Industrial Hygienist

**Duties**:

- You will perform industrial hygiene inspections, surveys and evaluations.
- You will detect violations of published health standards (e.g. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA).
- You will conduct industrial hygiene surveys and assessments of potential occupational exposure for individuals experiencing health effects or other symptoms believed to be due to occupational exposure.
- You will evaluate proposed new work processes and/or materials and or recommend measures to minimize health hazards.
- You will devise a variety of control measures, including ventilation, shielding, material substitution, change in work procedures, isolation, education, personal protective devices.

**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.
- This position may require travel from normal duty station to CONUS and OCONUS and may include remote or isolated sites. You must be able to travel on military and commercial aircraft for extended periods of time.
- The incumbent must, as a condition of employment, be immunized on an annual basis against influenza.

**Qualifications**:
**In order to qualify for the** **GS-11**:In addition to the Basic Requirements for this position, your resume must also demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the **GS-09** level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following:

- Experience evaluating occupational health hazards to include those for which the nature and extent of hazard is not completely understood.
- Experience devising control measures for ventilation, shielding, material, substitution, and change in work procedures.
- Experience investigating health problems which arise among workers to determine probable cause.
- Experience drafting industrial hygiene policy and guidance for occupational health and safety professionals.

**In order to qualify for the GS-09**:In addition to the Basic Requirements for this position, your resume must also demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the** GS-07** 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 assisting in the evaluation of occupational health hazards to include those for which the nature and extent of hazard is not completely understood.
- Experience assisting in devising control measures for ventilation, shielding, material, substitution, and change in work procedures.
- Experience investigating health problems which arise among workers to determine probable cause.

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

- Industrial Hygiene Series 0690 (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).

Courses in the history or teaching of chemistry are not acceptable.

**ALL EDUCATION CLAIMS MUST BE SUPPORTED BY TRANSCRIPTS.**

**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 req