Industrial Hygiene Specialist

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As we create a colorful, capable and cleaner world through chemistry, we invite you to join our team to harness the power of chemistry to shape markets, redefine industries and improve lives for billions of people around the world. CREATING ESSENTIAL CHEMISTRY THAT THE WORLD NEEDS At Chemours, our people are redefining how the world thinks of chemistry by approaching everything we do with a commitment to delivering Trusted Chemistry that creates better lives and helps communities thrive. That begins with how we use our science, data, and unmatched technical expertise to develop market-leading products with the highest levels of performance, sustainability, and safety in the industry. Powered by chemistry, our products are used in applications that make the products we rely on, processes, and new technologies possible. In key sectors such as clean energy, advanced electronics, high-performance computing and AI, climate friendly cooling, and high-quality paints and coatings for homes and industrial infrastructure---sustainable solutions and more modern living depend on Chemours chemistry. Chemours is seeking an Industrial Hygiene Specialist to join the Workplace Safety Center of Excellence (COE) team. This position will report directly to the EHS Manager. The successful candidate will be an essential role within the Workplace Safety COE and serve as a global industrial hygiene subject matter expert on technical and regulatory aspects, program standards, and best practices. This is a highly visible position. This role requires strong project management skills and close collaboration with other members of the EHS COE, businesses, sites, and external partners to ensure compliance and risk management effectiveness. The responsibilities of the position include, but are not limited to, the following: Provides services, solutions, programs, best practices and guidance to functional and operational teams, site operations management, and site workplace safety representatives to effectively manage occupational health hazards, industrial hygiene assessments and risk mitigation. Collaborate with management, engineering, and operations teams to design and implement effective engineering controls, administrative controls, and personal protective equipment (PPE) to reduce or eliminate workplace hazards. Develop, update and periodically review EHS standards, guidance documents, training, and reference material within area of responsibility; Includes: Occupational Health Management, Quantitative Exposure Assessment, Heat Stress, Ergonomics, Respiratory Protection, Chemical Protective Clothing, Radiation, Indoor Air Quality, etc. Provide subject matter expertise on industrial hygiene and occupational health matters including exposure assessment and controls related to new product development, registration of chemical for manufacture or import, other interaction with regulators, or support of customers or toll manufacturers. Monitor developments, trends, emerging issues, legislation, and regulations related to occupational health, industrial hygiene, to ensure programs comply with requirements (certain high profile chemicals including EPA Consent Order, EPA High Production Volume (the new ECELs), certain PFAS, or OSHA expanded health Standard chemicals). Create, collect, measure, and analyze metrics and KPI's to discover trends for continuous improvement or to initiate targeted prevention programs. Benchmark and learn from industry best practices to identify improvement opportunities, develop change management plans to incorporate changes/updates to programs. Support second party audit program by performing and leading audits at site locations. Participate in corporate networks to leverage best practices, share lessons learned, and drive awareness of changes. Partner with Corporate Health Services, Toxicology & Risk Assessment, Regulatory Compliance, and other teams as appropriate. Engage sites through voice of customer interactions, site visits, training, exposure assessments, and incident investigations, as requested. Support other enterprise improvement initiatives to drive continuous improvement. The following is required for this role: Bachelor's degree in occupational health, industrial hygiene or scientific or related engineering field. 7+ years of relevant experience in a chemical, petrochemical, or related industrial environment. Functional knowledge in areas of occupational health including respiratory protection, selection of chemical protective equipment, basics of ventilation, hazard communication, ergonomics, hearing conservation, and radiation safety. Ability to read and interpret complex regulations (OSHA, EPA, EU) and to collaborate with internal technical experts, site personnel and other functions to ensure compliance. Strong understanding of risk assessment techniques and experience in developing risk mitigation strategies. Experience in performing air sampling, noise monitoring, and o