Principal Consultant or Marketing team.
- Deliver services on projects that meet or exceed managers expectations.
- Present a positive, professional image.
QA/QC:
- Responsible for all project-related QA/QC and Safety issues.
- Ensures service delivery meets client expectations.
Training:
- Provides coaching and mentoring, typically in a one-on-one, project-based format. Provides feedback to Principal Consultant on progress of staff coached. Responsible for individual development plan and executes plan within budgetary and time constraints.
- Possess a willingness and openness to professional development.
Customer Satisfaction:
- Responsible for customer satisfaction on a project basis.
- Develop professional working relationship with client.
Communication & Reports:
- Craft important emails, memos, letters to clients and be the prime author of technical reports.
- Confer with other personnel (both internally and externally) to implement operating procedures, resolve system malfunctions, and provide technical information.
- Clearly communicate technical concepts and be comfortable with presenting technical information to a wide audience.
- Collect, analyze and reports on environmental data, such as building materials, atmosphere monitoring, and soil or water samples.
Financial Management:
- Work within timeframes specified by the Principal Consultant, and if timeframe requirements cannot be met or achieved then provide timely feedback.
- Achieve project profitability goals, including overhead assignments within the specified timeframe.
- Identify and implement, where appropriate, task-specific changes to improve speed and profitability on projects and be responsible for accounts receivables on managed projects.
- Hit individual billing/targets.
Minimum Qualifications, Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:
- Associates degree in environmental, physics, applied/physical sciences required.
- Bachelors degree in a related field physics, applied/physical sciences, industrial hygiene or engineering discipline preferred.
- 3 years of experience in closely related field required.
- Possess teamwork, analytical & organizational skills.
- Ability to lead and manage small projects preferred.
- Ability to identify potential project opportunities preferred.
- Proficient with Microsoft suite of products & Adobe – Word, Excel, Outlook & PowerPoint.
- Driver’s license required. Must be comfortable with traveling to and working from different client locations.
- Must be comfortable with occasional weekend work as needed & on-call emergency duties required.
- Business ownership thinking and entrepreneurial attitude/self-starter attitude preferred.
- Ability to be open and flexible to new project experiences.
- Ability to lift up to 20 pounds.
- This role will require weekly travel.
- This role will require ability to wear a respirator.