STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
HUMAN RESOURCES
CLASSIFICATION: INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE ENGINEER II
Class Code: 5172-25
Date Established: 07-01-50
Occupational Code: 7-5-9
Date of Last Revision: 12-28-01
BASIC PURPOSE: To supervise other industrial
hygienists in anticipating, recognizing, evaluating and controlling work place
health and safety hazards.
CHARACTERISTIC DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
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Reviews work of
subordinate industrial hygienists before final reports are issued.
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Conducts
environmental sampling surveys in the workplace to determine where hazards
exists and to collect valuable data.
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Investigates reports
of cases of occupational diseases, ascertains causes, and institutes corrective
measures.
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Analyzes and interprets
survey test results with regard to safety and health programs to prevent or
correct unsafe environments, working conditions, and occupational practices and
to ensure compliance with OSHA standards.
·
Recommends
engineering and administrative measures to reduce employee exposure to
chemical, physical, and biological work hazards.
·
Implements safety
programs and provides health and safety training in the workplace to prevent
injury and illness on the job.
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DISTINGUISHING FACTORS:
Skill: Requires skill in analyzing and
interpreting data, policy and procedures OR in using equipment in order to
arrive at logical conclusions or recommendations.
Knowledge: Requires logical or scientific
understanding to analyze problems of a specialized or professional nature in a
particular field.
Impact: Requires responsibility for achieving
direct service objectives by assessing agency service needs and making
preliminary recommendations for the development of alternative short-term
program policies or procedures.
Errors at this level result in incomplete assessments or misleading
recommendations causing a disruption of agency programs or policies.
Supervision: Requires direct supervision of other
employees doing work which is related or similar to the supervisor, including
scheduling work, recommending leave, reviewing work for accuracy, performance
appraisal, or interviewing applicants for position vacancies.
Working Conditions: Requires performing regular job
functions in an adverse working environment containing a combination of
disagreeable elements which impact significantly upon the employee's capacity
for completing work assignments.
This level includes work-related accidents or assault.
Physical Demands: Requires medium work, including
continuous strenuous activities such as frequent reaching, bending, or lifting
as well as performing work activities which require fine manual dexterity or
coordination in operating machines or equipment.
Communication: Requires summarizing data, preparing
reports and making recommendations based on findings which contribute to
solving problems and achieving work objectives. This level also requires presenting information for use by
administrative-level managers in making decisions.
Complexity: Requires evaluating a combination of
wide-ranging job functions to determine work procedures, to solve problems, and
to reach conclusions by applying analytical, technical, or scientific
thinking. This level also requires
planning policies and long-term strategies, drawing conclusions based on
available criteria, and evaluating the effectiveness of program objectives.
Independent Action: Requires independent judgment in
planning and evaluating work procedures and in supervising the development of
professional, technical and managerial standards under administrative direction
and according to broad departmental guidelines.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
Education: Bachelor's degree from a recognized
college or university with major study in chemical, civil, environmental or
mechanical engineering or in industrial hygiene, chemistry, biology, or
environmental health. Each
additional year of approved formal education may be substituted for one year of
required work experience.
Experience: Five years' experience as a Industrial
Hygienist or in developing safety engineering programs to promote safe
environmental working conditions.
License/Certification: New Hampshire driver's license.
SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS:
For appointment
consideration, Industrial Hygiene Engineer II applicants must successfully
participate in a structured interview measuring possession of knowledge, skills
and abilities identified as necessary for satisfactory job performance by this
class specification. The
structured interview is developed and administered, according to Division of
Personnel guidelines, by representatives of the state agency in which the
vacancy exists.
RECOMMENDED WORK TRAITS: Thorough knowledge of the modern
developments, techniques and practices of industrial hygiene engineering. Thorough knowledge of chemistry,
physics, and principles of ventilation as applied to industrial health. Knowledge of state and federal laws
relating to safety in the workplace.
Ability to organize, supervise, and coordinate investigations involving
the application of professional theory and the interpretation of relevant laws,
regulations, requirements and activities.
Ability to develop new and effective methods for controlling or
alleviating industrial environmental conditions harmful to health. Ability to recognize unsafe health and
environmental working conditions and to develop measures to correct
problems. Ability to prepare and
review reports of investigation.
Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with
representatives of industries, equipment manufacturers, other agencies and
associates. Must be willing to
maintain appearance appropriate to assigned duties and responsibilities as
determined by the agency appointing authority.
DISCLAIMER STATEMENT: This class specification is descriptive
of general duties and is not intended to list every specific function of this
class title.
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