The Industrial Hygienist will investigate and analyze a variety of VA Medical Center industrial and healthcare operations to determine the presence and magnitude of occupational health hazards and to recommend means for their control. The incumbent, as a field expert, is called on to provide instruction and expert advice to AMC personnel. The work affects a wide range of VA Medical Center industrial and healthcare activities.

Duties

Duties: * Responsible for coordinating the efforts of the VA Medical Center staff involved with the GEMS/Industrial Hygiene to ensure that the programs are developed and implemented in accordance with VHA and VA Medical Center policy and guidance. * Responsible for ensuring that the program results in findings and conclusions that lead to continual improvement of the programs at the VA Medical Center * Responsible for applying environmental science and technology to demonstrate relationships between the operations of the VA Medical Center with Human health, ecosystem, environmental media and natural resources. * Provides leadership and direction to management, professional and technical personnel regarding the development and implementation of the facility GEMS/Industrial Hygiene Programs. * Organizes, implements, oversees, and provides technical assistance for projects to resolve environmental/industrial hygiene problems. * Responsible for managing VAMC environmental programs and coordinating the efforts of the VAMC organizations that relate to environmental programs and coordinating the efforts of VAMC organizations that relate to environmental matters. * Develop and implement environmental policies, procedures, and systems. * Advise management on how environmental policies, procedures, and systems will affect the operation of the VA Medical Center * Evaluate, modify and implement pollution prevention alternatives at the VA medical Center to reduce the generation of waste. * Manage and /or provide technical advice regarding response to environmental emergencies including releases/spills of hazardous material. * Facilitate the exchange of environmental information to VA Medical Center staff, including the development and implementation of training and educational programs related to environmental programs. * Manage computer programs and databases to enhance management of environmental programs. * Measure the effectiveness of existing environmental programs and recommend additions to environmental program as needed to meet changing environmental requirements. * Maintains, validates and provides timely reports related to inventories of hazardous chemicals, Material safety data sheets in all areas of the Medical Center. * Develop promotional and educational activities to promote stakeholder awareness of VA Medical Center environmental issues. * Serves as expert on issues related to environmental statutes and Occupational Safety and Health Administration requirements, as well as for new and enhanced information system software. * Participates in developing courses of instruction for VAMC personnel, preparing course agenda, making arrangements for demonstrations, drills and giving technical instruction on Enviromental and industrial hygiene subjects. * Serves as technical authority for VAMC with responsibility for assuring adequacy of facility Green Environmental management System, industrial hygiene, respiratory protection program, and decontamination program. Work Schedule: Monday-Friday, 8 am to 4:30 pm Position Description/PD#: Industrial Hygienist/PD000000 Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized Financial Disclosure Report: Not required

Requirements

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 08/04/2023. Time-In-Grade Requirement: Applicants who are current Federal employees and have held a GS grade any time in the past 52 weeks must also meet time-in-grade requirements by the closing date of this announcement. For a GS 12 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS 11. The grade may have been in any occupation but must have been held in the Federal service. An SF-50 that shows your time-in-grade eligibility must be submitted with your application materials. If the most recent SF-50 has an effective date within the past year, it may not clearly demonstrate you possess one-year time-in-grade, as required by the announcement. In this instance, you must provide an additional SF-50 that clearly demonstrates one-year time-in-grade. Note: Time-In-Grade requirements also apply to former Federal employees applying for reinstatement as well as current employees applying for Veterans Employment Opportunities Act of 1998 (VEOA) appointment. IOR Basic Requirements: 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). In Addition this position further requires: Specialized Experience: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS 11 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: One full year of specialized experience that equipped you with the knowledge, skill and ability to successfully perform the duties of this position, and that is in or typically related to the work of this position? To be creditable, this specialized experience must have been equivalent to at least the GS-11 grade level in the Federal service. Specialized experience includes: knowledge of industrial hygiene principles, procedures, standards, equipment, techniques, and methods; developing and implementing an industrial hygiene program; performing analysis to determine nature and degree of toxic materials; knowledge of Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) standards (such as hazardous waste, drinking water, medical waste, etc.); Conducting surveys/studies of work operations regarding hazardous conditions; and developing industrial hygiene policies, procedures, and reports. Such work must have involved experience in all of the following areas: 1) the acquisition of quantitative and qualitative data, and the measurement of exposures for a variety of chemical, physical, and biological stresses; 2) the analysis of the data acquired and the prediction of probable effects of exposures on the health and well-being of workers; and 3) the selection and recommendation of appropriate controls, including management, medical, engineering, education or training, and personal protective equipment. You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position: Accident InvestigationCompliance InspectionHealth Risk AnalysisRisk Management Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religions; 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. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Note: A full year of work is considered to be 35-40 hours of work per week. Part-time experience will be credited on the basis of time actually spent in appropriate activities. Applicants wishing to receive credit for such experience must indicate clearly the nature of their duties and responsibilities in each position and the number of hours a week spent in such employment. Physical Requirements: The work requires the employee to carry a good deal of equipment and involves walking, standing, bending, climbing, and crawling during surveys. Resume Requirement: * Your resume must include the following information: Job title, description of duties, beginning and ending date (month/year) of employment; and average hours worked per week. RESUME REQUIREMENTS - Your resume must include the following information for each job listed: - Job Title (for each position) - Description of duties (be as detailed as possible) - Month and year start/end dates (e.g. June 2018 to April 2020) of employment - Full-time or part-time status (include average hours worked per week) For more information on these qualification standards, please visit the United States Office of Personnel Management's website at https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/.

Education

There is no educational substitution at this grade level for Spec Exp.

Contacts

• Address Louis A Johnson VA Medical Center 1 Medical Center Drive Clarksburg, WV 26301 US
• Name: Melissa Bartles
• Email: [email protected]