Chemist

ProSidian Seeks a Chemist (Contract Contingent) in Charlotte, NC / Remote to support an engagement for an independent agency of the United States Federal Govt. that is primarily responsible for the development of Occupational Health and Safety Guidelines and Administration.  The Agency’s Development Objective is to ensure safe and healthful working conditions in covered workplaces throughout the United States. This is accomplished through the development of workplace standards, regulations, and guidance that address significant safety and health risks to workers. All rules and guidelines consider feasibility, economic effects, paperwork burden, affected industries, and impact on small businesses, as required by the OSH Act, the Paperwork Reduction Act, the Regulatory Flexibility Act, the Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act, and applicable executive orders.. 

The ProSidian Engagement Team Members work to The ProSidian Engagement Team will provide technical support for standards and guidance development for the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's (OSHA), Directorate of Standards and Guidance (DSG). This is a Blank Purchase Agreement with call orders in the following areas: rule-making and guidance development support; economic analyses; and literature search and information management. Specific task items include risk assessments, industry exposure profiles, information management, organization stakeholder and focus group meetings, population at-risk estimates, and developing training materials.

Chemist Candidates shall work to support requirements for PR0001 Communications And Knowledge Management Support and work with subject matter experts to:

• Provide a high level review of current policy and public comments
• Compare observed health effects, injury and illness data, and industrial hygiene and safety practices among several industry sectors
• Identify hazards in the workplace, provide the services of recognized experts in subjects relevant to OSHA standards and guidance products
• Analyze various recommended strategies for reducing risks
• Identify the most effective strategies, and assessing the limitations of control methods
• Design and implement workplace processes and procedures that help protect workers from potentially hazardous work conditions
• Develop information, strategies, research needs, issue papers, testing protocols, or regulatory and non-regulatory options in the areas related to standards and guidance conduct training on a variety of topics related to health and safety guidelines.

The Chemist will require knowledge of OSHA guidelines and will be responsible for managing a team of analysts to provide qualitative and quantitative analyses of current policies, address gaps in current policies, develop and conduct training. Role specific duties include conducting site visits and industry studies to collect information on current exposures and effective control strategies, appearing and testifying/presenting information at rule-making hearings, and comparing observed health effects, injury and illness data, and industrial hygiene and safety practices among several industry sectors.