Company Profile:
Colden Corporation is an occupational health, safety, and environmental management consulting firm owned and managed by practicing Certified Industrial Hygienists (CIHs) and Certified Safety Professionals (CSPs). For over thirty years, Colden has specialized in delivering comprehensive health and safety solutions to clients across a variety of industries, ensuring compliance with regulations and promoting best practices to mitigate workplace hazards. We are seeking an Industrial Hygiene and Safety Specialist to join our team and help drive our mission of creating safer work environments. We offer an attractive compensation package, medical benefits, 401K retirement plan, paid vacation, and profit sharing.
Position Description:
Colden is currently seeking an EHS Specialist with 0 to 4 years of experience in workplace health and safety.
This is a full-time hybrid position working in Colden’s office(s), at client sites, or from home based in Michigan on current project assignments and schedules. The position reports to Colden’s Syracuse office which is located in East Syracuse, New York.
The successful candidate will work with a team of CIHs, CSPs, senior scientists, and other Colden technical and regulatory specialists to support consulting projects in areas such as industrial hygiene (IH), safety, and environmental health and safety (EHS) management.
Tasks may include:
- Conduct IH surveys to assess chemical, physical, and biological hazards, such as worker personal breathing zone sampling for airborne contaminants or noise monitoring.
- Participate in indoor environmental quality investigations or surveys.
- Conduct safety and health assessments, inspections, or audits in various client industrial and non-industrial settings, such as manufacturing sites, laboratories, universities, hospitals, museums, media and entertainment productions, offices, and other work environments.
- Prepare written reports summarizing site visit observations and results.
- Research and summarize findings for assigned topics in occupational and environmental health sciences. Research and accurately reference standards (e.g., OSHA, ANSI, NFPA, ISO).
- Develop or update written health and safety procedures and training materials.
- Conduct performance checks of local exhaust ventilation or other controls.
- Support company in-house industrial hygiene monitoring and safety equipment inventory and maintenance.
- Complete other tasks as assigned for client projects or to support Colden internal technical procedures and guidelines.
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree (BS), preferably in occupational health and safety, or in environmental health or public health with industrial hygiene or safety focus (or a science or engineering degree and relevant work experience).
- 0 - 4 years of experience in health and safety roles.
- Familiarity with OSHA regulations and industrial hygiene exposure monitoring practices.
- Self-motivated, reliable, and detail-oriented with ability to manage workload independently with support from others. Strong oral and written communication and interpersonal skills.
- Ability and willingness to travel are essential, with fluctuating levels of travel based on project assignment. The role requires travel to local Michigan client sites and/or travel to other U.S. locations.
Desired Qualifications
- Experience conducting safety and health audits, inspections, or investigations.
- Skills in presenting safety and health training sessions or communicating audit findings.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
- Familiarity with safety and health software and tools.
- Master’s degree in related field.
- Professional certification(s), or willingness to achieve.
Why Join Colden?
- Impactful Work: Play a key role in creating or maintaining safe and healthy environments for clients and workers and contribute to sustainability improvements.
- Professional Growth: Support for professional development and career advancement, with internal educational offerings and company Technical Summit. Opportunities to work with Certified Industrial Hygienists, Certified Safety Professionals, and other Colden specialists for on-the-job training and coaching or mentoring.
- Collaborative Environment: Work with a dynamic, multidisciplinary team of professionals and industry experts as part of our “All-One-Company” approach.
- Competitive Compensation: Colden offers a competitive salary and benefits package based on your experience and credentials, with opportunity for professional recognition, reward, and advancement depending on individual performance and contributions.