Health and Safety Technician

Shape Your World

At Alcoa, you will become an essential part of our purpose: to turn raw potential into real progress.

The way we see it, every Alcoan is a work-shaper, team-shaper, idea-shaper & world-shaper.

Shape your career through a hands-on entry point into Industrial Hygiene and occupational Health & Safety.

Alcoa is seeking an early-career technical professional who is curious, organized, and motivated to build practical experience in field sampling, equipment management, data, compliance, and cross-functional coordination. 

About the Role 

In this role, you will support occupational health and safety programs with a primary focus on Industrial Hygiene.

Reporting directly to the Senior Industrial Hygienist, you will partner with Industrial Hygiene, Safety, Medical, supervisors, employees, laboratories, and other site stakeholders to identify, evaluate, document, and help control workplace hazards.

Your work will combine field sampling, equipment preparation and calibration, data and records management, compliance support, project coordination, and local driving to ship samples.

You will begin with structured training and progress toward independently managing assigned work with appropriate escalation. 

LEVEL 
Entry level, 0 to 2 years 

PRIMARY FOCUS 
Industrial Hygiene 

TEAM 
Health & Safety team 

WORK SETTING 
On-site plant and field work 

REPORTS TO 
Senior Industrial Hygienist 

LOCATION 
Warrick Operations 

Key Responsibilities 


* Support exposure monitoring and hazard evaluation.

Conduct or assist with workplace exposure monitoring, industrial hygiene surveys, health hazard assessments, inspections, audits, and program evaluations to support employee health protection and exposure-reduction efforts. 



* Prepare and manage sampling resources.

Set up, maintain, calibrate, and track industrial hygiene equipment and supplies so field activities are completed accurately and reliably. 



* Collect and coordinate samples.

Gather and document samples, maintain appropriate records, coordinate laboratory analysis, and drive samples to local shipping or laboratory locations as needed. 



* Maintain accurate data and documentation.

Enter, organize, check, and interpret monitoring data; maintain databases, metrics, training records, reports, and other program documents with attention to data integrity and follow-through. 



* Support safety and compliance programs.

Assist with site safety programs, contractor safety activities, regulatory compliance work, corrective-action tracking, and continuous-improvement projects. 



* Coordinate across the site.

Plan and communicate field activities with Industrial Hygiene, Safety, Medical, supervisors, employees, laboratories, and other partners while taking accountability for assigned work and escalating concerns appropriately. 

What You Bring 


* Relevant technical education.

An associate's or bachelor's degree in Industrial Hygiene, Occu...