Job Specification
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SPECIALIST
DEFINITION:
Under direction, supervises and coordinates an assigned staff
responding to emergencies relating to the release or discovery
of hazardous materials into the environment for the purpose of
protecting public health, safety, welfare, and the environment;
may act as site liaison with federal, state, local, or other
government authorities with regard to site activities; does
related work as required.
EXAMPLES OF WORK:
Under direction, responds to, administers, or supervises a team
of technicians responding to hazardous materials emergencies
on a 24 hour, 7-day a week basis.
Supervises the emergency response measures such as plugging,
patching, or using other measures to prevent damage to public
health, safety, welfare, and the environment resulting from releases
or potential releases of hazardous substances and materials.
Implements safety rules and regulations.
Plans, organizes, and assigns the work of the organizational unit
and evaluates employee performance and conduct, enabling the
effective recommendation of the hiring, firing, promoting, and
disciplining of subordinates.
Participates in meetings, hearings, seminars, conferences,
training sessions, and other gatherings associated with
assigned duties.
Supervises the maintenance of files, equipment, vehicles, and
program facilities.
Takes decisive action without undue delay.
Supervises the utilization of field monitoring equipment to assess
enviornmental conditions for potential health and safety hazards
in a hazardous environment.
Assists in the preparation and development of detailed
specifications for vehicles, equipment, supplies, and materials
required by the program for hazardous materials containment.
Prepares correspondence and reports in the course of official
duties.
Maintains constant contact with the county's Centralized
Communications Center during emergency situations.
Implements policies and procedures for responding to hazardous
mateials emergencies.
Supervises the inspection of sites to determine compliance
with existing hazardous materials, rules, and regulations and
makes recommendations for compliance.
Provides technical advice to staff, peers, or management.
Supervises the completion of investigative and incident reports
regarding hazardous materials emergencies.
Reviews and evaluates incident reports of staff of lower rank.
Trains lower level employees on the job.
Monitors the efficiency and effectiveness of the program.
Authorizes the overtime work of assigned staff as required for
staff training and response.
Maintains an assuring and calming attitude during periods of
stress and emergency.
Maintains and, as required, supervises the maintenance of
essential records.
Will be required to learn to utilize various types of electronic
and/or manual recording and computerized information
systems used by the agency, office, or related units.
REQUIREMENTS:
Applicants must show completion of:
Eighty (80) hour Level 3 Haz-Mat Technician training
Sixteen (16) hour Level 5 On Scene Incident Commander training
and Advanced Incident Command System ICS-400
Course must be in compliance with any one of the following:
National Fire Protection Association 471 standard;
revised NFPA 472 standard; 473 standard
New Jersey State Police and Health Administration Regulations
29 CFR 1910-1206(q) 6ii
United States Department of Transportation
NOTE: Appointees may be required to attend training
for additional certifications in a specified timeframe as determined
by the appointing authority.
Such training may include but not be limited to:
NFPA 1001, Basic Firefighting or equivalent New Jersey
Emergency Medical Technician Certification or equivalent
EXPERIENCE:
Six (6) years of experience responding to and containing
releases, spills, or other incidents of exposure to hazardous
materials including those involving potential acute hazards
to public health or environmental contamination.
Such situations will include, but not be limited to, all reports of
spills, discharges, and other releases into the environment of
oil, petroleum products, and other hazardous materials from any
source or cause including pipeline or tank ruptures, train derailments,
highway accidents, deliberate illegal dumping of waste (whether
free-flowing or drummed), and releases from residential, commercial,
government, and industrial sites.
SUBSTITUTIONS
Applicants who possess an Associate's degree from an
accredited college with a major course of study in Biological,
Chemical, Environmental, Fire or Physical Science, or Engineering
or a minimum of 32 semester hour credits in the areas listed may
be substituted for two (2) years of required experience.
OR
Applicants who possess a Bachelor's degree from an accredited
college with a major course of study in Biological, Chemical,
Environmental, Fire or Physical Science, or Engineering may
substitute this education for four (4) years of the required experience.
SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS:
Appointees will be required to carry a personal paging device
and must be able to respond to hazardous materials emergencies
on a 24 hour, 7-day a week basis.
Appointees will be required to participate in the department's
medical surveillance and physical fitness conditioning program
pursuant to OSHA Regulation 29 CFR 1910-120 (f).
Appointees will be required to obtain a special driver's license
from the New Jersey Division of Motor Vehicles to operate the
type of vehicles assigned to the program within six (6) months
of being hired.
LICENSE:
Appointees will be required to possess a valid New Jersey
driver's license.
NOTE: The responsibility for ensuring that employees
possess the required motor vehicle license, commensurate
with the class and type of vehicles they operate, rests with
the Appointing Authority.
KNOWLEDGE AND ABILITIES:
Knowledge of the Incident Command System as it relates to
containment of hazardous materials.
Knowledge of the principals, techniques, and methodologies
utilized in emergency response field activites associated with
hazardous materials incidents which pose the potential for public
health and/or environmental impacts with particular emphasis
on those involving potentially acute hazards.
Knowledge of the relationship and coordination required at
state, county, and local levels, as well as with other intra and
interstate and federal agencies concerned with or responsible
for emergency response programs relating to the discharge
and/or release of hazardous materials and/or substances.
Knowledge of principles and techniques of supervision.
Knowledge of record keeping procedures.
Ability to interpret and apply federal, state, county, and
local laws, rules, regulations, policies, procedures, and
standards governing releases and containment of hazardous
materials and emergency response.
Ability to use and direct the use of specialized chemical
protective clothing, self-contained breathing apparatus,
and other personal safety equipment.
Ability to maintain an assuring and calming attitude during
periods of stress and emergency, and to respond to emergency
situations with clear and accurate decisions.
Ability to function within an assigned role in the Incident
Command System.
Ability to implement and supervise the implementation of
safety rules.
Ability to organize technical, administrative, and supervisory
work, and analyze problems and work methods to maintain
response capability on a 24 hour, 7-day a week basis.
Ability to schedule and organize work activities for others.
Ability to identify problems in the administration or
coordination of programs, plans, or projects.
Ability to prepare clear, accurate, and concise
correspondence in the course of official duties.
Ability to keep accurate records.
Ability to maintain physical fitness, as required, to perform
the essential functions of the job. Fitness shall be determined
by a specialized medical physician and as established by
applicable health and safety regulations.
Ability to learn to utilize various types of electronic and/or
manual recording and information systems used by the
agency, office, or related units.
Ability to read, write, speak, understand, or communicate in
English sufficiently to perform the duties of this position.
American Sign Language or Braille may also be considered
as acceptable forms of communication.
Persons with mental or physical disabilities are eligible as long
as they can perform essential functions of the job with or without
reasonable accommodation. If the accommodation cannot be
made because it would cause the employer undue hardship,
such persons may not be eligible.
This job specification is applicable to the following title code: | | Job
Spec
Code | Variant | State,
Local or
Common | Class of
Service | Work
Week | State
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Code | Local
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Code | Salary
Range | Note | | 07953 | | L | C | | N/A | 23 | | - |
This job specification is for local government use only.
Salary range is only applicable to state government.
Local salaries are established by individual local jurisdictions.
2/20/2009 |
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