This experienced environmental, safety, and health (ES&H) professional trains, supports, and mentors PPPL employees, supervisors, managers, subcontractors, collaborators, and students in a wide range of ES&H training courses to enable the safe execution of PPPL’s important scientific research mission. The Training Specialist collaborates with subject matter experts and managers to develop, enhance, and deliver impactful training in both the in-person and virtual learning environments, utilizing techniques that help learners of varied abilities and backgrounds grasp the crucial concepts that strengthen our culture of conducting safe and impactful science and supporting PPPL’s core values of responsibility, innovation, safety, and engagement.
Collaborate with the Environment, Safety & Health team to develop, enhance, and deliver impactful training in both the in-person and virtual learning environments, utilizing techniques that help learners of varied abilities and backgrounds grasp the crucial concepts to enable safe and healthy work. This includes training and guiding PPPL employees, supervisors, managers, subcontractors, collaborators, and students in a wide range of ES&H subject areas to enable the safe execution of our research and operations following the Guiding Principles and Core Functions of Integrated Safety Management (ISM).
Depending on qualifications and experience, the Training Specialist may also enhance the ES&H team’s oversight function by conducting field visits, walkthroughs, and inspections of active construction projects and experimental areas with the goal of enhancing worker understanding of hazards, hazard mitigations, and resilience to changing conditions. These efforts are aimed at strengthening safe work planning and execution, organizational learning, inclusion, and psychological safety.
A proud U.S. Department of Energy National Laboratory managed by Princeton University, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) is a longstanding leader in the science and innovation behind the development of fusion energy — a clean, safe, and virtually limitless energy source. With an eye on the future and in response to national priorities, PPPL also has begun a strategic shift from a singular focus on fusion energy to a multi-focus approach that includes microelectronics, quantum information science, and sustainability science. Whether it be through science, engineering, technology or professional services, every team member has an opportunity to make their mark on our world. PPPL aims to attract and support people with a rich variety of backgrounds, interests, experiences, and cultural viewpoints. We are committed to equity, diversity, inclusion and accessibility and believe that each member of our team contributes to our scientific mission in their own unique way. Come join us!
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