Industrial Hygienist

**Duties**:

- You will investigate health concerns within the workplace and determine probable cause.
- You will evaluate and propose new work processes to minimize health hazards.
- You will utilize DoD and Navy regulations regarding occupational health and hazardous materials.
- You will carry out inspections.

**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
- Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service.
- You will be required to successfully complete a pre-appointment physical examination.
- You will be required to be immunized on an annual basis against Influenza.
- 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.

**Qualifications**:
**GS-12**
Your resume must 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:

- Experience planning and carrying industrial hygiene programs.
- Experience developing a variety of control measures to include: ventilation, shielding, material substitution, changes in work procedures, isolation, education, and personal protective devices.
- Experience investigating arising health concerns and determining probable cause within the workplace.
- Experience recommending and evaluating new work processes to minimize health hazards.
- Experience assessing work practices to identify the population at risk.
- Experience maintaining, calibrating, and selecting appropriate equipment to oversee sampling. Experience preparing documentation for personnel medical records.

**GS-11**
Your resume must 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:

- Experience planning and carrying industrial hygiene programs.
- Experience developing a variety of control measures to include: ventilation, shielding, material substitution, changes in work procedures, isolation, education, and personal protective devices.
- Experience investigating arising health concerns and determining probable cause within the workplace.
- Experience recommending and evaluating new work processes to minimize health hazards.

Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management web site: Professional and Scientific.
- General Schedule Qualification Standards (opm.gov)
- 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 American Board of Industrial Hygiene(external link) (ABIH).

**Substitution of Education**
**GS-12**
Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree
**GS-11**
Master's or equivalent graduate degree.

**Additional information**:
This position is covered by the Department of Defense Priority Placement Program.

Additional vacancies may be filled by this announcement.

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.

This position is eligible for part time, substantial or ad-hoc telework at the discretion of management.
- Benefits

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