How to hire an industrial hygiene technician

How to hire an industrial hygiene technician, step by step

Here's a step-by-step industrial hygiene technician hiring guide:

• Step 1: Identify your hiring needs
• Step 2: Create an ideal candidate profile
• Step 3: Make a budget
• Step 4: Write an industrial hygiene technician job description
• Step 5: Post your job
• Step 6: Interview candidates
• Step 7: Send a job offer and onboard your new industrial hygiene technician
• Step 8: Go through the hiring process checklist

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1. Identify your hiring needs

   Before you start hiring an industrial hygiene technician, identify what type of worker you actually need. Certain positions might call for a full-time employee, while others can be done by a part-time worker or contractor.

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   An industrial hygiene technician's background is also an important factor in determining whether they'll be a good fit for the position. For example, industrial hygiene technicians from different industries or fields will have radically different experiences and will bring different viewpoints to the role. You also need to consider the candidate's previous level of experience to make sure they'll be comfortable with the job's level of seniority.

   Here's a comparison of industrial hygiene technician salaries for various roles:

   Type of Industrial Hygiene Technician	Description	Hourly rate
   Industrial Hygiene Technician	Occupational health and safety specialists analyze many types of work environments and work procedures. Specialists inspect workplaces for adherence to regulations on safety, health, and the environment... Show more	$17-34
   Plant Safety Leader	Plant Safety Leaders are responsible for ensuring the organization's facility adheres to all safety policies and regulations. Their duties include advising employees on safety work culture, develop safe work practices programs, and make sure projects' operations fulfill legal safety requirements... Show more	$21-59
   Safety Advisor	Safety Advisors are responsible for overseeing a safe workplace environment and ensuring compliance with safety policies and regulations of an organization. Their duties include conducting risk assessments, demonstrating safe operational procedures, conducting site inspection as well as developing health and safety policies... Show more	$16-42

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2. Create an ideal candidate profile

   Common skills:

   • Asbestos
   • OSHA
   • Air Quality
   • Hazardous Materials
   • Occupational Safety
   • Health Hazards
   • Environmental Health
   • Air Samples
   • Occupational Health
   • Ventilation
   • EPA
   • Noise Surveys
   • Emergency Response
   • Safety Equipment

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   Responsibilities:

   • Participate in then lead IAQ investigations, participate then lead safety training sessions for a wide variety of topics.
   • Oversee and manage multidimensional abatement/remediation projects in accordance with OSHA and EPA regulations.
   • Maximize productivity through coordinating and managing efforts between service engineers, sales personnel and external OEM automation programmers.
   • Point of contact for IH concerns and PPE (personal protective equipment) selection at the site and especially during turnaround.
   • Conduct hood ventilation surveys and deliver hazardous waste management evaluations.
   • Inspect industrial ventilation systems, hazardous waste disposal procedures, and personal protective equipment.

3. Make a budget

   Including a salary range in your industrial hygiene technician job description is one of the best ways to attract top talent. An industrial hygiene technician can vary based on:

   • Location. For example, industrial hygiene technicians' average salary in kansas is 37% less than in maryland.
   • Seniority. Entry-level industrial hygiene technicians 49% less than senior-level industrial hygiene technicians.
   • Certifications. An industrial hygiene technician with certifications usually earns a higher salary.
   • Company. Working for an established firm or a new start-up company can make a big difference in an industrial hygiene technician's salary.

   Average industrial hygiene technician salary

   $51,966yearly

   $24.98 hourly rate

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   Entry-level industrial hygiene technician salary

   $37,000 yearly salary

   Updated December 30, 2025

4. Writing an industrial hygiene technician job description

   A job description for an industrial hygiene technician role includes a summary of the job's main responsibilities, required skills, and preferred background experience. Including a salary range can also go a long way in attracting more candidates to apply, and showing the first name of the hiring manager can also make applicants more comfortable. As an example, here's an industrial hygiene technician job description:

   Industrial hygiene technician job description example

   At Arcadis we focus on attracting, retaining and developing people who share our passion and commitment to improve quality of life. In return we offer you the opportunity to transform your world and the world around you, that could be through client work, upskilling yourself, championing equality and inclusion or getting involved in charity work, to name just a few. Our people value different perspectives, they care about the sustainability of our planet and dare to shape the future.
   
   One of our core values is 'people first', and supported by our Lovinklaan foundation, we invest in you for the long term, to ensure you reach your full potential. You'll have the opportunity to own your career and work on industry-defining projects, finding solutions to real challenges that make a difference to people's lives. You're encouraged to have a growth mindset and are given the space to develop personally and professionally, building a flexible career that works for you.
   Role description:
   
   Arcadis is currently seeking an Industrial Hygiene & Safety (IH&S) Field Technician to join our IH&S community of practice team and provide services in the Midwest area. This position requires a hard-working, safe, efficient and dedicated employee that is excited to receive on the job training and expand their skill set. Candidates must be willing and able to travel and work some nights and weekends depending on the project needs. Travel will often be within Michigan but may also be to surrounding States or elsewhere in the U.S. as needs arise
   
   Role accountabilities:
   
   * Performing regulated material (asbestos, lead, etc.) surveys, air sampling and project supervision
   * Performing indoor air quality investigations for mold, dust, silica, etc.
   * Completing environmental sampling
   * Conducting water intrusion investigations
   * Conducting Health & Safety inspections and oversight
   * Construction oversight during excavation, construction, demolition, and renovation
   * Environmental Site Assessments, Phase I and Phase II, Treatment System Operation and Maintenance, groundwater and soil sampling
   * Preparing technical reports
   
   Qualifications & Experience:
   
   Required Qualifications:
   
   * Bachelor's degree in physical sciences or industrial hygiene, safety, environmental sciences, or related science or engineering fields
   * 4 years of relevant work experience
   
   Preferred Qualifications:
   
   * Asbestos experience and training
   * OSHA 40-hour HAZWOPER
   * OSHA 10-hour
   * State specific asbestos licensing or training (Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, etc.)
   
   Why Become an Arcadian?
   
   Our work with clients has a direct impact on people's lives and on the planet. We make moving, living and belonging in cities safer, more resilient and more sustainable. By partnering with our clients as responsible custodians of our earth's resources, we can create a sustainable planet.
   
   We continue to think of new ways to make positive impacts and create better experiences for people; data driven and digital solutions have become part of the Arcadis DNA. Working together with clients and using techniques like design thinking, we can get to the heart of our clients' most pressing challenges and work together to solve them.
   
   As a global business, we have committed to support five of the UN's Sustainable Development Goals to ensure that our projects contribute to a better and more sustainable future for all. But it's not just the work that we do on client projects that benefits communities and our planet. As a global business, we are committed to making a positive impact to society by supporting local communities where we operate.
   
   To help protect our planet, we monitor and measure non-financial information to inform business decisions and reduce our own environmental impact as part of our commitment to be net zero carbon as a global company by 2030.
   
   Our Commitment to Equality, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging:
   
   We want you to be able to bring your best self to work every day which is why we take equality and inclusion seriously and hold ourselves to account for our actions. Our ambition is to be an employer of choice and provide a great place to work for all our people. We are an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. Women, minorities, people with disabilities and veterans are strongly encouraged to apply. We are dedicated to a policy of non-discrimination in employment on any basis including race, creed, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, citizenship status, disability, veteran status, or any other basis prohibited by law.
   
   Transform Your World
   
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   #Resilience-NA
   
   #Environment-NA

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5. Post your job

   There are a few common ways to find industrial hygiene technicians for your business:

   • Promoting internally or recruiting from your existing workforce.
   • Ask for referrals from friends, family members, and current employees.
   • Attend job fairs at local colleges to meet candidates with the right educational background.
   • Use social media platforms like LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter to recruit passive job-seekers.

   Post your job online:

   • Post your industrial hygiene technician job on Zippia to find and recruit industrial hygiene technician candidates who meet your exact specifications.
   • Use field-specific websites such as healthcarejobsite, health jobs nationwide, hospitalcareers, medreps.com.
   • Post a job on free websites.

6. Interview candidates

   Recruiting industrial hygiene technicians requires you to bring your A-game to the interview process. The first interview should introduce the company and the role to the candidate as much as they present their background experience and reasons for applying for the job. During later interviews, you can go into more detail about the technical details of the job and ask behavioral questions to gauge how they'd fit into your current company culture.

   Remember to include a few questions that allow candidates to expand on their strengths in their own words. Asking about their unique skills might reveal things you'd miss otherwise. At this point, good candidates can move on to the technical interview.

   The right interview questions can help you assess a candidate's hard skills, behavioral intelligence, and soft skills.

7. Send a job offer and onboard your new industrial hygiene technician

   Once you've found the industrial hygiene technician candidate you'd like to hire, it's time to write an offer letter. This should include an explicit job offer that includes the salary and the details of any other perks. Qualified candidates might be looking at multiple positions, so your offer must be competitive if you like the candidate. Also, be prepared for a negotiation stage, as candidates may way want to tweak the details of your initial offer. Once you've settled on these details, you can draft a contract to formalize your agreement.

   It's also important to follow up with applicants who do not get the job with an email letting them know that the position is filled.

   Once that's done, you can draft an onboarding schedule for the new industrial hygiene technician. Human Resources should complete Employee Action Forms and ensure that onboarding paperwork is completed, including I-9s, benefits enrollment, federal and state tax forms, etc. They should also ensure that new employee files are created for internal recordkeeping.

8. Go through the hiring process checklist

   • Determine employee type (full-time, part-time, contractor, etc.)
   • Submit a job requisition form to the HR department
   • Define job responsibilities and requirements
   • Establish budget and timeline
   • Determine hiring decision makers for the role
   • Write job description
   • Post job on job boards, company website, etc.
   • Promote the job internally
   • Process applications through applicant tracking system
   • Review resumes and cover letters
   • Shortlist candidates for screening
   • Hold phone/virtual interview screening with first round of candidates
   • Conduct in-person interviews with top candidates from first round
   • Score candidates based on weighted criteria (e.g., experience, education, background, cultural fit, skill set, etc.)
   • Conduct background checks on top candidates
   • Check references of top candidates
   • Consult with HR and hiring decision makers on job offer specifics
   • Extend offer to top candidate(s)
   • Receive formal job offer acceptance and signed employment contract
   • Inform other candidates that the position has been filled
   • Set and communicate onboarding schedule to new hire(s)
   • Complete new hire paperwork (i9, benefits enrollment, tax forms, etc.)

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