Occupational Safety and Environmental Compliance Specialist

What We Need:

Tidewater Inc. is currently seeking an experienced Safety Specialist to support the National Weather Service (NWS). We are searching for a motivated and skilled professional with a background in Industrial Hygiene to join our team in Silver Spring, Maryland, providing essential environmental health and safety services to one of the nation’s most vital scientific agencies.

In this role, the Safety Specialist will be responsible for managing and supporting a wide range of environmental health projects to ensure occupational safety and compliance with federal and agency-specific standards. Responsibilities include assessing and mitigating hazards related to indoor air quality, hazardous materials, asbestos, lead-based paint, and other occupational risks present in NWS facilities.

Ideal candidates will demonstrate excellent communication skills, the ability to perform detailed fieldwork, and experience responding to federal requests for proposals. You should be confident in managing complex field projects from start to finish and producing clear, accurate documentation. A strong desire to learn, exceptional attention to detail, and proficiency in both written and verbal communication are essential. EPA training and State/District licensing in asbestos and lead-based paint are highly desirable.

About Us:

Tidewater was founded in 1983 as an industrial hygiene (IH) and environmental consulting services provider in Baltimore, Maryland. Today, Tidewater has over 140 employees performing work across three divisions involving environmental consulting, facilities, and construction. Our environmental division includes consulting, remediation, radiological, and IH service lines. Tidewater is headquartered in Elkridge, Maryland. We currently have eight offices throughout the United States including California, Ohio, Tennessee, and Pennsylvania with additional personnel working in Japan, Kenya, and Germany. Our business spans over 75 multi-year government contracts and an average of 1,000 projects annually for Federal, State, municipal, and commercial clients worldwide.

We are proud to offer our clients and business partnerships an employee base that includes a dynamic mix of industry experts and field personnel. This includes project managers, engineers, geologists, scientists, health physicists, industrial hygienists, health and safety specialists, cost estimators, site superintendents, tank inspectors, licensed drillers, radiological technicians, lead/mold/asbestos assessors, HVAC personnel, and general field technicians and equipment operators.

Tidewater’s IH Service Line has been a key component of the business since the beginning, providing lead, asbestos, and mold assessments; hazardous material surveys; abatement monitoring; indoor air quality testing; drinking water surveys; worker exposure assessments; Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Pre-Occupancy testing; and compliance audits for a variety of clients. Key IH Service Line clients include U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, local agencies including Baltimore, Prince George’s, Ann Arundel, Howard counties, City Government, Educational Institutions, and Private Clients (construction firms and architectural firms). Our IH group is comprised of multi-disciplinary staff (CIH, Certified Safety Specialists, Environmental Scientists, etc.) with requisite professional, state, and local certifications.

Tidewater’s core values of integrity, collaboration, innovation, growth, and service, guide employee decision making, relationship building, problem solving, and help to develop and achieve personal and professional goals. Our organization’s Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion framework strives to promote, fair treatment and full participation of all people and to create a positive work culture that fosters trust, respect, engagement, and contributes to our success and growth.

Tidewater values its workforce and provides a comprehensive and extensive benefit package including company sponsored Life, Accidental Death, and Disability (AD&D) Insurance, health insurance (health, dental, and vision); 401K Plan with employer match, continuing education reimbursement, and paid leave.

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