Senior Biological Safety Officer

Join us and make YOUR mark on the World! Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) has turned bold ideas into world-changing impact advancing science and technology to strengthen U.S. security and promote global stability. We have an opening for a Senior Biological Safety Officer to aid in the development, implementation, and improvement of a comprehensive and compliant biosafety program at LLNL.

What You Will Do

Develop and implement biosafety requirements, processes and procedures based on federal, state, and local biosafety regulations, institutional requirements, and industry best practices. Collaborate with principal investigators and research teams to conduct risk assessments of new and ongoing biological research activities, assist with the development of Biological Use Authorizations (BUAs), and provide technical guidance regarding equipment, facilities, and work practices for protection of personnel, laboratories, and the environment from biological hazards.

Why It Might Be a Fit

This position offers a hybrid schedule, blending in-person and virtual presence. You will have the flexibility to work from home one or more days per week. Ability to secure and maintain a U.S. DOE Q-level security clearance which requires U.S. citizenship and a Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)/Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) Security Risk Assessment (SRA) for access to Tier 1 select agents, ability to become medically qualified to wear a respirator and ability to secure and maintain certification in the Select Agent Human Reliability Program (SAHRP).

Requirements

• PhD degree in Microbiology, Virology, Immunology, Pathology, Molecular/Cellular Biology, or related field
• substantial experience working with direct laboratory research experience at the BSL-2 containment level working with infectious biological agents/materials or equivalent level of demonstrated knowledge and relevant previous experience
• ability to become medically qualified to wear a respirator
• substantial experience providing highly advanced technical guidance for the control of biological hazards using knowledge of applicable federal, state and local biosafety regulations, standards, and policies
• substantial experience with highly complex safety audits/inspections of biological research laboratories for compliance with biosafety requirements, preparing technical reports, identifying corrective actions and correcting compliance issues which may include factors that are not well defined
• substantial experience building strong working relationships and trust with the regulated biological research community and a demonstrated collaborative approach to establishing and maintaining a shared commitment to high standards of safety and compliance
• expert verbal and written communication, facilitation, collaboration, and presentation skills required to effectively present, explain and communicate complex technical information to all levels of personnel and management internal and external to the Laboratory
• expert situational awareness, problem solving, decision making and analytical skills necessary to evaluate, interpret, recommend and reduce/resolve workplace hazards associated with work with biological materials
• expert organizational skills to coordinate multiple and frequently conflicting, concurrent tasks, with good follow-through

Benefits

• Flexible Benefits Package
• 401(k)
• Relocation Assistance
• Education Reimbursement Program
• Flexible schedules
• Paid holidays