Health, Safety & Environment

HukariAscendent has a proven track record as a provider of high quality professional and technical services. HukariAscendent has demonstrated these services in nuclear and commercial industries.

HukariAscendent has opportunities for all levels of employment within these services – entry, junior to senior. HukariAscendent provides in-house recruiting, staffing, program and project management, human resources, finance and accounting, and contract administration in support of several large staff augmentation contracts. HukariAscendent currently holds active contracts with several DOE Prime Contractors, providing a broad range of staff augmentation support, including, but not limited to:

Health, Safety and Environment Services

HukariAscendent has been supplying technical consulting and engineering service personnel since 1999 to government and commercial projects. HukariAscendent personnel have the experience and expertise to support nuclear projects from inception through construction, operation, and decommissioning at laboratories, fissile material processing facilities, chemical reprocessing, enrichment, and storage facilities.  Health and Safety support services include Integrated Safety Management, health physics/radiation protection and industrial hygiene/safety, and OSHA requirements specified in the DOE Worker Health and Safety Rule, 10 CFR 851.  Our company is engaged in the identification and resolution of health and safety issues through active involvement and support of the employee safety team programs at the sites that we support.

HukariAscendent has provided support to some unique and challenging projects.  For example, as a member of the Chemical Vapor Solutions Team at Hanford  that lead the effort to enhance the industrial hygiene exposure assessment we improved work planning and control processes by integrating fundamental industrial hygiene or “chemical ALARA” principles and processes into work planning and defined Similar Exposure Groups (SEGs) for skill based and beyond skill-based work strategies for exposure profiling and medical monitoring.

Other examples include implementation of the DOE Chronic beryllium exposure control program; implementation and evaluation of  project safety culture and Voluntary Protection Programs; developed comprehensive chemical exposure control and monitoring, OS&H Programs Ergonomics, Exposure Assessment, IH Monitoring, Heat Stress, Respirable Crystalline Silica programs; emergency response; OSHA recordkeeping and recording.

Hukari safety professionals bring critical thinking, problem-solving, and communication skills as well as formal education and industry certifications that adapt to organization needs.

Environment, Safety and Health Services – HukariAscendent provides support for all the key aspects of Environment, Safety and Health:

Develop and Implement Safety Policies and Procedures:

Safety professionals create and establish safety policies and procedures tailored to the specific workplace.  HukariAscendent develops site or project OS&IH programs as well as specialty  programs including chemical exposure control and monitoring, Ergonomics, Exposure Assessment, IH Monitoring for Heat and Cold Stress,  and Respirable Crystalline Silica programs.  Vehicle Safety and Inspection Program, Use of Hazard Controls, IH Data Quality, and Hazardous Biological Agents.

Programs and policies are tailored to align with industry standards and legal requirements.

Training and Education:

HukariAscendent Certified Safety Professionals develop and conduct training to educate workers about safe practices, emergency procedures, and hazard prevention.

Accident Prevention and Investigation:

Hukari safety professionals collaborate with the whole project team to assess workplace risks, develop mitigation strategies, and monitor safety performance.  They work on initiatives related to organizational changes, process improvements, and employee well-being.

When accidents or incidents occur, safety professionals investigate the root causes,  analyze data, interview witnesses, identify contributing factors, and recommend corrective actions to prevent similar incidents in the future.

Hukari knows one of the keys to effective recovery from any event is active case management.  Providing active support to affected workers minimizes impacts to the workforce and the project/company.

Safety professionals are not merely compliance officers; they actively contribute to creating safer work environments and preventing accidents 

Project Environment, Safety and Health Services  Products – Examples of typical work products include:

OS&IH assessments
IH Exposure Assessments
IH Sample Plans
IH Sampling Protocols
Time-in-Motion Studies
Ergonomic Assessments
IH database and recordkeeping systems
IH monitoring
OSHA Recordkeeping (logs, postings)
Job Hazard Analysis

By the numbers:

  • Executed 13 contracts for Environment, Safety and Health Services.
  • Performed more than $106M Environment, Safety and Health Services contracts for 8 companies at 6 sites/projects.
  • Hukari has 18 years’ experience providing Environment, Safety and Health Services.
  • Environment, Safety and Health Services employees average 25 years’ experience.

HukariAscendent is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.  All qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to age, disability, race, color, religion, creed, national origin, sex, marital status, sexual orientation, veteran or military status including disabled veterans and Vietnam era veterans, or other protected status.

HukariAscendent maintains a drug-free workplace.

For questions or if you need accommodation in the application process, please contact HukariAscendent Recruiting at (303) 384-9079.