INDUSTRIAL HYGIENIST

Duties

• You will perform industrial hygiene inspections, surveys and evaluations.
• You will prepare workplace monitoring plans and track their completion.
• You will recommend engineering controls to correct deficiencies where feasible.
• You will provide consultation and advice to activities on occupational health problems and concerns.
• You will assess work practices to identify the population at risk and to detect violations of published health standards.

Requirements

Conditions of employment

• Must be a US Citizen.
• Must be determined suitable for federal employment.
• Must participate in the direct deposit pay program.
• New employees to the Department of the Navy will be required to successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, visit e-verify.gov
• Within the Department of Defense (DoD), the appointment of retired military members within 180 days immediately following retirement date to a civilian position is subject to the provisions of 5 United States Code 3326.
• Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service.
• This is a bargaining unit position.
• You will be required to obtain and maintain an interim and/or final security clearance prior to entrance on duty. Failure to obtain and maintain the required level of clearance may result in the withdrawal of a job offer or removal.
• In accordance with BUMEDINST 6220.9B, the incumbent must be immunized on an annual basis against influenza.

Qualifications

GS-12: Your resume must also demonstrate at least one year of Specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-11 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following:

• Applying industrial hygiene concepts, principles, and practices carrying out all industrial hygiene programs
• Investigating health problems to determine probable cause and recommend measures to minimize health hazards
• Devising control measures, including ventilation, shielding, material substitution, change in work procedures, isolation, education and personal protective devices
• Planning and carrying out industrial hygiene inspections and surveys

GS-11: Your resume must also demonstrate at least one year of Specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-09 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following:

• Applying industrial hygiene concepts, principles, and practices carrying out all industrial hygiene programs
• Analyzing and evaluating occupational health hazards to include those for which the nature and extent of hazards is not completely understood
• Assisting in devising control measures for ventilation, shielding, material, substitution, and change in work procedures
• Evaluating proposed processes or materials to recommend measures to minimize health hazards.

Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management website:

Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., professional, philanthropic, religious, spiritual, community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment.

Education

Applicants must meet the following positive education qualifications requirements of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualifications Standards Manual:

Applicants must possess:

• A bachelor's or graduate/higher level degree in industrial hygiene, occupational health sciences, occupational and environmental health, toxicology, safety sciences, or related science

OR

• A bachelor's degree in a branch of engineering, physical science, or life science that included 12 semester hours in chemistry, including organic chemistry, and 18 additional semester hours of courses in any combination of chemistry, physics, engineering, health physics, environmental health, biostatistics, biology, physiology, toxicology, epidemiology, or industrial hygiene

OR

• Certification from the (ABIH).

In lieu of specialized experience, you may qualify for the GS-11 with the following education and/or combination of education and experience:

• 3 years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to a Ph.D. degree

OR

• Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree

OR

• A combination of experience and education as described above that equates to one year of experience. The percentage of the required education plus the percentage of the required experience equal one hundred percent.

A transcript must be submitted with your application if qualifying using education. See Required Documents for additional information. Such education must demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work.

Additional information

This announcement uses the Certain Personnel of the DoD direct hire authority to recruit and appoint qualified candidates to positions in the competitive service.

This position is covered by the Department of Defense Priority Placement Program.

Several vacancies may be filled.

A tentative offer of employment will be rescinded if the selectee fails to meet the pre-employment requirements, including failure to report to any of the scheduled appointments.

Federal annuitant information: The selection of an annuitant is subject to the Department of Defense and Department of the Navy policy on the employment of annuitants. Policy information may be found at: .

Veteran's preference does not apply when selecting individuals under this specific hiring authority. However, if you claim veteran's preference, you will be required to submit supporting documentation with your application as described in the Required Documents section below.

Vacancies filled from this announcement may be filled at any grade level listed.

If selected below the full performance level, you may be noncompetitively promoted to the next higher grade level after meeting all regulatory requirements, and upon the recommendation of management. Promotion is neither implied nor guaranteed.