Industrial Safety Specialist at Berkeley Lab

Lawrence Berkeley National Lab’s ( LBNL ) Advanced Light Source ( ALS ) Division has an opening for an Industrial Safety Specialist.

Working under the ALS Safety Manager, the Industrial Safety Specialist leads Work Planning & Control (WPC) to identify hazards, set controls, and enable safe execution of construction, maintenance, and laboratory work. As a core member of the safety team, you’ll provide industrial hygiene and technical safety support (e.g., subcontractor oversight, confined space, material handling, lead/asbestos, fall protection, ladder safety), perform inspections and audits, and advise on regulatory compliance. You’ll recommend solutions, track corrective actions, and apply sound EHS judgment to keep ALS operations compliant and safe.

The Advanced Light Source is a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science national scientific user facility that produces exceptionally bright soft and hard x-ray, ultraviolet, and infrared light. With a strong scientific reputation, expert staff, and advanced capabilities, the ALS attracts thousands of academic and industrial users each year in condensed matter and quantum materials, energy sciences, biosciences, earth and planetary sciences and more.

The ALS is one of five Berkeley Lab user facilities that serve 15,000 users annually. Co-located with the Molecular Foundry, NERSC supercomputing center, and Berkeley Lab's materials, chemical sciences, biosciences, and other divisions, it provides an ideal collaborative environment for innovative scientific discoveries.

The ALS is a global leader in soft x-ray science, and aims to maintain its leadership with ALS-U, a major project to upgrade the facility to a fourth-generation light source. This upgrade will position the facility among the brightest soft x-ray light sources in the world, offering capabilities that no other facility can provide.

You Will

• Serve as an ALS safety coordinator, contributing to the development of standards and solutions for new or complex processes, technologies, and health and safety initiatives.
• Develop and maintain a working relationship with customers including, but not limited to, scientists, building managers, engineers, subcontractors, crafts, maintenance and facilities personnel in both individual and group settings.
• Prepare compliance program documents, appraisal reports, accident reports, training course materials, funding requests, and statistics that are technically accurate and complete.
• Support ALS Project Management on health and safety issues primarily during construction phases of projects, and may also include design, planning stages.
• Serve as a technical field construction health and safety technician providing occupational health and safety support and oversight for moderately complex construction and maintenance projects.
• Conduct hazard evaluations and assessments and provide recommendations to prevent exposures to safety hazards.
• Participate in Job Hazard Analysis (JHA) quality reviews and trend corrective actions from inspections/audits.
• Complete job-related tasks with specific direction from the ALS Safety Manager.
• Provide timely activity / project status reports with regard to customer issues, performance measures, performance indicators, core technical programs and other deliverables.
• Stay current with Berkeley Lab and ALS Health and Safety Policies.
• Attend regularly scheduled Team and Division meetings and support a collaborative, team building environment.
• Maintain familiarity with other program areas within the ALS Safety Team and provide support to these program areas as needed. Programs may include, but are not limited to: user safety, asbestos and lead, noise monitoring, water intrusion mitigation support, chemical exposure monitoring for a variety of agents, decommissioning support and exposure assessment.
• Coordinate exposure monitoring strategies and maintain IH sampling equipment/calibration records.
  
  

We Are Looking For

• BA/BS and 5-7 years of significant and relevant, industrial hygiene and safety experience; or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Demonstrated experience as a construction safety technician or professional with excellent knowledge and understanding of OSHA, ANSI, and other related safety requirements/regulations.
• Direct experience in applying OSHA, ANSI and other related safety requirements/regulations in a wide variety of construction work environments.
• Industrial hygiene experience with collecting personal air samples for a variety of chemical agents including writing industrial hygiene sampling reports and data interpretation.
• Experience collecting lead dust wipe samples, personal and area air samples for asbestos and lead and experience providing oversight of lead workers.
• Demonstrated experience as an industrial hygienist / industrial safety technician with knowledge and understanding of OSHA, ANSI, and other related health and safety requirements / regulations.
• Experience authoring and managing Work Planning & Control activities in a research or high-hazard environment.
• Excellent written and verbal communications skills to interact with facilities management/staff, EHS management/staff, project managers/superintendents, and subcontractors.
• Essential skills include the proven ability to build a consensus that supports desired actions.
• Proficiency with standard business software, including word processing, presentation software, and spreadsheets.
• Must be able to perform the physical requirements of this position including field activity involving: minor lifting (up to 25 lbs). Incumbent is required to wear a wide-variety of personal protective equipment, including negative pressure, air-purifying respirator, consistent with a hands-on safety professional.
  
  

Desired Skills/knowledge

• Certified Construction Health and Safety Technician (CHST).
• Lead sampling and oversight training and working toward CDPH lead certification as a risk assessor / building inspector and project monitor.
• Additional occupational health or safety professional certifications (e.g. CIH or CSP).
• Experience in a DOE national laboratory / user facility or other complex research environment.
  
  

Additional Information

• Application date: Priority consideration will be given to candidates who apply by January 3, 2026. Applications will be accepted until the job posting is removed.
• Appointment type: This is a full-time career appointment, exempt (monthly paid) from overtime pay.
• Salary range: The expected salary for this position is $119,580.00 - $149,460.00, which fits into the full salary of $119,580.00 - $201,780.00 depending upon the candidate’s skills, knowledge, and abilities. This includes education, certifications, and years of experience.
• Background check: This position is subject to a background check. Any convictions will be evaluated to determine if they directly relate to the responsibilities and requirements of the position. Having a conviction history will not automatically disqualify an applicant from being considered for employment.
• Work modality: Work will be primarily performed at:Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, CA. A REAL ID or other acceptable form of identification is required to access Berkeley Lab sites (for more information click here ).
  
  

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Misconduct Disclosure Requirement: As a condition of employment, the finalist will be required to disclose if they are subject to any final administrative or judicial decisions within the last seven years determining that they committed any misconduct, are currently being investigated for misconduct, left a position during an investigation for alleged misconduct, or have filed an appeal with a previous employer.