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SHE Specialist - Industrial HygieneAstraZeneca · US - Gaithersburg - MD
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SHE Specialist - Industrial Hygiene

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🗓️ Posted 2026-08-21 US - Gaithersburg - MD Full-time Hybrid Healthcare Medical
💰 Salary 6,142 GBP–7,917 GBP/mo (73,710 GBP–95,000 GBP/yr) 📊 Market 6,667 GBP–10,833 GBP/mo

About the Company

Are you ready to help strengthen a proactive safety culture through practical industrial hygiene expertise As a SHE Specialist - Industrial Hygiene, you will support AstraZeneca's pharmaceutical R&D facility by anticipating, recognizing, evaluating, and helping control workplace conditions that may impact employee health, comfort, or safety. This role is ideal for someone with a foundational understanding of industrial hygiene who is ready to expand their technical skill set in a collaborative, regulated environment. You will perform assignments independently while partnering with the Industrial Hygiene Manager and team to support exposure monitoring, risk assessments, investigations, technical documentation, training, and continuous improvement. Mentorship will be provided; however, the successful candidate will be expected to take initiative, demonstrate investigative curiosity, and supplement mentorship with independent learning, research, and collaboration. Typical Accountabilities Conduct exposure-based quantitative and qualitative risk assessments for industrial hygiene hazards, including noise, chemical exposure, indoor air quality, Legionella, biological hazards, ventilation systems, and other workplace exposures. Design and execute sampling and exposure monitoring plans; collect and evaluate biological, chemical, surface, air, liquid, noise, lighting, indoor air quality, ventilation, and control system data. Review, recommend, and help establish exposur

Requirements

  • ● Bachelor's degree in Industrial Hygiene, Environmental Health, Occupational Health, a science-related field, or a related industrial hygiene discipline.
  • ● Foundational industrial hygiene experience, including exposure monitoring, investigations, risk assessments, industrial hygiene research, or related technical activities.
  • ● Ability to operate under the direction of an Industrial Hygiene Manager while growing into a fully independent industrial hygiene role.
  • ● Comfortable working onsite in laboratory, manufacturing, commercial facilities, or other regulated operational environments.
  • ● Ability to collaborate closely with site operations, laboratories, engineering, facilities, safety, and service provider teams.
  • ● Ability to independently track and complete multiple tasks and projects simultaneously.
  • ● Strong attention to detail, investigative curiosity, initiative, and work ethic.
  • ● Ability to communicate technical information clearly through written reports, documentation, training, and stakeholder conversations.
  • ● Ability to meet physical requirements, including wearing respiratory protection and protective clothing, climbing ladders, working in confined spaces, and occasionally lifting or carrying up to 40 lbs.
  • ● Training or experience with potent compounds.
  • ● Advanced degree, such as an MS or higher, in Industrial Hygiene or a related science field.
  • ● Strong technical writing skills and experience preparing documentation aligned with legal, company, or regulatory standards.
  • ● Compensation and Benefits
  • ● The annual base pay for this position ranges from 73,710- 95,000 USD Annual. Hourly and salaried non-exempt employees will also be paid overtime pay when working qualifying overtime hours. Base pay offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, including market location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. In addition, our positions offer a short-term incentive bonus opportunity; eligibility to participate in our equity-based long-term incentive program (salaried roles), to receive a retirement contribution (hourly roles), and commission payment eligibility (sales roles). Benefits offered included a qualified retirement program 401(k) plan ; paid vacation and holidays; paid leaves; and, health benefits including medical, prescription drug, dental, and vision coverage in accordance with the terms and conditions of the applicable plans. Additional details of participation in these benefit plans will be provided if an employee receives an offer of employment. If hired, employee will be in an "at-will position" and the Company reserves the right to modify base pay (as well as any other discretionary payment or compensation program) at any time, including for reasons related to individual performance, Company or individual department/team performance, and market factors.
  • ● Why AstraZeneca
  • ● At AstraZeneca, we are driven by science and united by our commitment to patients. In this role, you will help protect people, research, operations, and the environment by strengthening industrial hygiene practices that enable safe, compliant, and sustainable scientific work.
  • ● Date Posted 21-Aug-2026
  • ● Closing Date