This position is responsible for establishing the Laboratory's worker safety engineering programs to assist line and operations management in ensuring a safe and healthy workplace is provided to all employees, visitors, vendors, and subcontractors of the Laboratory by performing the following duties:

• Maintains balance between compliance, customer satisfaction and budget constraints.
• Responsible for ensuring programs are consistently rated “excellent” or “outstanding” by both internal and external customers.
• Interfaces directly with staff and management at all levels, and with external customers including DOE-PNSO line management and Environmental Safety & Health (EH&S) staff.
• Establishes systems to identify, evaluate, and control hazards in the workplace and provides direct technical assistance to those conducting work.

• Directly supervises Fire Protection Engineers (FPE), Mechanical Engineers (ME) with (Ventilation and Pressure Safety SME function), and Electrical Safety SME/Delegated Authority Having Jurisdiction functions in the development, implementation and assessment of Worker Safety & Health (WS&H) Programs designed to comply 10 CFR 851 requirements for worker protection.
• Selects, trains, develops and coaches multi-discipline professionals engaged in the implementation of safety engineering programs.
• Works collaboratively with Research and Facility Managers to understand applicably of external source requirements to PNNL R&D Operations and provide innovative solutions to protect workers and facilities and enable research.
• Establishes internal processes and standards to produce accurate and defensible positions to assure compliance with required by 10 CFR 851 and applicable DOE Orders.

• MS/MA or higher and 8 years of experience
• BS/BA and 10 years work experience -OR-

• Certification or eligibility as a Professional Engineer (PE).
• Demonstrated experience in deployment of safety programs in a DOE/DOD Operations and/or Laboratory Environment.
• Demonstrated experience in the development, implementation, and assessment of ES&H Programs in accordance with US Department of Energy Requirements.
• Working knowledge of US Occupational Safety and Health Administration regulations, and associated consensus standards such as but not limited to NFPA, IEEE, NEC ANSI and ASME.
• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering.
• Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification.

• Must be able to qualify as a Radiological Worker.
• Work in laboratory, facility maintenance, and construction environments.
• May work and collaborate with Lab Leadership Team for risk assessment activities for on and offsite work.

• Research Associates excluded.