Josh Porton followed in his father’s footsteps and chose a career serving in the US Navy as an Industrial Hygiene Officer where he has spent the last 25 years learning and practicing industrial hygiene and occupational safety. He brings an enormous amount of knowledge and experience with him to EHS Analytical Solutions, Inc., in his role as a Senior Safety and Industrial Hygiene Consultant.
Josh has served in several disparate positions during his career in the US Navy including two nuclear aircraft carriers, four Naval hospitals, a preventive medicine unit, and the headquarters of the Pacific surface fleet. He has provided invaluable industrial hygiene and safety services in several capacities, as the sole provider to 3000 Sailors during his aircraft carrier tours to leading a team of industrial hygiene and safety professionals at the largest Naval shipyard on the west coast.
Josh is experienced with regulatory compliance inspections, audits, exposure assessment, engineering controls, radiation and biological safety, and scientific consultation. He is a proven EHS leader with track record of building and leading effective cross-functional and multi-site teams to drive safety culture changes and implement EHS strategies. He will help you build your safety program from the ground up.
Josh completed his Master of Science in Industrial Hygiene and Safety at the University of Washington in Seattle, but his heart remains in Pullman where he completed his undergraduate studies at Washington State University. GO COUGS!