Workplace Safety Specialist

SAIC, a leading provider of systems development & deployment, targeting & intelligence analysis, systems engineering & integration, and training capabilities and solutions for the Intelligence Community, is seeking creative and dedicated professionals to fulfill their career goals and objectives while delivering mission excellence on programs of national importance. We are currently seeking a candidate to provide administrative and field support in the development & management of a Government customer’s (located on Redstone Arsenal) all-encompassing Safety Program Compliance, which includes, but is not limited to Transportation, Explosive, Environmental, Fire, Radiation Safety, and Emergency Management support.

This position will be responsible for the following:

• Conduct initial and follow up workplace inspections (safety program audits), and submit required findings reports. 

• Conduct safety related training for workforce and provide unique environmental and radiation safety compliance inspections of laboratory equipment. 

• Serve as Government customer’s Safety representative at supporting agency meetings on Redstone Arsenal

• Ensure equipment periodic surveys/inspections are completed and documented. 

• Report & investigate all accidents/injuries/occupational illnesses.

• Perform Job Hazard Analysis on Government customer’s operations in accordance with DoD regulations. 

• Recommend & approve personal protective equipment (PPE) selected for hazardous operations. 

• Complete career field training with reputable Safety organizations (i.e. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), National Safety Council (NSC), etc.) to ensure education remains current and applicable to job duties. 

• Coordinate with Redstone Arsenal environmental safety inspections as well as conduct compliance measures and inspections of all the Government customer’s facilities at Redstone Arsenal.

• Ensure Government customer’s transportation safety procedures are developed, updated as needed, and reviewed periodically in accordance with (IAW) with applicable state/federal transportation safety requirements.

• Work with Government customer’s Explosive Ordinance Exploitation (EOE) Team & Redstone Arsenal Explosive Safety agency to ensure compliance with all DoD Explosive Safety Regulations.

• Coordinate and serve on the Government customer’s Radiation Safety Committee as the alternate Radiation Safety Officer (RSO).

• Support Government customer’s Fire Safety program through procedural update/development. Coordinate and perform fire safety inspections with Redstone Arsenal Fire Inspector’s office.

• Support Government customer’s Emergency Management Program through policy update/development. Develop/Lead emergency operations exercises.

• Active TS/SCI is required

• Willing and able to obtain a polygraph

• Undergraduate and Graduate Education with a major study in safety or occupational health fields (safety, occupational health, industrial hygiene), or degree in other related fields that included or was supplemented by at least 24 semester hours of study from among the following (or closely related) disciplines: Safety, occupational health, industrial hygiene, occupational medicine, toxicology, public health, mathematics, physics, chemistry, biological sciences, engineering, and industrial psychology is required.