Statistician

Statistician

ProSidian Seeks a Statistician (Contract Contingent) in Charlotte, NC / Remote to support an engagement for an independent agency of the United States Federal Govt. that is primarily responsible for the development of Occupational Health and Safety Guidelines and Administration. The Agency's Development Objective is to ensure safe and healthful working conditions in covered workplaces throughout the United States. This is accomplished through the development of workplace standards, regulations, and guidance that address significant safety and health risks to workers. All rules and guidelines consider feasibility, economic effects, paperwork burden, affected industries, and impact on small businesses, as required by the OSH Act, the Paperwork Reduction Act, the Regulatory Flexibility Act, the Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act, and applicable executive orders.

The ProSidian Engagement Team Members work to provide technical support for standards and guidance development for the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's (OSHA), Directorate of Standards and Guidance (DSG). This is a Blank Purchase Agreement with call orders in the following areas: rule-making and guidance development support; economic analyses; and literature search and information management. Specific task items include risk assessments, industry exposure profiles, information management, organization stakeholder and focus group meetings, population at-risk estimates, and developing training materials.

Statistician Candidates shall work to support requirements for PR0001 Program Support and The Statistician will gather and analyze data to:

• Create statistical summaries of available workplace and safety data
• Prepare exposure profiles of current employee exposures to various occupational hazards
• Determine the economic and technological feasibility, compliance costs, and economic impacts of a proposed standard (and guidance when applicable) and its alternatives; and
• Review/evaluate/update studies produced by other contractors or OSHA.

The Statistician will be responsible for the economic analysis of the impact of current standards and alternatives. The Statistician will be the primary contributor to the evaluation, development, and management of advanced statistical analysis related to occupational safety and health. Statistical analysis will be used to determine costs and impacts on small firms, including analyzing alternatives that can alleviate impacts on small firms, and preparing materials to help employers comply with/implement, in the most cost-effective manner, existing and new OSHA standards and guidance.